Real Madrid ease past wasteful Roma

Zinedine Zidane's side produce a strong second-half display to secure a 4-0 aggregate win

Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates scoring Madrid's first as they eased past Roma at the Bernabeu 
(Image credit: Graham Doyle/Getty)

Real Madrid 2 Roma 0 (4-0 agg)

Real Madrid strolled into the quarter finals of the Champions League on Tuesday night with a 2-0 win over AS Roma at the Bernabeu, ending a run of eight aggregate defeats by Italian sides in European knockout ties which stretched back to 1989.

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