Photo Gallery – Los Blancos side’s moments of the match against Napoli
Real Madrid dug out from a deficit to seize control of their Champions League last-16 match against Napoli with a 3-1 triumph at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday.
Goals from Karim Benzema, Toni Kroos and Casemiro gave the holders a noteworthy preferred standpoint to reclaim to Italy. As after Lorenzo Insigne’s breathtaking opening goal had put Napoli ahead.
Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane had encouraged his side to keep a clean sheet to give them an ideal possibility of undergoing. However, those trusts were dashed after just eight minutes. When Insigne humiliated Madrid goalkeeper Keylor Navas with a staggering first-time effort from a distance.
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Karim Benzema had missed a fair shot inside the first moment. Yet he presented appropriate reparations by leveling the scores with his 51st goal in the opposition. One more than the past best count for a French player, set by Thierry Henry.
Diego Maradona had given Napoli a pre-match group talk in an offer to move confidence in a surprise. Yet Kroos’ intelligent finish from a Cristiano Ronaldo cross. And a thunderbolt from Casemiro viably killed off those trusts right on time in the second half.
Dries Mertens – who has scored 13 goals in nine Serie A games in an overwhelming keep running of form – missed an unmistakable chance to divide the shortfall. In spite of the fact that Pepe Reina needed to make a keen stop to surprise starter James Rodriguez from scoring a fourth.
Real Madrid survived some late Napoli weight to clutch their two-goal favorable position. However, Maurizio Sarri’s side – who saw a 18-game unbeaten run reach an end. Now he won’t be without hope in the second leg at the San Paolo.
Photo Gallery – Los Blancos side’s moments of the match against Napoli
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