European Champions League

Real Madrid 3 – Paris Saint Germain 1

Madrid: Keylor Navas; Nacho, Sergio Ramos, Varane, Marcelo; Modric, Kroos, Casemiro (Lucas Vázquez 78’), Isco (Marco Asensio 78’); Benzema (Bale 67‘), Ronaldo. 4-4-2.
PSG: Areola; Dani Alves, Marquinhos, Kimpembe, Yuri; Verratti, Lo Celso (Draxler 83’), Rabiot; Neymar, Cavani (Meunier 65’), Mbappé. 4-3-3.

Goals:
0-1. 33. Rabiot. Curled shot past Navas after Nacho blocked Mbappe cross.
1-1. 45. Ronaldo (penalty). After Lo Celso pushed over Kroos inside the area.
2-1. 83. Ronaldo. Bundled ball in with knee after Areola parried Asensio centre.
3-1. 86. Marcelo. Struck shot which went in off Marquinhos from Asensio cross.

Yellow cards: Neymar 14’, Lo Celso 25’, Isco 32’, Rabiot 63’, Nacho 78’, Meunier 89’

Real Madrid are not dead yet! Zidane’s side came through their most important game of the season with a 3-1 victory against Paris Saint Germain which keeps them on track for a third Champions League title in a row! After a poor season in their terms, this was a must win match, but they went behind to a strike from Rabiot with just over half an hour gone. Ronaldo levelled the scores from the penalty spot after Kroos was fouled in the area shortly before the break however, and two goals in the last ten minutes from Ronaldo and Marcelo, both from Marco Asensio assists, gave them a vital win.