MADRID, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo admitted he was relieved to have taken a weight off his shoulders after scoring twice in his side's 5-2 Champions League win over FC Zurich.
Ronaldo, a world record signing from Manchester United over the summer, has scored two goals in the Primera Liga, but questions were being asked as to when he would score one of his trademark free kicks.
Those doubts were answered twice in Zurich: Ronaldo opened the scoring with a powerful set piece after 26 minutes and then scored a second free kick in the last minute of the game.
The second goal came at exactly the right time after Zurich had pulled the game back to 3-2, after trailing 3-0 at half time and the Swiss side was pressing for an equalizer.
"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.
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