Cristiano Ronaldo’s Top 5 favourite opponents in UCL; see who makes the cut

By
Jehan Mucadum
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Ronaldo UCL favourite teams: Cristiano Ronaldo and the UEFA Champions League go hand in hand as the Portuguese created history in that tournament.

In creating records and being the UCL’s top scorer, Ronaldo has come across some top sides and made a mockery of them through his goal-prowess.

Without further ado, we look at Ronaldo UCL favourite teams against whom he has scored a number of important goals.

Borussia Dortmund

ImageThe Portuguese has been a thorn in the flesh of the German side during his UCL career.

Ronaldo has scored 7 goals in 9 appearances against Dortmund with all the goals coming during his time at Real Madrid.

Schalke 04

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Cristiano scored 7 goals in 4 appearances against another German club in FC Schalke.

He scored twice in each of the Round of 16 matches for Real Madrid in 2013/14 season and thrice again at the same stage in the following season.

Bayern Munich

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Bayern Munich has another club against whom Ronaldo has enjoyed considerable success with 9 goals in 8 appearances.

The most famous of them all was a hat-trick at home in the 4-2 win over the Bavarian side. Bayern has been one of the top performing sides in UCL history and to keep a record of this caliber deserves praise.

Here to, all his goals against Bayern have come as a Real Madrid player.

Ajax

Image9 goals in 7 appearances are CR7’s stats against the Netherlands side. He scored twice against them in the 2010/11 group stage match away from home.

In the following 2 season, he scored 5 times against Ajax including a hat-trick away from home (2012/13 season).

He once again found the net in both stages of Quarter-final of the 2018/19 season as a Juventus player.

Juventus

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Cristiano’s most favourite opponent turns out to be his ex-club, Juventus against whom he scored 10 goals in 7 appearances. This is a record in itself for most goals against a single opponent.

Out of 10 goals, 3 have come in the 2013/14 group stages, 2 in the 2014/15 semi-final, 2 in the 2016/17 Final and lastly 3 in next season’s Q/F.

The bicycle kick vs the Old Lady. Well, it speaks for itself. 


       

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