Pragmatic Real has finished what it started in Bergamo and is once again among the 8 best in Europe – World Cup – Champions League



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Real Madrid beat Atalanta 3: 1 as hosts in a rematch of the Champions League round of 16 and with a total score of 4: 1 they qualified for the next round.

The goals of “Los Blancos” were the work of Karim Benzema, Sergio Ramos and Marco Asensio. Luis Muriel signed for Bergamas.

Thus, the “real club” is back in the top 8 in the most prestigious European club tournament, after the two previous editions fell to the current level of Ajax and Manchester City, respectively.

The pace and the game were far from spectacular, but the “white ballet” tactic worked and the former students of Zinedine Zidane are still waiting for the final draw.

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In the third minute Robin Gossens intercepted a cross from the left wing, but it was too weak and Courtois caught.

Ten minutes later Muriel sent a short pass to Pasalic in the penalty area, but Ramos overtook it and cleared for a corner. However, after its implementation, nothing dangerous happened with “Los Blancos”.

In the 16th minute, after flailing in the penalty area on a corner kick, Jimsiti hit the ball hard, but it went over the crossbar.

In the 34th minute, Sportielo’s blunder on passing the ball allowed Modric to cross it, invade the penalty area on the right and continue his way to the center, where the discovered Benzema promptly opened the scoring with a solid shot in the corner. right.

In the 43rd minute, Malinowski opened room to shoot with his left foot from about 25 meters, but his crosshairs betrayed him.

7 minutes later Zapata tried to put Gossens with a heel in the penalty area, but it did not hit and Courtois caught the ball.

In the 52nd minute Vinicius fired a counter-attack on the wing from the center, advanced in an astonishing way and entered the penalty area between three defenders, but his shot went inches from the left post.

In the 58th minute, the Brazilian was again at the center of events. He broke the central zone, dribbled more than 20 meters, but was illegally stopped by Toloy in the penalty area just before shooting. The referee pointed to the white point, and Sergio Ramos with an unappealable performance in the right corner went up to 2: 0.

In the 63rd minute Messina tried a diagonal shot from about 10 meters, but flew off.

4 minutes later Zapata controlled his back, turned around and immediately tried his luck, but Courtois stopped with his right foot.

In the counterattack the hosts could not make the result classic, but Sportielo stopped a shot from Benzema with his head, and in extra time the striker hit the right post.

In the 76th minute Zapata could have reduced, but Thibaut Courtois famously surprised him with his foot.

In the 83rd minute Luis Muriel returned the result to the Italians with a magnificent direct free kick, breaking the barrier by 2: 1.

With his first touch of the match, Marco Asensio regained the lead by two goals, thanks to a stupendous foray by Vázquez, who found his teammate exposed in the penalty area and transferred Sportielo with a whip in the right corner.


Real Madrid (4-3-3): 1. Thibaut Courtois, 6. Nacho Fernandez (yellow card), 5. Rafael Varane, 4. Sergio Ramos (Eder Militao 64 ‘), 23. Ferlan Mandy, 8. Tony Kroos (yellow card), 10. Luka Modric, 15. Federico Valverde (yellow card) (Marco Asensio 82 ‘), 17. Lucas Vázquez, 9. Karim Benzema, 20. Vinicius Junior (Rodrigo 69 ‘)

Reserves: 13. Andrej Lunin, 26. Diego Altube, 3. Eder Militao, 11. Marco Asensio, 12. Marcelo Viera, 22. Francisco Alarcón – Isco, 25. Rodrigo, 34. Hugo Duro

Coach: Zinedine Zidane

Atalanta (3-4-1-2): 57. Marcelo Sportielo, 2. Rafael Toloy (yellow card) (Palomino 61 ‘), 17. Christian Romero, 19. Berat Jimcity, 3. Joachim Maele, 15. Martin De Roon, 32. Mateo Pesina (Caldara 84 ‘), 8. Robin Gosens (Ilicic 57 ‘), 8. Mario Pasalic (Zapata 45 ‘), 18. Ruslan Malinovski, 9. Louis Muriel

Head coach: Gian Piero Gasperini

Stadium: “Alfredo di Stefano”

Referee: Danny McKelly

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