体坛英语新闻：Real Madrid to play Apoel in Champions League match

MADRID, April 3 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid face what in theory should be a comfortable evening when they entertain APOEL Nicosia in the return leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday night.

Real go into the game on the back of a 3-0 win in Cyprus last week in a match they dominated from start to finish, enjoying over 20 shots on their rivals' goal with APOEL unable to shoot one single time against the goal defended by Iker Casillas.

Cristiano Ronaldo was realistic about the tie when he spoke to the Real Madrid website on Monday.

"The result that we got away from home was very important. I am not going to be hypocritical about it, because I think that the tie is just about 90 percent assured, but there is still 10 percent to decide and anything can happen in football," said Ronaldo.

"We are playing at home and we don' t want to waste the chance to go further in this competition. It is a dream result to win 3-0 away from home and we are on the right track," added the striker.

With the result all-but assured, Madrid coach Jose Mourinho will use the game to rest players for this weekend' s Primera Liga game against Valencia and also to ensure that nobody picks up a booking that could lead to them being suspended later in the competition.

That could see Esteban Granero and Nuri Sahin play in midfield with Rafael Varene in central defense, while Angel de Maria gets a run out after finally recovering from a hamstring problem.

Real Madrid have been incredibly lucky in the draw for the Champions League and qualification on Wednesday night will mean they have reached the last four of the competition without having faced a single team from the four top rated leagues in Europe.

That should change with a probable tie against Bayern Munich in the semi-finals, but so far Europe has been about as easy as it could be for Mourinho' s men.