Goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin scored a header in the eighth minute of stoppage time, leading Benfica to a 4-2 victory over Real Madrid and securing a spot in the Champions League playoff for the round of 16, while denying their opponent direct qualification to the next round.
Anatoliy Trubin
Anatoliy Trubin is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Portuguese club Benfica and the Ukraine national team. He began his senior career at FC Shakhtar Donetsk in 2019, where he developed before transferring to Benfica in 2023.
Benfica
Benfica is a historic civil parish and former municipality in Lisbon, Portugal, best known globally as the home of Sport Lisboa e Benfica, one of the world’s most famous football clubs. The area’s name dates back to the period of Moorish rule in the Iberian Peninsula, and it was formally incorporated into Lisbon in 1885. Today, the name is synonymous with the successful football club founded there in 1904.
Real Madrid
Real Madrid is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain, founded in 1902. It is one of the world’s most successful and famous football clubs, historically renowned for its European dominance, particularly winning a record number of UEFA Champions League titles.
Champions League
The UEFA Champions League is an annual club football competition organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). It was inaugurated in 1955 as the European Champion Clubs’ Cup, evolving into its current format in 1992 to become the most prestigious club tournament in European football.
