Real Madrid avoided another European horror show against Club Brugge, but were held to a 2-2 draw.
Match Reports
Real Madrid fought back from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Club Brugge on Tuesday thanks to a late equaliser from Casemiro.
The visitors stunned the Santiago Bernabeu in the first half through two goals from Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis, but Sergio Ramos and Casemiro clawed back a point for Zinedine Zidane's side.
Standings
Match Events
11' GOAL! Real Madrid 0-1 Club Brugge (Dennis)
Dennis is onside as he latches on to Tau's low cross from the left flank. He does not control it well, but fortunately for the forward it works for him. His miscontrol wrong foots Courtois and the ball creeps past the Belgian into the net.
28' SAVE! Mignolet parries Varane's header
Varane powers a header towards the net from Kroos' delivery from a corner on the right. The Frenchman rises to guide his header towards the net, but Mignolet produces an outstanding stop with his right hand before Deli clears the rebound.
36' CLOSE! Kroos' shot inches wide
Kroos has to score. Madrid hit the visitors on the counter and Benzema releases the German through in the box. He goes for the strike with his left foot towards the right bottom corner, only to guide his attempt wide of the post.
39' GOAL! Real Madrid 0-2 Club Brugge (Dennis)
Incredible scenes at the Bernabeu as the Belgian outfit double their advantage. Modric gives the ball away straight Dennis and he breaks away through the middle. He almost loses his balance, but the forward just manages to keep his feet to lift a strike over Courtois into the net.
46' Areola & Marcelo replace Courtois & Nacho
Courtois is withdrawn at the break for Areola between the sticks. The Belgian must have an injury.
55' GOAL! Real Madrid 1-2 Club Brugge (Ramos)
Benzema lifts a cross to the back post for the defender to attack. He heads his effort down towards the right bottom corner and he beats Mignolet. VAR has a check on the incident, but it rules in Los Blancos' favour as Mata played the defender on.
84' Second Yellow Card! Vormer sent off
Ruud Vormer in Club Brugge has been yellow-carded a second time by Georgi Nikolov Kabakov and is being sent off.
85' GOAL! Real Madrid 2-2 Club Brugge (Casemiro)
Madrid find their equaliser with five minutes left to play. Kroos puts his delivery from a deep free-kick on the money and Casemiro rises ahead of Deli to guide his effort away from Mignolet into the right bottom corner. A vital goal for Los Blancos.
Mosanya
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Club Brugge striker Dennis impersonating Cristiano Ronaldoโs celebration at the Bernabeu is the kind of shithousery we can all get behind ๐๐
roman_reigns_tz_ZNZ
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So Real Madrid without Courtois won 2-0
yummybe
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Zidane came back to be sacked officially. No manager leaves Real Madrid without sacking.
KHANGUFRAN
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BREAKING : NONE OF THE TEAM IS WEAK IN UCL๐๐
Mosanya
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Have you seen him?
basketballer
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OFFICIAL : From Today Onwards, The Name of Effiel Tower has been Changed to "Courtois Tower"
Dwise
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Is this the Real Madrid team that won the Champions league or The Ronaldo team that won the Champions league[Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
King_Keynan
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Real Madrid: We sold Morata for โฌ80M to Chelsea ๐ Chelsea: Forget about him, we sold to you Hazard and Courtois for โฌ150M ๐๐๐
AN-WAR
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follower
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5 things we learned from coutouis performance with real madrid - he got lopetegui sacked - he got solari sacked - he will eventually get zidane sacked - he conceded goals the same amount Cristiano Ronaldo scored with real madrid in a season . - areola must teach him how to get clean sheets for atleast 3+ games
Ernesta
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Champions league encounter between All time ChAmpions n minnows what we learn 1) Coutios is always taking goals 2) Madrid boys aren't ready 3) Zidane needs to rethink or else he gonna fail in his second term 4) Hazard is not the one of Chelsea we knew 5) Every team now needs a Ronaldo or a Messi as Madrid is yet to prove themselves with out Ronaldo 6) Perez now see his corruption in favouring players for great honours 7) It's a do or die zone for Madrid as they are to win at least two gAmes to go through 8) Areola is the man to trust 9) Mignolet has never won as a player against Madrid 10) Mignolet always bottle two or more goals lead against Spanish side
Mosanya
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Zidane ๐๐
jaranda_568
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I am happy with this result. It epitomizes the issues with the squad and what is good. The team have confidence and fighting spirit, Kroos is a beast again, Casemiro is providing much needed stability. However, there are still persisting issues. We need a goal scorer, someone experienced and prolific. Hazard has been poor but I donโt blame him, coming back from injury. A fast, tactical, midfielder like KDB or van de Beek would be necessary. Finally, at the back, Courtois needs to go. Everything changed when Arreola came on, and he actually looked confident. He needs to be the started and Courtois should leave in the summer. But I am satisfied, well played to Brugge, and well played for that comeback!!
Armstronger
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SingamFootball
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Truly Choked by Thibaut Courtois [Crylaugh]