On 18 January 2014, Ronaldo netted a long-range finish from 26 meters that nestled to the top right corner in a 5–0 away win over Real Betis,[191] clocked at a speed of 132 km/h.[192] In Madrid's next league match, Ronaldo scored the opening goal in a 2–0 home win over Granada.[193] On 11 February 2014, in the Spanish Cup's semifinals second leg, Ronaldo scored a brace in a 2–0 away win against Atlético Madrid to surpass Luis Aragonés as the top scorer in the history of 'Copa' games between Real and Atlético with 5 goals.[194] His seventh minute penalty meant Ronaldo had scored in every single minute of a 90 minute football match.[195]With a brace against Schalke 04 in a 6-1 victory on 26 February 2014, Ronaldo become the first player to score 10 or more goals in 3 consecutive Champions League campaigns.[196]
On 15 March 2014, after he scored the only goal of the match against Málaga, Ronaldo become the first player to score 25 goals in five consecutive league seasons.[197] On 18 March 2014, Ronaldo scored two goals against Schalke 04 in the second leg of the Champions League's round-of–16, allowing him to surpass his personal record of 12 goals in a single UEFA Champions League season, putting him just one behind Lionel Messi's record of 14 goals from the 2011–12 season. On 29 March 2014, with a goal against Rayo Vallecano, Ronaldo equalled Lionel Messi's record of scoring in 10 consecutive games.[198]
In Ronaldo's 100th Champions League match against Borussia Dortmund on 2 April 2014,[199] he scored his record-equalling 14th Champions League goal of the season in a 3–0 home victory, which also tied him with Alfredo Di Stéfano as Real Madrid's joint second top scorer in European competition with 49 goals, behind only Raúl with 66 goals.[200] With the goal, Ronaldo also became the first player to score in 8 consecutive Champions League matches.[201] Ronaldo was substituted with 10 minutes to play due to a thigh injury, and missed four matches, including Real Madrid's Copa del Rey finalvictory against Barcelona at Mestalla Stadium.[202]
Ronaldo made his return for Real Madrid on 23 April 2014 in the Champions League's semi-final first leg win (1–0) overBayern Munich.[203] He scored a brace in the next match against Osasuna, his 100th and 101st league goals at the Santiago Bernabéu.[204] On 29 April 2014, with his two goals against Bayern Munich in a 4–0 away win at the Allianz Arena for the second leg of the Champions League semi-final, Ronaldo set a new record by becoming the first player to score 16 goals in a single Champions League/European Cup season.[205] On 4 May 2014, Ronaldo scored a last-minute backheel in the 2-2 home draw with Valencia, to bring his goals total to 50 for the fourth consecutive season.[206] In the Champions League finalagainst cross-town rival Atlético Madrid, he became the first player in history to score in two European Cup finals for two different winning teams, as Los Blancos won their tenth European Cup.[207] Ronaldo was the competition's top goalscorer for the second consecutive season and third overall, with a record 17 goals in a single season as well as a total of 67 goals.[208]
Ronaldo finished the season with 31 goals in 30 league games, winning the Pichichi as the top goalscorer in Spain, and shared the European Golden Shoe with Liverpool striker Luis Suárez.[209]
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