Cristiano Ronaldo Returns For Real Madrid's Champions League Encounter

When you're trying to win the Champions League it certainly helps to have your best players. Where Madrid are luckier than most is the fact that their best player, is one of the top few players in the world. So to have Cristiano Ronaldo fit, ready and firing on all cylinders is a massive relief to their team, and their hopes for UEFA Champions League success.

Real Madrid will face German giants Schalke. Despite Madrid being the clear favourites, the German outfit are a clever team with the ability to compete with Europe's best on their day. Madrid are blessed to have an array of attacking talent at their disposal. They also have the world's most expensive player, Gareth Bale, who admittedly moved away for English club Tottenham Hotspurs for Champions League football. So for Bale, this game is everything he's dreamed about, and you can be sure that he will be aiming to impress.

Bale, who cost near $130 million, and Ronaldo are a dynamic duo that defenders simply cannot stop. It's rare that one of them has a bad game, let alone the pair of them, so it means the Germans will have to bring their a-game in order to progress in to the next round. With these two aiming to impress, you can expect to see goals galore from Madrid, and that should leave their defense exposed, meaning Schalke could grab a few goals on the counter too. Madrid and Schalke should put on the most entertaining game of the Champions League so far.