Real Madrid stepped away from the precipice and into the knockout stages. Not only that: on a night when they could have finished anywhere from first to fourth, in which the sword of Damocles hung over them, they do so as group winners and candidates again, avoiding Bayern, Manchester City, Liverpool, Dortmund, Chelsea, Juventus and PSG. One of those giants, their Bundesliga brethren apart, instead await opponents Borussia Mönchengladbach, defeated but delighted here.
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Written by Sid Lowe at the Alfredo di Stéfano Stadium
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/dec/09/real-madrid-borussia-monchengladbach-champions-league-group-b-match-report under the title “Karim Benzema heads Real Madrid into last 16 and beaten Gladbach join them”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
