19 Mar 2014

Real Madrid thump Schalke

10:54 am on 19 March 2014

The Spanish football side Real Madrid have stormed into the Champions League quarter-finals with a club record 9-2 aggregate win over German side Schalke.

Real were virtually assured of a place in the last eight after thrashing the Bundesliga side 6-1 in Gelsenkirchen in the first leg and Cristiano Ronaldo struck twice in their 3-1 win today.

The world's richest club are bidding to reach the semi-finals for a third consecutive season and chase the 10th European crown that has eluded them since they last won the Champions League in 2002.

They are unbeaten in 31 matches in all competitions since a La Liga defeat to Barcelona at the end of October and also meet their arch-rivals in next month's King's Cup final.