Revitalised Real Madrid hope not to witness another miracle on Benfica return

While goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin’s last-gasp header meant more for the hosts, Madrid cannot take the challenge lightly now they return in the playoff roundNineteen days later Real Madrid fly back to Lisbon to try again. For all the drama, for all that Benfica’s goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin rose through the rain to head an astonishing 98th-minute goal and José Mourinho raced up the line with his arms around a ballboy, everyone in the Estádio da Luz losing their minds; for all that Álvaro Arbeloa’s team “crashed out” of the top eight, the biggest club of all have a second chance. Which is, of course, the way the Champions League is designed. So here they go again and things are better now. But then they thought that back then, too.What followed, as one headline had it, was a “total write-off”, Madrid not just beaten 4-2 but battered. Trubin’s late goal, the moment of the competition, changed everything for Benfica but didn’t really alter Madrid’s fate; already destined for the playoff, it ...


3 w.
Entertainment
ID: -7410696176243772321


Similar News expand_more


Sport
Sport
Sport
Sport
Sport
Sport
Sport
Sport
Sport
Entertainment
Travel
Crime
Sport
Sport
Sport
Sport
Entertainment
Sport
Sport
Sport
Sport
Sport
Sport
Entertainment
Sport
Sport
Entertainment
Sport
Sport
Entertainment
Entertainment
Sport
Sport
Entertainment
Sport
Sport
Sport
Entertainment
Entertainment
Sport
Travel
Entertainment
Sport
Entertainment
Sport
Sport
Sport
Sport
Entertainment
Add Watch Country

arrow_drop_down