La Real almost doomed their place in the Champions League last 16 after beating Benfica

A meeting around the Anoeta Stadium marked by an earlier clash between radicals from both teams, which at least ended in a result three people were detained by Ertzaintza.

The match couldn’t have started better for txuri urdin’s team and after a corner repelled by the Lisbon defence, Aihen Muñoz bit the ball and with some luck reached Mikel Merino’s head height to complete the goal. Gladly defended by Anatoliy Trubin.

Real, who scored the first goal on the scoreboard, kept their foot on the gas pedal and thanks to the suffocating pressure on the opposite field, Managed to cause Florentino’s mistake when passing back pass to Nicolás Otamendi It led to the robbery of Mikel Oyarzabal, who did not forgive Trubin.

Despite such a 2-0 advantage, Imanol Alguacil’s team continued to insist and thanks to Merinos’ handball on his shot and Oyarzabal’s clear offside, the goalkeeper did not increase his goal portfolio in favor of the team.

Ander Barrenetxea got the match off to a great start, sending the ball into the top corner after a fantastic dribble past Joao Neves.

And if that wasn’t enough, Barrenetxea’s gallop A delicate pass to Oyarzabal in the penalty area.In the match where Otamendi was knocked down, the referee of the match, British Anthony Taylor, gave the maximum penalty in favor of Real. As a gesture of friendship, Oyarzabal awarded the maximum penalty to Brais, who was unlucky enough to hit the goal.

Benfica’s response could have been on the verge of half-time after Ángel Di María’s fantastic counter-attack, but his filtered pass failed to find the finisher thanks to Aritz Elustondo’s clearance.

After returning from the locker roomLike a wounded lion, Benfica wanted to show that they still had some pride leftand in this vein, the first guest goal came from Otamendi to Rafa Silva with a magnificent unstoppable assist from Álex Remiro.

This was the moment when radicals in the visiting stands began lighting a total of five flares, three of which were thrown into the local lower stands. There appeared to be no injuries to Txuri Urdin fans.

If we return completely to sports, Benfica’s goal did not provoke a reaction from the players Directed by Roger Schmidt, as the minutes pass and dangerous opportunities fail to arrive.

With a quiet match and more or less under the control of the Txuri Urdin team, the regular 90 minutes were over and with the final whistle Benfica completed the disaster: they were out of contention to reach the last 16 of the Liga de Champions We have two more games to play.