Zinedine Zidane hails era of Cristiano Ronaldo

Zinedine Zidane believes Cristiano Ronaldo will leave a lasting legacy at Real Madrid like Alfredo Di Stefano has.

Ronaldo’s brace in a 3-0 win against Juventus last week — which included an incredible overhead kick from the club’s all-time leading scorer — has put Real firmly in charge of their Champions League quarter-final tie ahead of tonight’s return leg in Madrid.

Ronaldo’s spectacular second goal was so impressive that even Juventus fans applauded it and Real president Florentino Perez has called the 33-year-old the “great heir” to Di Stefano, who won five European Cups and scored 308 goals in 396 games between 1953 and 1964.