{"id":7955,"date":"2013-08-08T11:44:48","date_gmt":"2013-08-08T11:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/ronaldo-leads-real-madrid-over-chelsea\/"},"modified":"2013-08-08T11:44:48","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T11:44:48","slug":"ronaldo-leads-real-madrid-over-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/ronaldo-leads-real-madrid-over-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronaldo leads Real Madrid over Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cristiano Ronaldo scored a goal in each half to power Real Madrid to a 3-1 victory over Chelsea in a football friendly at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Florida on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Ronaldo scored off a free kick in the 31st minute and helped seal the victory with a header in the 57th minute in front of the crowd of 67,273.<\/p>\n

“The team played fantastic,” Ronaldo said. “This is what we are looking for. We are getting better.”<\/p>\n

Marcelo Vieira also scored in the 14th minute for Real Madrid in the game which culminated the eight-team, 12-game International Champions Cup tournament. <\/p>\n

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Ronaldo and Casillas with the International Cup trophy<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Ramires scored the lone goal for Chelsea in the 16th minute.<\/p>\n

“We are trying to find our fitness and get the team playing the right way,” said midfielder Frank Lampard. “We could have played better.”<\/p>\n

It was a disappointing loss for Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho who was facing his old club just three months after his acrimonious departure from the Spanish giants.<\/p>\n

Mourinho left Real Madrid to rejoin Chelsea, a team he led to back-to-back Premier League titles in 2005 and 2006.<\/p>\n

Real Madrid started quickly outshooting Chelsea 7-2 in the first 27 minutes and opening the scoring on a goal by Marcelo.<\/p>\n

Marcelo finished off a nice run to the goal by hammering a shot through the legs of defender Gary Cahill and past a diving Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech.<\/p>\n

Ramires tied it up just two minutes later as he sprinted past the defense before finishing off the play with soft chip over a charging goalkeeper Iker Casillas from in close.<\/p>\n

The game was interrupted briefly in the second half when a Real Madrid fan ran onto the field and hugged Ronaldo, who held onto him until security arrived. <\/p>\n

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Ronaldo: broke Mourinho’s heart<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

That was as close as anyone on the pitch would get to containing the mighty Ronaldo all night.<\/p>\n

After missing a couple of early chances he finally connected for his first goal in the 31st minute.<\/p>\n

Ronaldo drew a foul and then found the back of the net with a perfectly placed bending shot from 25 feet that fooled Cech.<\/p>\n

Ronaldo connected again in the 57th minute as he sprinted towards the goal and headed in a cross from teammate ‘Isco’ Alarcon.<\/p>\n

“I just tried to help my team and score goals,” Ronaldo said.<\/p>\n

The three goals allowed by Chelsea were the first allowed in three Champions Cup tournament matches.<\/p>\n

“We had a long preseason. We travelled to Asia for two weeks, played three games here and we got one more. It is going to be an exciting season for us,” Lampard said.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, AC Milan won the third-place match by beating the LA Galaxy 2-0.<\/p>\n

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