Football Live Update: Real Madrid demonstrated they are still “alive” by defeating Paris Saint-Germain and reaching the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday, according to Karim Benzema. When Kylian Mbappe put PSG ahead at the Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid trailed 2-0 on aggregate, but Benzema delivered a remarkable second-half hat-trick, including two goals in two minutes, to send his team through. “In the Champions League and La Liga, every game is a final now for us, but tonight we demonstrated that Real Madrid is alive,” Benzema remarked afterwards.
“We all know how much PSG enjoys having the ball in their hands. We started well, tried to score, and with our mental power, we won the game in the second half “Benzema went on to say.
Benzema, 34, is the oldest player in Champions League history to score a hat-trick.
“We won a very difficult game, which got a lot more complicated after Mbappe’s goal,” said Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti.
“We suffered a lot. Then we pushed higher which was what we wanted to do.
“We scored the first goal and from there everything changed. The fans pushed us and we believed more, more and more. It was a spectacular night.”
He added: “We suffered, but we held on. In the first half, it was difficult to get the ball back. The first goal came and from there the magic of this stadium came.
“In the last 30 minutes, there was only one team on the field.”
Ancelotti praised his bench, as well as Rodrygo and Eduardo Camavinga’s contribution.
“They were significant because they altered the game’s dynamics. Rodrygo and Camavinga’s inexperience affected the game. Camavinga injected additional vitality into our midfield. It had been a beautiful evening.”
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