REAL MADRID PUNISHES ROMA

Real Madrid 2-0 Roma (agg: 4-0): Cristiano Ronaldo and James Rodriguez seal progress to Champions League quarter-finals as Portuguese scores 90th goal in competition to end Italian hopes

• Edin Dzeko and Mohamed Salah both missed gilt-edged chances to reduce the deficit in first-half via one on ones
• Roma were made to pay for their profligacy in front of goal as Cristiano Ronaldo and James Rodriguez both scored 
• Three minutes and 48 seconds separated both goals as Madrid doubled the aggregate lead in double-quick time
• Real Madrid held 2-0 advantage over Roma after the first leg at the Stadio Olimpico in the Champions League tie
• No team has scored more than Real Madrid's 23 goals in the eight Champions League games so far this season 

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 40th goal of the season to send Real Madrid into the Champions League quarter-finals.

It was his 13th of the tournament so far, the sixth consecutive season he has broken the 40-goal barrier, and it killed off Roma who had squandered the chances to make a contest of it.

Poor finishing from former Manchester City forward Edin Dzeko and former Chelsea winger Mohamed Salah were the main culprits although Keylor Navas had been up to the task when Roma had managed to hit the target saving well from Alessandro Florenzi and Kostas Manolas in the second half.

Gareth Bale was impressive on his first start for Real Madrid in 51 days but it was his substitution on the hour that sparked the win.

His replacement Lucas Vazquez ran on to Luka Modric’s pass and crossed from the right for Ronaldo who got in front of the last covering defender to poke the ball past Wojciech Szczesny.

The Arsenal loanee was beaten again with Real Madrid’s next attack. This time it was James Rodriguez converting Ronaldo’s pass.

No one will want Real Madrid in the quarter-final draw although they labored through the first half with Ronaldo’s seven shots on goal coming to nothing. He more than made up for it in the second half to put Zinedine Zidane’s team in the last eight.

Real Madrid’s first chance came on seven minutes when Marcelo sent Bale down the left and then got on the end of his cross into the box, only to drag the effort wide.