Cristiano Ronaldo is confident that Real Madrid, with the help of their fans, will break with recent tradition and progress through to the Champions League quarter-finals at the expense of Lyon this week.

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Cristiano Ronaldo addresses the press prior to the Lyon game

Madrid have fallen at the last-16 stage of the Champions League in each of the last five seasons, and they will need to overturn a 1-0 deficit from the first leg in France to avoid a repeat this year.

Manuel Pellegrini's side were poor at the Stade Gerland, but they have been in fine form domestically and Saturday`s thrilling last-gasp 3-2 win over Sevilla saw them replace Barcelona at the top of the Primera Division table.

That also continued Madrid's 100% home record in La Liga with 13 wins out of 13, took their current winning streak to seven games, and means they have scored 13 goals in three outings since their last meeting with Lyon.

A confident Ronaldo, who helped Manchester United conquer Europe in 2008 prior to joining Madrid last summer, said ahead of the visit of Lyon: "The team is in great form, we are playing at home and we can do better than in Lyon, therefore I'm confident we can give a good reponse and that we will get through to the next round.

"We have to go out with a winning mentality and look to score goals. We didn't score in the first game, but I hope it will be different on Wednesday. We already know about Lyon, there are a physically strong team but now we are playing at home."

The prospect of winning the club's 10th European Cup title at the Bernabeu is an added incentive for Madrid, with this year`s final being staged at their home stadium.

Ronaldo added: "We all know that the Champions League is a dream for this club, who have nine European Cups and want the tenth, as well as playing the final here.

"I'm confident that we can turn the tie around. We are playing in our stadium and in front of our fans. It would be a disappointment if we don't, but I'm sure that we are going to get through.''