IT IS TIME FOR RONALDO TO SHINE MORE LIKE MERCY- If he scores in Milan on Saturday, Ronaldo will make more history by becoming the first player to net in three separate finals

The Portuguese has won two of his three appearances in the fixture so far, yet he has never really dominated the game in the way that the Barcelona forward did in 2009 and 2011

 Cristiano Ronaldo relishes the Champions League. The Portuguese is the all-time top scorer in the continental competition and on Saturday he can join a select band of players to have won it three times. But he has never quite made his mark on a final, as Lionel Messi has over the course of his glittering Barcelona career.

If he scores in Milan on Saturday, Ronaldo will make more history by becoming the first player to net in three separate finals, having hit the target for Manchester United versus Chelsea in 2008 and then for Real Madrid against Atletico in 2014.

But those stats do not tell the entire story. Despite the two goals, the 31-year-old's three appearances in European football's foremost fixture have had as much disappointment as they have brilliance. And as Atletico loom again on Saturday, Madrid may well need more from their talisman this time around.

In the 2007-08 final Ronaldo opened the scoring with a wonderful header to give United the lead against Chelsea, but after Frank Lampard's leveller the Portuguese paused in his run-up in the penalty shootout and saw his spot-kick saved by Petr Cech. It was United's only miss in the series and had it not been for John Terry's slip minutes later as the Chelsea captain hit the post it would have cost Sir Alex Ferguson's side the trophy.

(SOURCE: GOAL.COM)