DBasia.news – Three-time Champions League champions, Real Madrid, won a valuable victory when visiting Johan Cruyff Arena, the headquarters of Ajax Amsterdam, in the first leg of the last 16 of the Champions League, Thursday (14/2) early morning Western Indonesian Time.
In the match that ended with a score of 2-1, El Real did successfully open the scoring first through Karim Benzema’s goal in the 60th minute. Although then Hakim Ziyech had equalized in the 75th minute, Marco Asensio successfully became the hero of his team’s victory through a decisive goal which was printed three minutes before the fight was over.
In fact, Erik ten Hag’s squad had opened the scoring first through Nicolas Tagliafico’s header in the 38th minute, but after seeing the VAR (video assistant referee) show, the match referee, Damir Skomina annulled the goal because Dusan Tadic was considered to be in an offside position.
This then makes the public think El Real is very helped by the VAR. In response to this, the team captain, Sergio Ramos finally spoke up. The Spanish player was pleased with the application of VAR in the Champions League competition.
“Yes, I am indeed a big fan of VAR and little by little the technology makes football feel fairer,” said Ramos after the game as reported by the Goal.
“VAR can sometimes hurt and hurt us as a team, but in this match, VAR can cancel goals scored by opponents, and that feels very crucial,” he added.
Victory over Ajax made Santiago Solari’s squad successful in continuing the positive trend they made in domestic competition. As is known, Los Blancos are undefeated in seven matches in a row or since the last defeat 1-0 from Leganes in the Copa del Rey event.
After this match, Real Madrid will try to regain victory when entertaining Girona in the continuation of the Week 23 of the La Liga match on Sunday (17/2).