Sergio Ramos says Cristiano
Ronaldo showed why he is the best player in the world with a hat-trick
that sent Real Madrid into the Champions League semi-finals at the
expense of Wolfsburg.
Madrid trailed 2-0 from the
first leg in Germany but
a stunning individual performance from Ronaldo
saw them seal progression with a 3-0 win at the Santiago Bernabeu on
Tuesday.
Ronaldo followed up his 15th-minute
opener by levelling the tie with a header less than 90 seconds later,
and completed the turnaround 13 minutes from time with a marvellous
dipping free-kick.
The result keeps Madrid's hopes
of an 11th European crown very much intact and Ramos was quick to heap
praise on Madrid's Portuguese talisman.
"We left our souls on the field for this victory. We had promised the fans and they deserve it," Ramos told beIN Sport.
"Cristiano deserved to be the hero of this magical night. He gives everything for this shirt. He's number one.
"Cristiano
has yet again showed why he is the number one in the world. We rightly
deserved the win and will enjoy going into the semi-finals."
Meanwhile,
winger Gareth Bale told BT Sport: "Obviously it's an amazing feeling,
we knew it was going to be a difficult test coming into the game being
two down but, as I said after the game in Wolfsburg, we fully believed
we could do it and showed we can.
"We had to show
our true team spirit, true character. We definitely did that tonight and
we showed the world what we're capable of."
With
Madrid into the semis and just four points behind a Barcelona side
suffering a slump in form by their lofty standards in La Liga, Zinedine
Zidane's men are still in with a chance of doing the double.
Asked
about that prospect, Bale added: "As I said after the Barcelona game, a
loss always creates doubt in the team for them and hopefully that's the
case. All we can do is concentrate on ourselves, try and win every game
and see where that takes us."
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