Ronaldo turns on style as Real advance

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MARSEILLE, France, Dec 9 (AFP): Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo turned on the style with Real Madrid Tuesday as the Spanish giants advanced with ease to the knock-out round of the Champions League with a 3- 1 victory at Marseille.
A double from Ronaldo and a Raul Albiol goal ensured the nine-time European champions lead the way in their Group C and go through to the second round after their 3-0 reverse fixture win.
The win spelled the end of Marseille's Champions League dream with their coach Didier Deschamps paying tribute to their opponents.
"There is a difference between Marseille and Real Madrid. I knew it before and I know it even better now," said the Marseille coach.
"They are better technically, there's no doubt about it. We could only hope and admit it's a pity we missed out on chances."
Ronaldo said: "It was important to finish top of the group. It was a good game and the team played well. I'm delighted to have scored particularly the free kick."
Ronaldo showed he was back at his best after his two months on the sidelines with an ankle injury following a tackle by Marseille defender Souleymane Diawara at the Santiago Bernabeu on September 30.
And the striker, already the author of a double in the reverse leg victory, put his side on their road to victory after just five minutes at the Velodrome.
Deschamps' side had been given a mountain to climb and their misery was compounded within minutes after Real were awarded a free kick following a Djibril Cisse challenge on Dutch midfielder Rafael Van der Vaart.
Ronaldo stepped up and from 30 metres out the world's most expensive footballer fired a curling shot, which grazed the fingers of Marseille goalie Steve Mandanda, into the top left corner of the net.
The hosts refused to be browbeaten, rallying their forces and their persistence paid off six minutes later when midfielder Lucho pulled Marseille level after a Brandao header was cleared by Raul Albiol straight into the Argentinian striker's path.