APOEL 0-6 Real Madrid: Los Blancos go crazy to enter the knockout stages

Genuine Madrid booked their place in the last 16 of the Champions League for the fifteenth season in succession as Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema both scored twice in an agreeable 6-0 whipping of APOEL Nicosia.

Luka Modric gave Zinedine Zidane's side the lead in Cyprus with a controlled volley (23) preceding Toni Kroos discharged Benzema to twofold the guests' lead (39).

Nacho (41) and Benzema (45) both tapped in from short proximity before the interim as Real kept on overwhelming at the GSP Stadium.

The main astonishment in the opening 45 minutes was that Ronaldo hadn't scored any of the four objectives, yet he soon amended that with two fast strikes toward the begin of the second half (49 and 54) to seal a reverberating win.

Match reports:

2: SAVE! Enormous early cautioning for APOEL as Karim Benzema blasts down the privilege and chips the ball to the far post. There is Cristiano Ronaldo who chests it down and shoot a shot on objective however Nauzet Perez gets down to make the spare.

18: WIDE! Up until now, it has been a continuation from the messiness found in Madrid in the derby against Atletico. Their passing has been a long way from fresh, however Ronaldo hopes to change that as he is laid the ball by Benzema completely 35 yards out and hammers a furious left-footed shot which ricochets a yard or so wide of Perez's left post.

23: GOAL! APOEL 0-1 Real Madrid (Modric)

Luka Modric has chosen to take matters into his own particular hands. Carvajal's ball into the case is apathetically cleared with a back-heel by Vinicius and it lands right onto the left boot of the Croatian, who shoot a shot low to one side. The 'attendant ought to maybe improve the situation in palming it around the post, however everything he can do is immediate the ball into the net. Genuine have the leap forward!

39: GOAL! APOEL 0-2 Real Madrid (Benzema)

The APOEL barrier disappear as Ronaldo goes down however not after Karim Benzema is discharged through the center and the Frenchman commits no error to opening home a moment for Madrid. That ought to do pleasantly for Zidane's men.

41: GOAL! APOEL 0-3 Real Madrid (Nacho)

Madrid are fleeing with this amusement and it's all finished for the hosts. Kroos swings in a corner from the left which Varane wins noticeable all around, and Nacho is there hanging in the balance to flick the ball under weight from Perez into the net. The APOEL guard should have been more courageous, they're falling aprt! What number of objectives would Real like to score tonight?

45: GOAL! APOEL 0-4 Real Madrid (Benzema)

APOEL die for hoping to snatch an objective on the stroke of half-time as Real break at pace with Benzema discharging Ronaldo through the center. He slices backs as though to shoot on his correct foot, however he cheats Perez and passes it unselfishly to his colleague Benzema who has the basic assignment of tapping in his second of the night!

49: GOAL! APOEL 0-5 Real Madrid (Ronaldo)

Ronaldo has his objective, and it's a trademark header from the opposition's best goalscorer. Marcelo grabs the ball on the left and he swings it in towards the charm for his seventh objective in five appearances in the Champions League this season. Excellent.

54: GOAL! APOEL 0-6 Real Madrid (Ronaldo)

This APOEL resistance is all adrift as a powerless back go to Perez is almost jumped on by Benzema yet the ball diverts off his shins into the way of Ronaldo, and he just has one idea in his psyche as he guides the ball once again into the unfilled net. APOEL could get totally humiliated here.

71: SAVE! Asensio's shot spared

Spare! Varane this time conveys the ball forward and discovers Asensio within left channel, and his shot is spared by the legs of Perez as the ball goes out for a corner.From the resulting conveyance, it's a cunning move as Mayoral strings a go through to Vazquez however he's partially offside before his shot is palmed away again by Perez.