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Cristiano Ronaldo has had a strange season but was back to his best in Tuesday nights impressive Champions League win over Wolfsburg, according to Guillem Balague. John Smoltz Jersey . Ronaldo has had an indifferent campaign, but was at his destructive peak at the Bernabeu, netting a hat-trick to bring Real Madrid back from the brink and into the semi-finals of the Champions League.Speaking to Sky Sports News HQ, Spanish expert Balague cited Ronaldos leadership qualities as a particular plus-point in Tuesdays performance. Cristiano Ronaldo has downplayed his incredible goal-scoring record and insists hes only focused on Real Madrid Cristiano Ronaldo has had a very strange season, he said. Out of those goals that hes scored, 14 of them came against Malmo and Espanyol. We were looking at the stats almost weekly, thinking When is he going to appear in the big games?Then all of a sudden he did, against Roma he scored one goal in each of the last-16 games, against Wolfsburg when he was absolutely needed, [he scored] a hat-trick. Not just that, there was a leadership quality in everything he did and everyone followed him. Ronaldo glances a header into the back of the net to make it 2-0 on Tuesday night Thats the Cristiano Ronaldo we want to see. He admitted hes had a poorer season than usual because of physical problems, which he says hes shaken off now.Real Madrid were 2-0 down after the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final, but Ronaldos 46th goal in 42 matches this season completed the comeback. After Cristiano Ronaldos Champions League hat-trick, Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane called the Portuguese the best player in the world In Tuesdays other European fixture, Manchester City overcame Paris Saint-Germain to reach the last four for the first time in their history.Kevin De Bruyne scored the only goal of the game to book Citys place, a triumph Balague says is popular within the world of football. Guillem Balague has heaped praise on Manuel Pellegrini Everyone is celebrating the fact that Manchester City have got to the next round because its fresh air, and theres a lot of like towards Pellegrini, he said.Im surprised he hasnt been mentioned for big jobs when theyve been available in Europe because he has done a great job at Manchester City. Its been difficult ever since everyone knew that Pep Guardiola was going to go to the team, players were affected, but Pellegrini kept going his way and theyre in the semi-finals now. Heres a look at how Cristiano Ronaldo set-alight La Liga on his arrival at Real Madrid. Also See: Ronaldos one-man show Ronaldo: Goals in my DNA Ronaldo matches Messi mark Will Man city win it? Brian McCann Jersey .com) - The game was all punts and field goals before Kodi Whitfields catch. Bob Uecker Braves Jersey .com) - James Harden put the Houston Rockets on his back and willed them to an overtime victory on Thursday. https://www.cheapbraves.com/963o-chipper-jones-jersey-braves.html . Now, the hottest team on the ATP are pointing their sights on qualifying for the eight-team season finals in London next November. Pospisil has now established the year-end World Tour Finals as the benchmark for a breakthrough season, with Pospisil and Sock provisionally standing ninth. AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Samuel Dalembert had more offensive rebounds than Andre Drummond, Greg Monroe and Josh Smith combined. That was probably the most telling stat from Saturdays game, which Dalemberts Dallas Mavericks won 113-102 over a Detroit team hurt throughout the night by Drummonds foul trouble. Dirk Nowitzki scored 24 points and Vince Carter added 18 for Dallas. "If youre able to get them in foul trouble early, they kind of slow things down a little bit and become less aggressive," Dalembert said. "We knew what we were getting into, and we were ready for the fight." Dallas had surprising success on the boards against Detroits imposing front line. The Mavericks finished with 16 offensive rebounds. The Pistons, who came in as the NBAs top team in that department, had only nine. Drummond finished with only eight points and three rebounds in just under 20 minutes of action. "When you get in foul trouble, it changes your aggression, but it also keeps you from ever getting in the flow of the game," Detroit interim coach John Loyer said. "Andre is a guy who is normally always into the flow, but he wasnt able to do that tonight, whether because of the fouls or something else. I know hell be in the gym tomorrow making sure it doesnt happen again." Smith kept the Pistons in the game for a while and finished with 32 points, his most since signing with Detroit last off-season. Monta Ellis had 12 points and 13 assists for the Mavericks. Dallas leads ninth-place Memphis by two games in the Western Conference playoff race. The Pistons, meanwhile, fell 3 1/2 games behind Atlanta for the final playoff spot in the East. Dallas led by 13 in the third quarter, and after the Pistons closed within four in the fourth, Nowitzki connected from beyond the arc to give the Mavericks a 96-89 lead. Dallas was able to keep Detroit at arms length after that. "We did a pretty good job of not letting thhem get too much momentum," Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said. Luke Jackson Braves Jersey. "When you let them get momentum and get in transition they convert quick, they can hit 3s, they throw lobs, and then it turns into a circus." The Pistons did have 24 fast-break points, but they went 2 of 11 from 3-point range. Detroits Brandon Jennings had only two points and three assists on 1-of-7 shooting, and for a second straight night, the Pistons went mostly with Will Bynum at point guard with the game on the line. Bynum had 17 points and eight assists. "We played a tough team tonight, and they beat us," Bynum said. "We had the energy in spurts tonight, but weve got to have that for 48 minutes and we arent doing that." Ellis scored 10 points in the fourth quarter, and the Mavericks benefited from Drummonds absence throughout the game. Greg Monroe had 17 points and 17 rebounds for the Pistons, but he had little help on the boards. Smith, for all his scoring, finished with only three rebounds, and he didnt score a point in the final period. Dallas had six players in double figures. Dalembert had 12 points and 11 rebounds -- six at the offensive end. Jose Calderon added 11 points and Shawn Marion scored 10. The Mavericks had 31 assists, one night after reaching a season-high 39 in a win at Philadelphia. Ellis had 11 assists in the first half against the Pistons, and Dallas led 64-54 at halftime. Smith -- who had 24 points on 11-of-13 shooting in the half -- kept Detroit from a bigger deficit. The Pistons were only down 39-36 when Drummond picked up his third foul with 9:03 left in the second quarter. The Mavericks slowly extended the margin after that. NOTES: Dallas improved to 17-8 against the East this season. ... Carter appeared to be hit in the midsection in the first quarter and grimaced as he came up the court. Then he took a pass and immediately spotted up for a 3-pointer that gave Dallas a 29-25 lead. ' ' '