The Cristiano Ronaldo Champions League Kiss of Death
During last season's Champions League campaign the Portuguese forward netted against Shakhtar, Malmo, Roma and Wolfsburg, four teams that failed to qualify for the competition this time around.
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Cristiano Ronaldo struck 16 goals in the Champions League last season as Real Madrid claimed the title - but none of the teams he scored against have qualified for this season's competition.
The Portuguese forward hit a hat trick (which included two penalties) in the 4-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk as Madrid kicked off the campaign with a resounding result in September at the Santiago Bernabeu.
He then scored both as Rafa Benitez's side won 2-0 away to Malmo at the end of the same month, but was unable to hit the target home or away against Paris Saint-Germain in a goalless game at the Parc des Princes and a fortuitous 1-0 win at the Bernabeu in which Nacho netted the only goal.
The 31-year-old scored twice as Madrid beat Shakhtar 4-3 in Ukraine, before bagging four in an 8-0 victory at home to Malmo.
In the knockout stages under Zinedine Zidane, he converted a goal in both legs against Roma (2-0 each time), before hitting a hat trick against Wolfsburg to turn the tie in Real's favour following a shock 2-0 loss in Germany.
But he did not net at home to Manchester City in the semifinals (having missed the first leg) and could not convert against Atletico in the final either - at least until he hit the winning penalty in the shootout.
So all of his 16 goals came against four teams - Shakhtar, Malmo, Roma and Wolfsburg - and none of those have made it into the Champions League this time around.
Malmo could only finish fifth in Sweden last year and did not make the qualifying round, while Wolfsburg was way off the pace in the Bundesliga in eighth, Shakhtar missed out on the title in Ukraine and Roma was knocked out by Porto in the preliminaries.
Ronaldo is back in action for Madrid after recovering from injury and should start against his former club Sporting CP on Wednesday.