Cristiano Ronaldo made his return to play on Saturday versus Xerez after serving a two game suspension for an accidental elbow which subsequently broke the nose of the opposing player.

Cristiano Netted two goals in the second half to bring his season tally to 11, which is only five less goals than star rival Lionel Messi.  Messi However, has played many more games than Ronaldo. The season isn’t over, but more likely than not, Cristiano will catch up and surpass Messi in the goal field come the end of the season.

Meanwhile, Real Madrid are concentrating on the Champions League match this Tuesday versus Lyon.

Cristiano Ronaldo won the first  Puskás Award at the FIFA Annual Gala on Monday for the best goal of the 2008/09 season.

The Real Madrid star was presented with the award for his 40-yard strike that saw Manchester United eliminate FC Porto from last season’s Champions League.

His fantastic goal drew accolades from around the world and came in first at the Fifa.com poll with 17.68 percent of the vote.

“I am very proud of this award, it’s a great honour for me,” Ronaldo said after the ceremony.

“It was incredible, a fantastic goal. If you asked me how to score a goal like that I wouldn’t be able to tell you.

“It’s just hitting it hard and seeing the net billow, that’s all.”

The award is named after the football great Ferenc Puskás, who was captain and lynchpin of the legendary Hungarian team of the 1950s.

Cristiano Ronaldo has missed many games since starting his campaign under Real Madrid, but if anyone thought that Cristiano’s brilliance was gone for good, they were sorely mistaken. After just a few games back, Cristiano managed to put out another brilliant performance after the one he had given just a few days prior versus Almeria.

Cristiano Scored two brilliant goals last night to put Real Madrid through to the final sixteen of the Champions League competition. Real Madrid only needed a tie to be guaranteed through, but that did not stop them from wanting to be first in their group regardless of AC Milan’s game. This means that Real Madrid do not face Manchester United, Chelsea or Arsenal in the final sixteen. A great plus for Real Madrid and Real Madrid fans alike.

The newspaper has reported that the voodoo priest who wants to remain anonymous has been contracted by someone to cast a spell on Cristiano that will cause him serious injury as well as put him into a scoring drought.

The voodoo priest said: “I am a professional and someone has paid very well for me using my powers. I have been hired to make Cristiano Ronaldo suffer a serious injury.” The wizard added that he was unable to reveal the identity of his client “because I am a mixture of priest and doctor and I have to respect the confidentiality of my followers”.

“It’s a step-by-step process and depends on various factors so the result you are looking for is achieved sooner or later.”

Cristiano Ronaldo suffered an injury to his ankle during the Champions League game versus Marseille, but it is unknown how serious the injury is. It is known however that Cristiano limped off the field and was seen with an ice pack on his ankle.

Real Madrid aren’t worried about the spell and have dismissed it as craziness.

Cristiano Ronaldo is now on the top of the Champions League in scoring with four goals and more likely than not that he’s not finished yet.

The doubts from naysayers who were so eager to say that Cristiano Ronaldo would not be as productive in Madrid as he was in Manchester are quickly dissipating.

Any true Cristiano Ronaldo fan knows how lethal he can be on the attack, and knew that it was only a matter of time before he started to gel with his new team mates.

Cristiano’s second Ballon D’or might not be that far away.

Real Madrid went on to win tonight’s game by a score of 3-0.

Cristiano Ronaldo has again netted two goals for Real Madrid, after they demolished Xerez by a score of 5-0 on Sunday night.

This makes it two consecutive games that Ronaldo has scored twice for Los Blancos, and it only stands to reason that it probably won’t very long before he gets his first hat trick for his new club.

There were and still are many doubters out there who claim that Ronaldo will never repeat his fabulous 42 goal season, but Ronaldo may just supersede that season sooner than many thought he would.

At the moment, Cristiano stands atop the Spanish League with four goals and the Champions League with two.

Looks like Cristiano is adapting well to his new surroundings.

All the doubt that Ronaldo could repeat his Manchester United free kick form in Spain have officially been put to rest after Cristiano scored the opening goal of the game with his trademark free kick. Ronaldo would add another goal which also came from a free kick towards the end of the game.

Real Madrid went on to win the game by a score of 5-2, which has put them in the driver’s seat to continue on to the next round.

Cristiano Ronaldo had some words for waiting media at the end of the game.

“I knew that the goals were going to come and that is why I was relaxed about things,” Ronaldo told the Real Madrid website on Wednesday morning.

“However, the most important thing is that we have won the first match of the group phase and we have started well in Europe.”

“The team worked well and I am happy with the result. Maybe we relaxed too much in the second half and that is something we can’t allow ourselves to do in the future,” he said, before dismissing those who say this early win makes Real Madrid favorites to lift the title in May.

“Some people may say we are favorites, but we have to take things bit by bit,” said Ronaldo.

He missed out on a friendly between Portugal and Liechtenstein earlier this week, but should be back to full training sessions with Real Madrid the following week.