Other Madrid stars broke scoring droughts of their own, though against lesser competition. Cristiano Ronaldo’s three-game drought ended with two goals in Champions League (or course) against APOEL, silencing some of the scrutiny he has encountered as of late. The scrutiny will not go away, however, will not go away completely as long as he continues to have only one goal in La Liga. His teammate, Karim Benzema, followed suit with two goals of his own, breaking his own seven-match drought. Once again, the French striker had been on the fans’ selling list as he has been many times in his Real Madrid stint.