Champions League: Real Madrid will quartered in pain … – The Obs

Paris (AFP) – Real Madrid qualified Tuesday for the quarterfinals despite its dramatic 4-3 defeat at home to Schalke (going 0-2) and a record Cristiano Ronaldo, while Porto crushed Basel 4-0 (1-1 on the way).

The two Latin favorites the first evening of the 8th finals have gone back, but diametrically opposite.

And unexpectedly, Real suffered greatly and thus remains entangled in his poor form, after losing the championship of Spain in Barcelona this weekend, two weeks before the Clasico at Camp Nou.

Widely jostled in the first period, the defending champions were first conducted twice by Fuchs (20th) and Huntelaar (40th), who took advantage of Madrid’s defense holes, and owe their salvation that ‘to Cristiano Ronaldo, author of two raging equalization of the head (25th, 45th).

In the second half, Benzema quickly put Real ahead through the defense review (52), but the Germans returned to the score and even regained the lead two beautiful strikes Sane (57th) and Huntelaar (84th).

The doubled CR7 allowed him to assume only the record for goals in competitions European (78), a length in front of Raul, his glorious predecessor at Real, and equal the record of his rival Messi Barcelona in the Champions League, excluding preliminary rounds (75 goals).

But the symbolic image remains that of the Portuguese after the final whistle, only the middle, black eyes towards the dissatisfied stands and then returning the locker room by performing movements despite the head.

The other match played in the Iberian Peninsula spared much less suspense: Porto won without firing a shot under the leadership of Brahimi, author of the opening goal from a free kick (14th) and an assist for Herrera (47th). Casemiro, another direct free kick (56th) and Aboubakar (76th) were bodied addition. Samuel was excluded Swiss side late in the game (90 + 1).

The Portuguese have better handled the second leg as the leg, when they snatched a 1-1 draw on a penalty late in the game. They access the C1 quarterfinals for the first time since 2009.