Real Madrid and Borussia Moenchengladbach at the final price

Real Madrid beat German Borussia Monchengladbach 2-0, but they reached the last 16 of the European Champions League together, because the second game of this second group between Italian Inter and Ukrainian Shakhtar Donetsk ended with a draw negative on Wednesday.

The Spanish champion led the group with 10 points against Mönchengladbach (8 points), who beat Shakhtar (8 points also), who will go on to the European League, while Inter have completely deposited the continental competitions with six points.

Frenchman Karim Benzema was the hero of the first game, scoring two goals with two heads in the 9th and 32nd minutes to put pressure on his compatriot and coach Zinedine Zidane.

The start of the royal team, which holds the record for the number of continental titles (13 times), was not ideal in this competition because they fell at home to Shakhtar 2-3, and then again to him 0-2 in the fifth penultimate round and therefore he was bound to win to join the elite clubs. Qualification.

The influential Real captain, Sergio Ramos, returned to the team after missing the last three matches of his team, with a torn thigh that he suffered during the historic victory of his country, Spain, over Germany, with a clean sixth, the last november.

Benzema played his 527th game with Real Madrid in various competitions, according to the Opta Statistics website, thus equating the record set on behalf of Brazilian Roberto Carlos as the most foreign player defending the colors of the Royal Selection.

Benzema opened the scoring for Real Madrid with a header, taking advantage of a Lucas Vázquez cross (9).

Monchengladbach had a golden opportunity to equalize when Frenchman El Hassan Bella was left alone with Real Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois as he lifted the ball from above but passed the left post (23).

Brazilian Rodrygo made an individual effort on the right wing before passing a center to the logic that Benzema once again followed the German network head on, raising his score to 4 goals this season in continental competition (32).

The referee annulled a Real Madrid goal by Croatian veteran Luka Modric for offside by Brazilian Vinicius Junior (42).

The rhythm of the game calmed down in the second half, especially by Real Madrid, but despite that, the most dangerous opportunities for the owners of the field were through a new header by Benzema in the hands of the Swiss goalkeeper Jan Sommer ( 52) and a powerful shot by German Toni Kroos that was also blocked by Sumer (63).

Sumer intervened brilliantly to save his goal from Ramos’ header (69), then banned Karam Benzema from scoring a hat-trick (73).