Real Madrid has heard every possible piece of trash talk that has been thrown at it this year: Ronaldo doesn’t pass; Ronaldo only celebrates when he scores; Chicharito doesn’t deserve to start for Real Madrid; he has been a bust. They have heard it all, and they just answered it on one of the biggest stages possible. 

Behold, in all its glory, Ronaldo to Chicharito for the go-ahead goal in the 88th minute: 

As if Real Madrid transfer rumors needed any more help, Real youth coach Zinedine Zidane has come out and said that he has been keeping an eye on Chelsea superstar Eden Hazard. 

"There are players I keep an eye on and who I like a lot, like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, of course," he said. "They're fantastic players, but I like Eden Hazard a lot too. I enjoy everything he does on the pitch.”

Nothing makes us appreciate the levels of skill and athleticism that world-class footballers possess than seeing the 40-year-old versions of them skirting around the pitch, pulling off passes and finishes that we thought we could do at our athletic peak, but are really only fooling ourselves to think so. 

Today, Paris Saint-Germain will face Barcelona under the most unenviable of circumstances: down 3-1 heading into the Camp Nou. With the away goals rule, that means that the French giants will have to score at least three goals if they are to win or force extra time and penalties. A tough ask for any team heading into Barcelona’s raucous stadium. 

Real Madrid are going to face Atletico Madrid in the Champions League this afternoon with four key players unavailable. Karim Benzema, Gareth Bale, Luka Modric, and Marcelo are all going to miss the match due to injury, according the Guardian columnist Sid Lowe.

Confirmed that Benzema is out tomorrow, along with Bale and Modric, plus Marcelo injured. (Carvajal does play: no action was taken)

— Sid Lowe (@sidlowe) April 21, 2015

It has happened. The Luis Suarez that absolutely tore up the Premier League in his last season at Liverpool has come alive at Barcelona, and the rest of the world can’t decide whether or not it should faint at the sight of his glory or cower in fear at the thought of facing him in competition.

Some thought that a front three of Suarez, Neymar, and Lionel Messi would never be able to co-exist, that they all were too individualistic to perform at their highest levels together. With each passing game we are finding out just how wrong those people were.

Sky Sports News have gone balls-out this morning with the audacious claim that Manchester United are exploring the possibility of a swap deal with Real Madrid that would see Gareth Bale move to Old Trafford this summer with Angel di Maria heading back to the Santiago Bernabau.

Great news for anyone who can count Javier Hernandez among their favorite players, the Mexican international ended a goal scoring drought that had plagued his season since October. 

Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez scored the second goal in what would end up being an easy victory for Real Madrid over Eibar. The win, and Chicharito’s finish, were clinical:

Barcelona’s training session took a turn for the viral the other day. The team was practicing crossing drills when their 23-year-old left-back Martin Montoya went and did this: