The champion advances Champions League: Thibaut Courtois hardly had to work a bit in the first half to secure his ranking Real Madrid in the quarter-finals of the European competition, in a match against Liverpool which the Spanish team controlled in the second half and finished winning 1-0 with Karim Benzema’s goal.
The game had more shots on goal than the 5-2 of the first leg (13 vs. 11), but much less emotion: The start was entertaining with both teams close to the goal, but once Liverpool seemed to assume they couldn’t change the order, it all got pretty monotonous.
Now Real Madrid, the only Spanish side in the competition’s quarter-finals, await Friday’s draw: they could face Napoli, Inter Milan, Chelsea, Manchester City, Benfica or Bayern Munich.
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How was Real Madrid vs. Liverpool? Final score
| Equipment | 1 T | 2T | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real Madrid | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Liverpool | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Real Madrid vs. Highlights and Goals Liverpool:
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- RMA – K. Benzema – Min. 78.
Real Madrid vs. Liverpool live
Match ended: 1-0 win for Real Madrid.
Min. 90+4. Costas Tsimikas reprimanded in Liverpool.
Min. 90+1. Real Madrid claim a penalty for Cimica’s handball, but it was not ruled intentional despite a VAR review.
Min. 90. Another two minutes were added. Liverpool’s final two changes: Costas Tsimikas and Fabio Carvalho replace Andy Robertson and Cody Gakpo.
Min. 87. Real Madrid’s latest change: Lucas Vazquez replaces Dani Carvajal.
Min. 84. Two more changes to the lineup: Marco Asensio and Aurelién Tchouaméni replaced Vinícius Junior and Toni Kroos.
Min. 82. Real Madrid’s first two changes: Dani Ceballos and Rodrygo replace Karim Benzema and Luka Modric.
Karim Benzema’s goal in Real Madrid vs. Liverpool
Min. 78. Real Madrid’s goal! Karim Benzema opened the scoring on the night in Madrid, finishing a ball served to him in the area in front of goal after Vinicius fell in his chance and Van Dijk rebounded. The game started with a sensational pass from Karavinga to Karim, who was left hurt after the goal.
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K. Benzema opens the scoring. @Real Madrid 1 @LFC 0
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From the ground also applies:
⚽️ Vinny attends and Benzema finishes.Real Madrid are in the quarterfinals of the Champions League. #UCL #LaCasaDelFútbol pic.twitter.com/P2Bve2T9cE
— Soccer on Movistar Plus+ (@MovistarFutbol) March 15, 2023
Min. 73. Liverpool third change: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain comes on for James Milner.
Min. 67. Vinicius was off balance once again and found Benzema in the area: the Frenchman failed to get an accurate shot to make it 1-0.
Min. 63. Modric shines, crosses for Valverde: the Uruguayan’s header goes just high.
Min. 57. Two changes for Liverpool: Harvey Elliott and Roberto Firmino replace Diogo Jota and Darwin Nunez.
Min. 54. Alisson becomes a figurehead: first he covered Valverde’s one-on-one, then controlled a Benzema shot.
Min. 52. Vinicius’ initial offside in a game that almost ended with a Benzema goal.
Min. 50. Real Madrid control the possession of the ball in the first minutes of the second half and are slowly getting closer to the goal the Reds.
The second part has begun.
The first half ended at the Santiago Bernabeu: Real Madrid and Liverpool drew 0-0.
Min. 45. Another two minutes were added.
Min. 42. The tempo of the game dropped a lot, despite Liverpool controlling the ball, which benefited Madrid, who seem to have weathered the storm.
Min. 36. Liverpool are dominating the final minutes, but for now time is running out and they don’t get the first of the three goals they need at least.
Min. 32. Once again Courtois stops Darwin Nunez from scoring, who the Real Madrid defenders cannot control in the area.
Min. 30. Courtois no problem with Darwin Ñúñez’s header.
Min. 26. The game maintains a frantic pace, with shots from both sides.
Min. 22. Another long-range Madrid shot that goes close: this time it was from Modric.
Min. 20. Terrible shot by Caravinga onto the post after Alisson made the save.
Min. 17. Salah overflowed down the right, centre-back and Diogo Jota’s poor volley shot wide.
Min. 14. With a spectacular save, Alisson kept out Vinicius’ header.
Min. 13. Again Madrid came forward with a voracious counter-attack but Gakpo took the ball from Benzema inside the area.
Min. 11. Kroos’ effort with another shot from outside the area: it was powerful but on Alisson’s body.
Min. 9. Good counter attack from Real Madrid that ended with Milner having to clear the ball either way.
Min. 8. Valverde’s shot from outside the box in a set-piece: Gakpo cleared the ball without any problems.
Min. 6. Real Madrid confused: Rudiger loses the ball to Salah, then the Egyptian lays the pass to Nunes: Courtois saves the Uruguayan’s goal.
Min. 3. Karim Benzema is offside. Both teams are quite open in attack at the moment.
The match has begun!
Teams on the pitch and Champions League anthem moment.
Welcome to the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium! Real Madrid host Liverpool for the second leg of the Champions League Round of 16.
🧤 Our guardian! 🧤@thibautcourtois | #UCL pic.twitter.com/rrilEdFh5d
— Real Madrid CF (@realmadrid) March 15, 2023
💫 @MoSalah 💫#RMALIV pic.twitter.com/uynTUeyZHl
—Liverpool FC (@LFC) March 15, 2023
Real Madrid Alignment
Thibaut Courtois? Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao, Antonio Rudiger, Nacho? Luka Modric, Eduardo Camavinga, Toni Kroos? Fede Valverde, Karim Benzema, Vinicius.
The Liverpool XI
Alisson? Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil Van Dijk, Andrew Robertson; James Milner, Fabinho; Mohamed Salah, Cody Gakpo, Diogo Jota? Darwin Nunez.
When are you playing, where and how to watch Real Madrid vs. Liverpool for the Champions League?
- Day: Wednesday, March 15
- Time: 2:00 p.m. CDMX? 4pm US ET? 17:00 in Argentina and 21:00 in Spain
- TV channel:
- Spain: Movistar Champions League
- USA: TUDN, Univision
- Mexico: –
- Argentina: Fox Sports
- Flow:
- Spain: Movistar+
- USA: Paramount+, fuboTV, ViX+
- Mexico: HBO Max
- Argentina: Star+
