Thuram shines and Real Madrid returns in an incredible time

Real Madrid in lethal time avoided losing to host Borussia Monchengladbach when they drew 2-2 on Tuesday in the second phase of the Champions League group stage second phase matches.

Frenchman Marcus Thuram took center stage by signing Monchengladbach’s double (33 and 58), and his team was minutes from three points, but Frenchman Karim Benzema overcame the difference three minutes before the end, and then Brazilian Casemiro adjusted the scoreboard in injury time.

Real Madrid could have suffered the second defeat in the competition after failing to overcome the obstacle of Ukraine’s Shakhtar in the opening of their Champions League games by losing at home 3-2, while Mönchengladbach raised their score to two points after draw in the first round against Inter Milan 2-2.

It was not the start that Real wanted, as they paid the price of defensive errors and lost in the 33rd minute of the German host’s first opportunity with a goal from Marcus Thuram after a group stage match in which Jonas participated. Hoffmann and the other French Hassan Bellia, who was the owner of the assist.

Zidane’s team did not improve in the second half, as they conceded the second goal also through Thuram, after the ball fell in front of the son of former international defender Lilian Thuram, after a shot from Belia was blocked by the Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, so he followed him into the empty goal (58).

The other Frenchman, Benzema, brought Real back to life in the final minutes when he reduced the gap with a distinctive shot to the back, such as a past header from Casemiro (87), who saved his team from defeat with a fatal goal. after a header from captain Sergio Ramos after a cross from Croatian Luka Modric (3 + 90).

The other match, in the same group, between Inter and Shakhtar, ended in a 0-0 draw.