Dortmund out to ruin Ronaldo milestone TODAY

BorussiaDortmund will aim to maintain their unbeaten record at home to RealMadrid in the Champions League today and spoil Cristiano Ronaldo’s 150thEuropean appearance.Dortmund and title holders Real meet in thegroup stage for the second year running. The teams drew both games 2-2last season as the Germans topped the section before bowing out in thelast eight while Real went on to win a record 12th title.Dortmundhave won three and drawn three of their meetings at Signal Iduna Park,including their dazzling 4-1 first-leg win in the 2013 Champions Leaguesemi-final when Robert Lewandowski scored all four goals.“There were always great games against Real Madrid,” said Dortmund’s Germany midfielder Mario Goetze on Monday.“WithMadrid having won the last two Champions League seasons, we of coursehave a lot of respect, but we are also in very good shape and full ofconfidence.”Defending champions Real opened their group campaignwith a 3-0 win at home to APOEL while Dortmund suffered a 3-1 defeat atTottenham Hotspur a fortnight ago.‘Philameyang’The Germans’main task may be containing four-time Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo, whohas scored 110 goals in European competition but failed to find the netin his last two league outings.The Portuguese superstar is among thefinal three nominees for the Best FIFA Men’s Player 2017 award and thewinner will be announced on October 23.“Ronaldo hasn’t played much of late, but I expect him to be in top form against us,” said Dortmund coach Peter Bosz.“I don’t believe that Real will be any worse off just because they have a few injured players.”Realboss Zinedine Zidane is without a left-back as Marcelo (hamstring) andTheo Hernandez (shoulder) are both out, so Nacho is set to fill in.KarimBenzema is missing with a hamstring injury, but Luka Modric and GarethBale were both rested at the weekend and Toni Kroos is expected toreturn after injury.Dortmund flexed their muscles ahead of theheavyweight showdown with a 6-1 home drubbing of BorussiaMoenchengladbach in the German league on Saturday as Pierre-EmerickAubameyang netted a hat-trick.The Gabon striker has now scored eight goals in six league games.Hehas forged a partnership — dubbed ‘Philameyang’ by the German media —with left-winger Maximilian Philipp, who has scored four goals in hislast three games.Dortmund’s big win over Gladbach came with forwardsMarco Reus, Andre Schuerrle and Raphael Guerreiro injured while newsigning Andriy Yarmolenko, Nuri Sahin and Gonzalo Castro were not used.Zidane’s worriesWhileDortmund shone in attack, they struggled at the back against Gladbach,who had half a dozen clear chances to score which went begging.Real are unlikely to be as forgiving, but they have struggled to create chances of late, which worries their French coach.Madrid’srun of scoring in 73 successive matches in all competitions ended whenthey lost 1-0 at home to Real Betis last Wednesday.But theyrebounded with a 2-1 win at Alaves on Saturday as Dani Ceballos scoredhis first goals for Madrid on his first competitive start.“We cannotbe pleased with the amount of opportunities we have created lately, butI believe in my players,” said Zidane. “I hope our strikers will scoreagain, but I have always maintained that it is the most important thingto create chances.”Real traditionally have a terrible record inGermany with 19 defeats, seven draws and only five wins. However, fourof those victories have come in their last seven visits and they enjoyeda 2-1 win at Bayern Munich in last season’s quarter-finals.