Ronaldo scores stunner as Madrid beats Juventus 3-0 in CL

TURIN, Italy — Cristiano Ronaldo scored a stunning overhead kick for his second goal of the night to help Real Madrid beat 10-man Juventus 3-0 in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal on Tuesday.

Ronaldo's first goal came in the third minute and was helped by Juve's defensive lapses, but his second was pure mastery and his overhead kick had the entire stadium on their feet in appreciation.

In the process, Ronaldo became the first player in Champions League history to score in 10 successive matches.

"Cristiano is simply a different player than all the others," Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said. "He shows that every time. He always has a great desire to do great things in the Champions League, he never gets tired of doing what he does."The Portugal international also set up Madrid's third, for Marcelo, shortly after Juventus forward Paulo Dybala had been sent off following a second yellow card.

The Italian side now has a near-impossible task to turn the quarterfinal around against the two-time defending champions in the return leg on April 11.

"You never know in football," Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said. "We have to prepare it in the best way possible because it's a quarterfinal and everyone will be watching us."Sevilla also lost at home in the night's other quarterfinal, as Bayern Munich came from behind to win 2-1. Jesus Navas' own goal cancelled out Pablo Sarabia's opener and Thiago Alcantara headed in the winner for Bayern in the 68th minute.

In Turin, Juventus was out for revenge after losing the final 4-1 to Madrid last year. But Ronaldo once again came out on top.

The Portuguese forward has scored in every Champions League match this season and it took him less than three minutes to continue that tradition, thanks in part to a series of uncharacteristic defensive mistakes from Juventus.

AP