Real Madrid beat Ludogorets 2-1 on Wednesday night to go three points clear in Champions League Group B in an entertaining, close-fought match.
The Bulgarians took a shock lead when an unmarked Marcelinho headed past Iker Casillas at the far post after just six minutes.
Real looked to have found a route back into the game when Yordan Minev fouled Javier Hernandez in the penalty area. Cristiano Ronaldo missed the subsequent spot-kick to leave the European champions reeling.
The Portuguese was unfairly ruled offside when a chance presented itself soon after. He got himself another crack at goal on the 22nd minute when he crumbled far too easily in the box when Cosmin Moti challenged him. Ronaldo picked the same corner but did not miss this penalty kick.
Georgi Dermendzhiev's team continued to take the game to Real when they could, though the Spanish side had several chances to take the lead themselves. In the end they had to wait until less than 15 minutes to go when Karim Benzema scored from close range after Aleksandar Aleksandrov had slipped in front of him.
Read on for a few things learned from the action from Sofia in Champions League Matchday 2.
from Bleacher Report http://ift.tt/1uCGvi0
via IFTTT October 01, 2014 at 03:23PM
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