^Ronaldo got revenge for injuring him last match^
Man United came into this came with a 2-0 aggregate lead over Real Madrid and most people were expecting United to just close the game out. With the 2-0 lead in mind Sir Alex Ferguson decided to rest some of his first team regulars for this game. He replaced Ferdinand with John O’Shea, and Anderson and Hargreaves went into CM. He also gave a rare start to David Villa who is being rumoured to leave the club in the summer.
Heinze knew that he was in for a tough match right from the off when both Gary Neville and Ronaldo kept pushing up down that wing and to make things worse for himself he got booked in the first 5 minutes.
Man United took the lead in the 38th minute when Ronaldo went on a dribble into the box the and easily beat Casillas with a shot into the left hand corner of the net.
Rooney doubled the lead on the stroke of Half-time when Ronaldo got the ball from a throw in and floated a ball over Casillas to the back post for Rooney to nod into the net.
Real Madrid managed to pull a goal back 3 minutes into the second half when O’Shea headed the ball back into the middle of the box and Torres tapped the ball in. It was the first goal Van Der Sar had conceded in 7 hours and 15 minutes.
After this goal Man United piled on the pressure and scored another in the 71st minute to secure a ¼ final place. Anderson played a chip through ball to Rooney and he brought it down before volleying it in off the post.
Villa then capped off a very good day for United with a goal in the 90th minute. Anderson faked a shot but instead played the ball to Villa and he placed the ball into the corner with a first time shot.