Benzema scores, Real Madrid repeat victory over Liverpool and advance to Champions quarter-finals

This Wednesday, the Real Madrid received the Liverpool for the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 and secured their qualification for the next phase. After defeating Liverpool 5-2 in the first leg at Anfield, the meringues won the second game by 1-0, with a goal by Karim Benzema.

Now, Real Madrid is waiting to find out who will be its opponent in the next phase of the Champions League. The clashes for the quarterfinals of the European championship will be defined by drawing this Friday, at 8 am.

Real Madrid’s next commitment will be for the Spanish Championship against its biggest rival, Barcelona, ​​away from home, on Sunday, at 5 pm (Brasília time). Liverpool will only play again on April 1, against Manchester City away from home, at 8:30 am, in the Premier League.

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The game

With four strikers in the starting line-up, Liverpool started the game in a hurry and looking to score early in the first half. Meanwhile, Real Madrid tried to pace the match and slow down the frantic pace that the English team implemented on the pitch, but without giving up on creation.

With Liverpool’s desperation, Real Madrid had space in the midfield and arrived well in the first half, forcing Alisson to make great saves and stamping the crossbar with Camavinga. In the final half of the initial stage, the English improved and began to demand good interventions from Courtois as well.

In the second half, Real Madrid came back better and saw Liverpool drop in performance in the final stretch of the game. After much insistence, Karim Benzema finally opened the scoring in the 33rd minute of the final stage, with an assist from Vinícius Jr. after the Brazilian kicked Alisson one-on-one.