Football: Real Madrid rallies to defeat PSG in the Champions League thanks to a hat trick from Karim Benzema

Mumbai: Real Madrid completed a spectacular comeback to knock Paris Saint-Germain out of the Champions League with a hat trick from Karim Benzema.

PSG took a 2-0 lead in the aggregate scoring thanks to Kylian Mbappe’s first-half strike, but Madrid won 3-2 thanks to Benzema’s three goals after the interval.

PSG’s heartbreak in the Champions League continues as they lose another game from a winning position, following losses to Barcelona and Manchester United in recent years.

After match Benzema said “We wanted to see this stadium like the fans were today, we needed them, the win is for them; it was very difficult, we pushed until the end and we deserved to go through,”

Benzema added, “We lost the first leg, we were 1-0 down at half-time, it was a huge effort, the fans pushed us to give everything until the end. They are Champions League games, it is difficult. We know PSG like to have the ball. We started well, we had chances, we didn’t take them and they scored on the counter, but in the second half we played our game.

“When we press we can beat any team, it is about pressing as a team, everyone in their position, and with the fans. Every game is a final for us, in the league and the Champions League. Today Real Madrid are alive.”
In the competition’s quarterfinals, Madrid will face Liverpool, Bayern Munich, and Manchester City.

(SMIT SONI)