Goals: Real Madrid – Liverpool – Played on 03/15/2023
Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema led his team to a 1-0 victory against Liverpool, this evening, Wednesday, in the second leg of the Champions League final.
In the “Santiago Bernabeu” stronghold, Benzema scored the only goal of the match in the 78th minute.
With this victory, Al-Merenji crossed into the quarter-finals with a score of (6-2) on aggregate.
Real Madrid had achieved a wide victory in the first leg at Anfield, with a score (5-2).
The match began with pressure from the guests, and Mohamed Salah, the Liverpool star, launched and passed a magic ball to his colleague Nunez, who was alone with goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, but the latter shone in blocking the Uruguayan shot brilliantly in the 6th minute.
Toni Kroos tried to shoot from outside the area, but goalkeeper Alisson caught it easily in the 11th minute.
Camavinga almost scored the goal for Real Madrid in the 19th minute, with a shot on the edge of the penalty area, which goalkeeper Alison touched with his hand before hitting the horizontal bar.
Luka Modric also tried to hit a missile ball, which passed slightly above the horizontal bar in the 22nd minute.
Vinicius Junior received a cross ball inside the penalty area in the 29th minute and hit the bird, but goalkeeper Alison brilliantly saved the ball.
Darwin Nunez, a Liverpool player, set off and curled a ball from inside the penalty area, but goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was on time and turned it into a corner in the 33rd minute.
The first half ended in a goalless draw.
Second half
At the start of the second half, Fede Valverde missed the opportunity to score the lead goal for Real Madrid, as he received a deep pass from Toni Kroos to separate goalkeeper Alisson and hit very awkwardly in the 53rd minute.
Vinicius Junior sent a cross into the penalty area, Karim Benzema received it and hit it, but the ball passed over the horizontal bar in the 68th minute.
Karim Benzema succeeded in scoring the lead goal for Real Madrid in the 78th minute, as Vinicius Junior took advantage of a fatal error from Liverpool’s defense and passed to Benzema inside the area, who fired directly into the net.
Real Madrid players demanded a penalty kick in the calculated time instead of lost because there was a handball on one of the Liverpool defenders, but the match referee refused to count anything.
The match ended with Al-Merenji winning and officially qualifying for the quarter-finals.
