Ronaldo shines brightest as United win battle of stars

A WAYNE ROONEY double and a Cristiano Ronaldo screamer helped Manchester United beat a Europe XI to celebrate the EU’s 50th anniversary and the Red Devils’ 50 years in European competition — whilst raising £1.25 million for charity.

Ronaldo, the star of the show all night, struck a glorious free-kick to delight the 74,343 crowd.

Rooney took just five minutes to get his name on the scoresheet, a little shimmy taking keeper Santiago Canizares out of the game as he tapped Paul Scholes’ through ball into an empty net.