Heat on Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic to turn tables on Wolfsburg and Manchester City as Champions League exits loom

Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain will look to their superstar strikers in desperate bids to clinch Champions League semi-final berths against Wolfsburg and Manchester City on Tuesday

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Cristiano Ronaldo is under pressure to deliver for Real Madrid against Wolfsburg. Photo: AFP

Published: 10:14am, 12 Apr 2016Updated: 10:14am, 12 Apr 2016

Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain will look to their superstar strikers Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic in desperate bids to clinch Champions League semi-final berths against Wolfsburg and Manchester City on Tuesday.

The key objective is getting through to the next round. It is the only option that will allow us players and the fans to leave the stadium happy

Cristiano Ronaldo

The Parisians were held 2-2 at the Parc des Princes last Wednesday when Ibrahimovic missed a spot-kick and fluffed a one-on-one with Joe Hart, before ruthlessly exploiting a City error to net an equaliser.

A ‘Clasico’ hangover was the way many described Real Madrid’s shock 2-0 quarter-final first-leg defeat at Wolfsburg, which followed an away win in La Liga to arch rivals Barcelona.

Poor performances from Real’s stars were glaring as Gareth Bale was kept quiet and Ronaldo rarely shook off his markers.

The three-time Ballon d’Or winner did have the ball in the back of the Wolfsburg goal within 74 seconds, but the Portuguese then threw up his arms in horrified disbelief at an offside flag.

Ronaldo was kept quite by a solid Wolfsburg defence in the first leg. Photo: AP

Never lacking in confidence Ronaldo, who has scored 13 goals in the competition so far this season, vowed his side would grind out a qualifying result.

“Tuesday has to be a magical night,” said the Portuguese.