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Ronaldo's wing display delights Zidane

Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane was full of praise for Cristiano Ronaldo's display out wide in a win over Athletic Bilbao.

Zinedine Zidane feels Cristiano Ronaldo proved his worth on the wing as the Portugal star scored twice in Real Madrid's 4-2 La Liga win over Athletic Bilbao on Saturday.

Ronaldo's double helped Madrid negotiate a difficult test against Athletic at the Santiago Bernabeu, which saw the visitors cancel out his early opener through Javier Eraso before Aritz Aduriz rattled the crossbar.

James Rodriguez and Toni Kroos scored to make it 3-1 before Raphael Varane's second yellow card — with Ronaldo and Gorka Elustondo then on target in the final stages of an entertaining contest.