Good evening and welcome to LIVE text commentary of the first-leg of the Champions League Last-16 tie between Schalke 04 and holders Real Madrid at the Veltins-Arena. Kick off 7.45pm GMT.

INJURY BLOW! SCHALKE sub: Huntelaar limps off and is replaced by Felix Platte.

Big blow for Schalke who like losing Huntelaar to injury.

FINE SAVE! Wellenreuther does well to deny Benzema with his feet after the Frenchman had broken free of the Schalke defence.

It's another record for Ronaldo - one that keeps changing! He scores his 464th official goal for club and country, but his first while wearing a magenta shirt!

Three games without a goal isn't so bad for most players, but when it's one of the all-time greats it becomes a story. Anyway, it's over now and it's a big disappointment for Schalke who had looked very comfortable up until that point.

That makes it 58 goals in 58 CL appearances for Ronaldo at Real.

GOAL! Real go up the other end and snatch the lead. Inevitably it's that man Ronaldo who drifts into the area to nod home the right-wing cross. Drought? What drought!?

GOOD SAVE! Casillas get down well to push the ball to safety after Huntelaar had let rip with a low effort from 25 yards.

Huntelaar nods down into space but there is no-one near it while Ronaldo tries to manufacture an opening but his attempt is so poor it almost goes for a throw. The main men not quite delivering...

The stats suggest a Real goal could be in the offing at some point in this period, but they haven't looked at all likely as of yet... 75% of Real Madrid’s goals in this season’s Champions League have come in the first-half (12 out of 16). They are also the only team yet to concede a goal after half-time.

The lively Aogo is left free on the left just outside the box and winds up a first-time attempt that flashes way over the bar. He went for an outside of the foot belter there, but got the technique all wrong.

That Lucas Silva shot just about makes it 124...just... STAT: Real Madrid have had the most shots (123), including the most on target (49) in this season’s Champions League.

First sighting of Lucas Silva as he finds space and lets fly from 30 yards... But it's a tame effort that he drags well wide.

Aogo breaks down the left and tries to feed Huntelaar but Pepe stretches to nick the ball away. Important interception from the Portuguese.

Real deal with the set piece with the minimum of fuss.

The hosts force a corner on the right. Di Knappen are growing in confidence.

Maybe he should have left it to Huntelaar given this stat: Huntelaar has scored eight goals in 10 Champions League games at the Veltins Arena.

Aogo and Huntelaar over it... Aogo hits it straight into the wall and then screams for handball. It was never a penalty. Pepe ducked his head into it.

Free kick to Schalke 25 yards out.

Not much happening on the pitch but the crowd are enjoying themselves and have made a big, big effort for the occasion as this photo illustrates...

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