Benfica goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin scored a 98th-minute goal to prevent the Lisbon club from exiting the Champions League against Real Madrid.
Despite Kylian Mbappe scoring a brace and Los Blancos going down to nine men after Raul Asencio and Rodrygo were shown red cards, it was an utterly unexpected moment that had Jose Mourinho running down the touchline at Estadio da Luz.
Mbappe’s brace was cancelled out by Vagelis Pavlidis’ strike and Andreas Schjelderup’s double, meaning the score was 3-2 as the final whistle approached.
The result would have meant the Portuguese side exited the competition on goal difference, but Trubin had other ideas.
The home side’s goalkeeper made his way into the box as Benfica set up a last-gasp free-kick before swinging it into the box, and against all odds, Trubin nodded it past Thibaut Courtois to make it 4-2 and secure this team a play-off spot. He is just the third goalkeeper – alongside Sinan Bolat and Ivan Provedel – to score from open play in Champions League history.
Meanwhile, Real finished ninth and will also have to compete in a two-legged play-off in February.
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