Benfica is saved from elimination thanks to the last-second goal. by their goalkeeper against Real Madrid.
The Benfica vs. Real Madrid match as part of the final matchday of the league phase in Champions League ended in one of the most remarkable moments of the season, as Benfica secured their qualification to the play-offs of the competition.
Benfica was sure to win Real Madrid 3-2: the defeat (and Sporting’s third goal against Bilbao) would punish Real Madrid out of the top 8 and force them to go into play-offs, but it did nothing to Benfica, who were sitting 25th in the table, eliminated.
