Dortmund 1-3 Real Madrid: Ronaldo to seal an exciting victory

Bale opened the point, Cristiano Ronaldo responded when he made an advance on his 400th appearance for Real Madrid, sealing an exciting victory for the defending champion, while Real Madrid beat Dortmund 3-1 away at Signal Iduna Park.

The 32-year-old made his 410th and 411th bet for the club in his 150th UEFA club match after the sensational opening of Gareth Bale put Madrid at the forefront of what proved to be a meeting exciting at State Iduna Park.

Madrid came to the match that never won home against BVB, but the spectacular ball won the victory after just 18 minutes.

It was an end-to-end confrontation that presented chances for each side before Ronaldo made his last milestone with a finish consisting of Bale Cross.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang gave Dortmund hope for a comeback, but Zinedine Zidane's men won two wins in two to defend their trophy when Ronaldo beat his home in the final.

Despite Peter Bosz's call to caution at Monday's pre-match press conference, Madrid's Dortmund entered the corner of the fire and may have two initial counter-attacks.

First, Dani Carvajal pushed the box to the right just to shoot Roman Burki, before Lukasz Piszczek simply refused a characteristic of Bale after Ronaldo climbed on the same flank.

Madrid had the chance to escape a penalty in the 14th minute but Keylor Navas hit the ball at the feet of Sergio Ramos after Maximilian Philipp scored the goal.

However, in 18 minutes, the hostile defense of Dortmund was punished by the balm lifestyle.

Carvajal found the space within 30 meters of goal and will take a good pass on the Welsh star's way, sending a sublime volley in the upper right corner and leaving Burki stranded.

: Real Madrid should have doubled his lead before the break, Ronaldo twice shot and Captain Ramos lost a free throw from six yards, but needed a substantial intercept of Raphael Varane to deny Aubameyang an open goal after the break.

But Dortmund's lack of defense was ruthlessly punished four minutes after the restart. Toni Kroos made a second half thanks to a good post from the left and his middle left was shot by Ronaldo at 12 meters.

BVB needed a lifeline and did not take long to answer, as Aubameyang drove Navas  after Varane failed to reach Gonzalo Castro center.

Aubameyang pulled out another wide-ranging opportunity from the delivery of Mario Gotze as the BVB began to push hard for an accountant, even though they were lucky not to acknowledge a penalty when Bale was interrupted by Sokratis  Papastathopoulos.

But the further they advanced, the more suspicious they saw the break and Ronaldo sealed the victory 11 minutes from the moment he pushed Luka Modric's passport before throwing past Burki at the nearest post.