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[30] [31] However, despite Bayern's impressive scoring record, goals from Messi and Eto'o gave Barcelona a 2–0 lead within the first 12 minutes. Messi and Henry also scored to seal a 4–0 home victory before half-time. [32] The lack of an away goal meant Bayern Munich would have to win by five clear goals to qualify for the semi-finals.
In the second set of first leg ties, played on 25 February 2009, three teams scored away goals. [8] Bayern Munich scored five times without reply away to Sporting CP. In the match at the Estádio José Alvalade, Franck Ribéry gave the Germans the lead in the 42nd minute and Miroslav Klose doubled their advantage in the 57th.
With 140 goals, Cristiano Ronaldo is currently the all-time top scorer in the Champions League, with Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski being the only other players to have reached triple figures. Ronaldo has also finished as the top scorer for the most individual seasons in the competition's history, doing so seven times.
He has scored ten international hat-tricks, and on two occasions, four international goals in a single match. On 5 March 2014, Ronaldo scored twice in Portugal's 5–1 friendly win over Cameroon to take his tally to 49 goals, thus becoming his country's all-time leading goalscorer, surpassing the 47 set by Pauleta. [5]
The Estádio da Luz hosted the European Cup/Champions League final for the first time.. The Estádio da Luz (officially known as the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica) in Lisbon, Portugal, was chosen as the venue of the 2014 UEFA Champions League final at a UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, on 20 March 2012.
Cristiano Ronaldo has another spectacular strike to add to his collection of memorable goals after the soccer great scored a stunning 40-yard lob in the Saudi Pro League.
Half Time! Bayern Munich 2-0 Manchester United. 20:51, George Litchfield. Manchester United have a spell of possession, but the referee blows his whistle as the ball makes its way to Rashford.
Liverpool 2-2 Bayern Munich. 13:18, Mike Jones. Half-time! 45+2 mins: Both teams have been decent in attack and both teams have looked shaky in defence. It’s a typical pre-season performance but ...