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. 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. 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"It has been 10 years since Ive played here, but unfortunately (last) Wednesday I suffered an injury in my knee." Barone got Italy on the board in the 32nd minute as he put his strike in the area up and over Portuguese keeper Paulo Santos. Then in the 52nd minute, Del Vecchio got past a challenging Paulo Santos in the area and put the loose ball into an empty net. Portugal would continue to press in the second half and Meira had an excellent chance in the 61st minute with a header in the area, but a diving Giovanni Galli managed to deflect it wide. "I was very happy to be here," continued Baggio. "The energy and the warm welcome was incredible. Especially in the Italian community, they gave a lot of emotion and the first thanks is going to them. It really was incredible to come here and feel at home." Baggio also addressed the on-going rumour that he will replace out-going Italian national coach, Cesare Prandelli. 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"Its a big pleasure any time you get a chance to play for your national team, it was really cool to play in front of so many fans especially with such a big Portuguese community here in Toronto," said Portuguese striker, Pauleta. "The Italians played really well. They always have really good defenders. "For me, I think their goalie was the best player on the field. It wouldve been nice to score of course." Mondays event is part of a weeklong attempt to cure soccer fans World Cup withdrawal. In addition to the Italy-Portugal legends match, on Wednesday Toronto FC will play host to the English Premier Leagues Tottenham Hotspur. Current TFC striker Jermaine Defoe appeared in 274 games for the Spurs on two separate stops with the club. Then to close-out the week, Serie As AC Milan will kick off against Superleague Greeces Olympiacos on Thursday. 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