beIN SPORTS NBA
  • Soccer
  • MLW
  • Other Sports
  • Watch Live
  • Change language
    English
    Español
Watch beIN SPORTS XTRA
  • Get beIN
  • TV Guide
  • Live Scores
  • Videos
Español
beIN SPORTS NBA
  • Live Scores
TV Guide
  • Soccer
  • MLW
  • Other Sports
  • Videos
  • Watch Live
  • TV Guide
Watch beIN SPORTS XTRA
  • Sports Burst
  • Ligue 1
  • La Liga
  • The Match
  • Get beIN
  • Home >
  • Soccer >
  • UEFA Champions League >
  • Video
UEFA Champions League
  • Videos
  • Live
  • Fixtures
  • Results
  • Tables
  • Statistics
  • Ajax Ajax
  • Atalanta Atalanta
  • Atletico Madrid Atletico
  • Barcelona Barcelona
  • Bayern Munich Bayern
  • Borussia Dortmund Dortmund
  • Borussia Monchengladbach M'gladbach
  • Chelsea Chelsea
  • Club Brugge Club Brugge
  • Dynamo Kyiv D. Kyiv
  • FC Red Bull Salzburg Red Bull
  • Ferencváros TC Ferencváros TC
  • Internazionale Inter
  • İstanbul Başakşehir İstanbul Başakşehir
  • Juventus Juventus
  • Krasnodar Krasnodar
  • Lazio Lazio
  • Liverpool Liverpool
  • Lokomotiv Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow
  • Manchester City Man City
  • Manchester United Man United
  • Midtjylland Midtjylland
  • Olympiacos Olympiacos
  • Olympique de Marseille Marseille
  • Paris Saint-Germain PSG
  • Porto Porto
  • RB Leipzig RB Leipzig
  • Real Madrid Real Madrid
  • Sevilla Sevilla
  • Shakhtar Donetsk Shakhtar Donetsk
  • Stade Rennais FC Stade Rennais
  • Zenit St Petersburg Zenit

Zinedine Zidane Hails Real Madrid For "Most Complete Game Of The Season'

December 10, 2020 00:16
0:33 min

Real Madrid needed a win against Borussia Monchengladbach to reach the Champions League knockouts, and they duly delivered.

Zinedine Zidane felt Real Madrid produced their most complete performance of the season as they claimed a crucial 2-0 win over Borussia Monchengladbach.

Needing a victory to guarantee their place in the Champions League last 16, Madrid delivered at Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano, with Karim Benzema heading in the goals in the first half.

Benzema, Luka Modric and Lucas Vazquez all hit the woodwork, while goalkeeper Yann Sommer made flying saves to deny Sergio Ramos and Toni Kroos to keep the scoreline down.

The result always seemed safe, though, as Madrid progressed through a 29th consecutive Champions League group stage, with Gladbach also advancing after Inter and Shakhtar Donetsk drew 0-0.

Failure to go through could well have seen Zidane's position become untenable, and the Madrid boss was delighted with the way his side performed under pressure.

"This was the objective: to finish first," he said, as quoted by Marca. "We played a spectacular game, from the first minute to the last. We interpreted the game really well.

"I think this was the most complete game of the season. I've been a player and it's impossible to play like this all the time. We try to, but every now and then...

"We don't only perform under pressure; we have played other good games as well. It's true this team has that [quality]: when the difficulties are great, it appears.

"I'm happy for the players because they are the most important thing. I'm fighting with them and I'm happy for them. It was a good game."

Benzema's pair of headers means he has been involved in 11 goals in all competitions this season, the joint-most of any LaLiga player.

The striker's double took his tally to 51 goals in the group stages, a figure bettered only by Raul (53), Cristiano Ronaldo (67) and Lionel Messi (71).

"It was a difficult game," Benzema said. "We started well, we were eager to win and to show we're the best and that we were going to work together to win this game.

"When we give everything on the pitch, we get goals and we could have got more. If we always play like today..."


UEFA Champions League Real Madrid Zinedine Zidane Borussia Monchengladbach
-

Latest Videos

Alaves 0-1 Sevilla - GOAL: Youssef En-Nesyri
1:14 min

En-Nesyri Gives Sevilla Dream Start Over Alaves

Highlights Cádiz 2-2 Levante
8:35 min

Cadiz And Levante Fight To A Draw

Guinea 2-0 Namibia: GOAL Sylla
1:21 min

Sylla Doubles Guinea Lead Over Namibia

Highlights: Valladolid 2-2 Elche
8:46 min

Valladolid Seal Last-Gasp Draw Against Elche

Highlights: Trabzonspor 3-1 Konyaspor (20-21)
11:42 min

Trabzonspor Cruise To Win Over Konyaspor

Highlights: Zambia 2-0 Tanzania (FT)
9:40 min

Zambia Shut Out Tanzania In Group D Opener

Zambia 2-0 Tanzania: GOAL Chabula
1:19 min

Chabula Doubles Zambia Lead Over Tanzania

Zambia 1-0 Tanzania: GOAL Sikombe (pen)
1:42 min

Sikombe Penalty Puts Zambia In Front Of Tanzania

Trabzonspor 3-0 Konyaspor - GOAL: Djaniny
1:05 min

Djaniny Nets Trabzonspor's Third Against Konyaspor

Trabzonspor 2-0 Konyaspor - GOAL: Flávio
0:43 min

Flavio Doubles Trabzonspor's Lead Over Konyaspor

  • Results
  • Standings

beIN SPORTS, the biggest show

Subscribe
Soccer
  • LaLiga
  • Serie A
  • Ligue 1
  • UEFA Champions League
  • Premier League
  • CONMEBOL WCQ
  • CONCACAF WCQ
Tennis
  • ATP World Tour
  • WTA World Tour
College Sports
  • College Football
  • College Basketball
More Sports
  • MMA
  • Boxing
  • Basketball
  • Rugby
Live Scores
beIN SPORTS App store Get it on Google Play
beIN CONNECT App store Get it on Google Play
  • Contact Us
  • FAQs
  • beIN SPORTS CONNECT
  • beIN MEDIA GROUP
  • Digiturk
  • TV Guide
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • beIN SPORTS AUSTRALIA
  • Get beIN SPORTS
  • beIN SPORTS en Español
  • Get beIN SPORTS Canada
  • beIN SPORTS FRANCE
  • beIN SPORTS MENA
  • English
  • Español
beIN SPORTS App store Get it on Google Play
beIN CONNECT App store Get it on Google Play
Follow us