Cristiano Ronaldo welcomed his first professional club to the Bernabeu tonight and it was looking pretty grim for himself and his Real Madrid teammates as Sporting Lisbon went about causing a major upset.
The defending champions were trailing to a Bruno Cesar goal when they were awarded a free kick in the 89th minute.
Up stepped Ronaldo, and the script was written...
It's been a while since we've seen him bang a free-kick like that, and he couldn't have picked a better time.
But rather than be happy with fighting back for a point, Madrid proved why they are the reigning champions of Europe by pushing on and finding a winner at the very death.
It's just so Real Madrid.
Ronaldo again the catalyst for a Real Madrid European comeback, cometh the hour, cometh the man.
