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Espanyol 0-1 Real Madrid: Benzema gives Real madrid the lead in first leg

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Real Madrid were four matches away from making it to the Copa del Rey final again and the aim in the first of those, as Ancelotti said in the press room prior to the match was "taking an advantage into the second leg because the tie will be decided at the Bernabéu".<br />
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Video: Espanyol 0:1 Real Madrid | Highlights | Copa Rey 21-01-2014</h2>
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The start of the match was quite different to the La Liga match between the teams in the same stadium just over a week ago. In fact, the first half hour was very exciting and there were chances at both ends. The clearest before Benzema opened the scoring came in the 21st minute. Cristiano Ronaldo received the ball with his back to goal on the edge of the box and surprised everyone with his turn and shot, only to see the ball hit the post. The deadlock was broken four minutes later. Arbeloa crossed from the right, Bale flicked on the cross with his head for Benzema to fire the ball into the back of the net, also with a header.<br />
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The Whites already had the advantage that their coach had spoken about the day before, and now set about trying to increase their lead. They came close to doing so in the 34th minute. The scorer of the first was at the centre of things once again. The Frenchman’s shot towards the far post, following a nice piece of play between Di María and Marcelo, was just off target. Benzema had another chance to get his second three minutes later, but his shot was saved by Casilla, who was also superb in stopping Bale’s 44th-minute free-kick. The way that the Welshman hit the ball, making it dip and swerve, was close to taking the home team’s goalkeeper by surprise.<br />
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The second half started even more open than the first half, perhaps because Espanyol needed to go in search of a goal with the scoreboard already against them, and the chances kept coming. The first of them was in the 47th minute. Bale could not make the most of Cristiano Ronaldo’s cross and put his effort high.<br />
Di María put in a cross from the wing ten minutes later which the Portuguese got a head on, but the effort was wide of the mark. After the first quarter of an hour had gone, Arbeloa stole the show. The Whites’ former academy player had two consecutive one-on-ones with Casilla, who came out on top in both. The home side’s goalkeeper was having a great match, made even better with his save of Benzema’s shot towards the far post in the 67th minute.<br />
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There were no more goals, although there were lots of chances for both teams. The sixth win in as many matches in 2014 for the Whites, who kept working hard until the end and who have still not conceded a single goal this year. The tie will be decided next Tuesday at the Bernabéu.<br />
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<b>Referee:</b> Clos Gómez<br />
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<b>Espanyol XI:</b> Casilla; R.Rodríguez, Sidnei, H.Moreno, Capdevila; Abraham, Víctor Sánchez; Lanzarote (46′), Torje (75′), Pizzi (90′); Sergio García.<br />
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<b>Goals:</b> None<br />
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<b>Subs:</b> Álex (46′), Córdoba (75′), Stuani (88′)<br />
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<b>Yellow Cards:</b> Víctor Sánchez (82′), Abraham (90′)<br />
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<b>Real Madrid XI:</b> Casillas; Arbeloa, Pepe, Ramos, Marcelo; Modric, Illarramendi, Di María (73′); Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema (76′), Bale (90′).<br />
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<b>Goals:</b> Benzema (25′)<br />
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<b>Subs:</b> Xabi Alonso (73′), Isco (76′), Jesé (90′)<br />
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<b>Yellow Cards:</b> Ramos (72′)<br />
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Espanyol 0-1 Real Madrid: Benzema gives Real madrid the lead in first leg

Real Madrid were four matches away from making it to the Copa del Rey final again and the aim in the first of those, as Ancelotti said in...

Betis 0-5 Real Madrid: Goals from Ronaldo, Bale, Benzema, Di María and Morata sealed the win

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Real Madrid returned to La Liga action and did so away against Real Betis. The aim was to start the second half of the league season with a win and maintain their one hundred percent record in 2014. The Whites only needed ten minutes to show the exceptional form that they are in. The counterattack was perfect. It was started by Modric, continued by Di María and finished by Cristiano Ronaldo’s sensational shot from the edge of the area that left Andersen planted firmly in the middle of his goal, unable to do anything to keep the shot out.<br />
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Thing were going as hoped for the Whites in  the Villamarín Benito Stadium and even more so because the best player in the world was showing what earned him that title. The goal spurred on Cristiano Ronaldo, who was teaching the home team’s defenders a lesson in the first half hour with his dribbling skills. What he did in the 22nd minute was brilliant. He jinked past two opponents with one movement and then crossed with the outside of his foot, only for none of his teammates to be able to get onto the end of it. He brought about the free-kick for the second goal, three minutes later, with Amaya only able to stop him with a foul on the edge of the area. Bale converted the free-kick masterfully.<br />
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Video: Betis vs Real Madrid ( 0-5 ) All Goals & Highlights 18/01/2014</h2>
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The first goal was very beautifully crafted and the second was not far behind. Two great goals to take a significant lead and put themselves on course for the win, which was sealed before the break. Modric recovered possession on the edge of the area, faked the shot to put three players on the deck, before providing the assist for Benzema, who beat Andersen well from near to the penalty spot in added time and in doing so scored his one hundredth goal for the club. </div>
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Real Madrid were putting on an exhibition in Seville and it continued in the second half. Within the first ten minutes, they had already had created three dangerous chances. The clearest fell to Cristiano Ronaldo in the 52nd minute. The Portuguese could not beat Andersen in the one-on-one following a great Ramos pass with the outside of his right boot.</div>
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The chances kept coming for the visitors and Benzema could have got his second had Andersen not saved the Frenchman’s shot from the edge of the area in the 60th minute. The fourth came two minutes later and, like the previous three, it was very beautifully crafted.<br />
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 Modric took the corner and Di María smashed the clearance into the bottom corner with a volley from 30 metres. Morata completed the rout in added time. The Whites were putting on an exhibition in Seville, reached fifty points and turn their thoughts to the Copa del Rey quarter-final against Espanyol.<br />
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Betis 0-5 Real Madrid: Goals from Ronaldo, Bale, Benzema, Di María and Morata sealed the win

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Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated his Ballon d'Or triumph by scoring from one of his trademark free kicks as Real Madrid beat Osasuna 2-0 on Wednesday to reach the Copa del Rey quarterfinals on Wednesday.<br />
Ronaldo smashed a swerving shot from 25 meters around the defensive wall and straight at goalie Andres Fernandez. The keeper tried to punch it out but ended up sending it down off the ground and between his legs into the net.<br />
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Ronaldo's 22nd-minute strike effectively sealed the contest, with Osasuna having lost the first leg 2-0.<br />
Osasuna forced Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas into a number of saves to close the half after having rarely threatened before Ronaldo's opener.<br />
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Angel Di Maria capped a quick counter in the 56th by sweeping home Jese's cross following a long run from the halfway line, securing a 4-0 aggregate victory at El Sadar Stadium.<br />
''The team looks better with every game,'' Jese said.<br />
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Madrid defender Fabio Coentrao was shown a second yellow card in the 85th and Madrid finished with nine players after substitute Alvaro Morata came off minutes later with his left eye swollen shut following a collision earlier on.<br />
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Ronaldo's 30th goal in all competitions this season - and 37th when counting those scored for Portugal - further justified the forward's pick as world player of the year ahead of Lionel Messi and Franck Ribery.<br />
Ronaldo made way for Gareth Bale in the second half but the world's most expensive player made little impact.<br />
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Madrid will next play Espanyol, which eliminated second-tier Alcorcon 4-3 following a 4-2 home win on the night.<br />
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Osasuna 0-2 Real Madrid: Real Madrid advance to Copa Del Rey quarters

Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated his Ballon d'Or triumph by scoring from one of his trademark free kicks as Real Madrid beat Osasuna 2-0...

Real Madrid 3-0 Celta: Ronaldo dedicates Brace to great Eusebio

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A second-half double from Cristiano Ronaldo helped Real Madrid kick off the new year with a 3-0 win at home to Celta.</b><br />
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Real Madrid started the year on the right foot. The Whites earned three important points and kept a clean sheet against Celta Vigo in their first official match of 2014. The landslide victory was constructed in the second half. Jesé’s introduction changed the course of the last home match of the first half of the league season. It was the former academy player that created the opening for Benzema to score the opener. From that point on, Cristiano Ronaldo took centre stage, scored a brace that puts him at the top of the standings for the Pichichi Trophy and showed again why he deserves the Ballon d'Or.</b><br />
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Celta had wasted a number of chances before Karim Benzema capitalised on shoddy defending by prodding home.<br />
Ronaldo, who had been largely anonymous, made sure of victory by converting Daniel Carvajal's cross.<br />
Then, in the dying seconds, Ronaldo added gloss to the scoreline following a cross from Gareth Bale.<br />
Bale, a 65th-minute substitute, found the former Manchester United man in space and he thumped the ball into the roof of the net.<br />
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Ronaldo's brace, which made him the fourth highest scorer for Real Madrid in La Liga history, masked what had been a pedestrian performance by a Real side who are now five points adrift of Barcelona and Atletico Madrid in third.<br />
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The 28-year-old, who is on a three-man shortlist for the prestigious Ballon d'Or award, has now scored 400 goals in 653 games for Sporting Lisbon, Manchester United, Real and Portugal.<br />
A minute's silence was held before kick-off in memory of Portuguese great Eusebio, who died aged 71 from a heart attack at the weekend.<br />
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Ronaldo seemed to pay his own tribute to his much-loved compatriot by raising his arms to the sky after his second landmark goal. It was not Ronaldo's most polished performance, but he still managed to help Real clinch a handsome win.<br />
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Celta will look back and regret a number of missed opportunities, with Brazilian Charles the main culprit.<br />
The striker hit the side netting early on and fluffed another chance after the break, shooting wide with just Diego Lopez to beat.<br />
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Moments later, the visitors paid the price for their profligacy when Benzema took advantage of a defensive mix-up to stab the ball home. The goal lifted Real's spirits, with Ronaldo dragging a shot across goal before he found the target moments later with a toe-poke at the far post.<br />
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Celta's threat diminished from there on and once again they failed to contain Ronaldo as he struck his 28th club goal this season and his 230th in total for Real.<br />
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Bale, who returned to training last week after recovering from a calf injury, was the provider, with the Welshman making another telling contribution for his new club.

Real Madrid 3-0 Celta: Ronaldo dedicates Brace to great Eusebio

A second-half double from Cristiano Ronaldo helped Real Madrid kick off the new year with a 3-0 win at home to Celta. Real Madrid start...

PSG 0-1 Real Madrid: Jesse's goal gives the victory to the whites

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<b>Midfielder Jese Rodriguez scored the only goal as Real Madrid beat Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 in a mid-season friendly played in Doha</b><br />
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Billed as another showdown between Real's Cristiano Ronaldo and PSG's Zlatan Ibrahimovic, it was instead 19-year-old Rodriguez who settled the contest with a low right-footed finish in the 19th minute after being played in by Alvaro Morata, who has been linked with Arsenal.<br />
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Real head coach Carlo Ancelotti occupied the same role with the Parisians last season and could claim one over on his former club at the Khalifa Stadium, yet the sense of it being an exhibition game was inescapable, with the Spanish club changing their entire starting XI at half-time, meaning Ronaldo played for only the first 45 minutes.<br />
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Ibrahimovic came off midway through the second half.<br />
As with Sweden's World Cup play-off against Ronaldo's Portugal, Ibrahimovic was on the team that came off second best.<br />
Real resume their campaign in Spain's Primera Division on Monday, when they tackle Celta Vigo.<br />
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Osasuna 2 - 2 Real Madrid (14 December 2013): Match highlights and Match Report

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Two headers from Oriol Riera put the hosts in command before Real defender Sergio Ramos was sent off before half-time for two bookable offences.<br />
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Isco halved the deficit moments after Ramos' dismissal to give Madrid hope.<br />
Osasuna also played the final 12 minutes with 10 men after Francisco Silva was sent off before Pepe headed in the equaliser.<br />
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But Saturday's draw saw Carlo Ancelotti's team, who are third behind leaders Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, drop more points in the title race.<br />
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They are five points adrift of arch rivals Barca, who won 2-1 against visitors Villarreal.<br />
Madrid have now only won once in their last six visits to Pamplona, but having scored 24 goals in their previous five league games, they started the game confidently.<br />
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Cristiano Ronaldo dragged an early shot wide before the hosts went ahead with virtually their first attack of the game.<br />
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Marc Bertran's excellent in-swinging cross was met by the unmarked Riera at the back post.<br />
The Osasuna striker doubled their advantage six minutes before half-time by nodding into an empty net after a fine save from Real goalkeeper Diego Lopez.<br />
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Ramos was sent off for the 18th time in his Madrid career after clashing with Osasuna midfielder Roberto Torres, but his team pulled a goal back when Isco blasted into the bottom corner from 20 yards.<br />
As his side toiled after the break, Ancelotti decided to withdraw Gareth Bale before the hour mark as Argentina winger Angel di Maria replaced the Welshman.<br />
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Osasuna were also reduced to 10 men when Silva dived in on Ronaldo and was rightly shown his second yellow card of the match.<br />
And his team were punished from the resulting free-kick as Pepe climbed highest to power Isco's cross into the bottom corner.<br />
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Osasuna 2 - 2 Real Madrid (14 December 2013): Match highlights and Match Report

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Real Madrid 2-0 Copenhagen - Ronaldo breaks another record

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Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score nine goals in the group stage of the Champions League yesterday (Dec 10) as he helped the Spanish giants to a 2-0 victory at Copenhagen.<br />
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Madrid, which already secured top spot in Group B, took the lead when Croatia playmaker Luka Modric curled the ball into the top-right corner in the 25th minute.<br />
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Ronaldo, who seemed absent during the first 45 minutes, scored three minutes into the second half — pouncing on a ball headed on by Pepe. He should have added his 10th goal of the campaign — but missed a 90th minute penalty.<br />
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Though Madrid had more possession, Copenhagen caused its opponents problems on the counter-attack.<br />
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“It was a serious game that wasn’t at all easy,” Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said. “My players did well, and showed good attitude and solid play.”<br />
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The visitors tested goalkeeper Johan Wiland, whose saves include diverting a low shot by Ronaldo with his fingertips. Toward the end of the first half, a header by Copenhagen’s Thomas Delaney finished in the Madrid net but the goal was disallowed by German referee Felix Brych due to a collision with keeper Iker Casillas.<br />
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Copenhagen’s Rurik Gislason tried his luck with a shot in the early stages of the second half but the ball ended in the side-netting. Later, Casillas punched away another shot by the Icelandic midfielder.<br />
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However, Madrid was in complete control of the game, led by Ronaldo and backed by a solid defence. The home team, backed by a crowd of 37,000, tried in vain to force itself back into the match.<br />
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Ronaldo hit the post in the 75th minute, while teammate Gareth Bale missed another opportunity for Madrid’s third goal in the 82nd minute as he surged into the box.<br />
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Seconds before the final whistle, Wiland punched away Ronaldo’s powerfully-struck penalty kick.<br />
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While Madrid will play in the last 16, the Danish club finished bottom of the group and exit European competition for the season. AP<br />
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Villarreal 2-2 Real Madrid (Laliga) 14.9.2013 Match Highlights

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<b><br />It was shortly after 7.43pm when Real Madrid’s players strode out of the tunnel to a piece of music including the lyrics “ladies and gentlemen what you are about to witness is no illusion”. Never has a song choice been more appropriate.</b><br />
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Bournemouth supporters used to watching Accrington Stanley and the like during an undistinguished 114-year history formed a guard of honour outside the ground to welcome their most unlikely of opponents.<br />
Mighty Madrid brought virtually an entire first team of superstars for their fleeting, albeit lucrative, visit to the south coast.<br />
Queues of sun worshippers heading to Bournemouth beach were joined in traffic jams by football fans from as far afield as Japan flocking to catch a glimpse of Cristiano Ronaldo and his galaticos team-mates.<br />
Max Demin, the Championship team’s wealthy Russian owner, had paid Real a £750,000 appearance fee to grace his side’s intimate Goldsands Stadium ground. Determined to recoup some of that outlay last season’s League One runners-up erected a 2,500-seat temporary stand, raising the capacity to 11,772. Chairman Eddie Mitchell even invited Ted MacDougall, the club’s greatest player, to fly in from the Untied States to open the stand, named in his honour 45 minutes before kick-off.<br />
Undeterred by a hefty price of £60 a head, Bournemouth followers queued overnight to get their hands on precious tickets.<br />
Excitement levels rose when Carlo Ancelotti, the Real manager, announced his 23-man squad on Saturday afternoon. Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Luka Modric and Sami Khedira were all included in a starting XI including 10 full internationals.<br />
Ronaldo was given a standing ovation. The swaggering Portuguese star almost opened the scoring as early as the sixth minute with a trademark 35-yard free-kick, which grazed the crossbar.<br />
Ronaldo, who revelled in the role of crowd pleaser, did not make the same mistake twice, picking out the bottom left hand corner with a free kick from an almost identical position 16 minutes later to open the scoring.<br />
Bournemouth battled gamely before two goals in three minutes from Ronaldo, in the 41st minute, and the German Khedira helped Real race into a 3-0 half-time lead.<br />
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Ronaldo did not remerge for the second half as Ancelotti changed virtually his entire line-up but did enough during his brilliant 45-minute appearance to show why Manchester United are so keen to re-sign him<br />
Another man attracting admiring glances from the Premier League is Arsenal target Gonzalo Higuaín and the Argentine wasted little time making his mark on the night that will go down in Bournemouth history after coming on as half time substitute.<br />
Higuain made it 4-0 within two minutes of the resumption before Ángel di María and Casemiro completed the rout.<br />
<b>Match details</b><br />
<b>Bournemouth (4-4-2): Flahavan;</b> Francis, Cook, Elphick, Daniels; Coulibaly, Arter, MacDonald, Fraser, Pitman, Grabban. Subs Jalal, Ward, Thomas, Hughes, Stockley, Purches, Harte, McDermott, Matthews, Addison, Wakefield, Chiedozie.<br />
<b>Real Madrid (4-3-3): </b>Lopez; Carvajal, Khedira, Coentroa, Pepe; Ozil, Modric, Nacho; Isco, Benzema, Isco. Subs Fernandez, Mejias, Kaka, Higuain, Morata, Di Maria, Illarramendi, Casemiro, Cheryshev, Mateos, Quini, Casado.<br />
<b>Referee</b> L Probert (Wiltshire).<br />
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