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Real Madrid are in the hat for the next round of the Champions League, with a 2-1 victory over Benfica<\/a> on Wednesday ensuring a 3-1 aggregate success in their play-off round tie.<\/em><\/p>\n Did brilliantly to stop Raul Asencio scoring an own goal prior to Benfica\u2019s opener, and he made huge stop later in the first half to deny Richard Rios.<\/p>\n Struggled defensively, although he did carry a threat going forward.<\/p>\n Almost scored at the wrong end, before being taken off with a head injury in the second half.<\/p>\n Playing on the left side of defence does not suit Rudiger, but he did well enough.<\/p>\n Solid performance, as is so often the case with the former Benfica man.<\/p>\n Got through a power of work down the right flank, and his reward was two assists.<\/p>\n A couple of nice moments, but he is still struggling to recover his best level.<\/p>\n Scored the goal for 1-1<\/a> at a crucial time, and on the whole, it was a very solid performance in the centre of midfield.<\/p>\n Did well alongside Carreras to nullify any threat down Benfica\u2019s right, and he tried his best to contribute in attack.<\/p>\n Given the nod after Kylian Mbappe pulled out late, but he was largely anonymous before being taken off in the second half.<\/p>\n Started well, but fizzled out until he scored the goal<\/a> that sealed Real Madrid\u2019s place in the next round of the Champions League.<\/p>\n Did well after coming on for the stricken Asencio.<\/p>\n His first appearance in four matches, and he looked bright on the right wing.<\/p>\n Picked up a late yellow card on his Bernabeu debut.<\/p>\n Another to make their home debut, and the 18-year-old had a couple of nice moments during his 15-minute cameo.<\/p>\n Brought on late to give Carreras a rest, as he appeared for the first time in over a month.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The post Real Madrid player ratings against Benfica: Vinicius Junior scores again as midfielders impress<\/a> appeared first on Football Espa\u00f1a<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Real Madrid are in the hat for the next round of the Champions League, with a 2-1 victory over Benfica on Wednesday ensuring…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5268"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5268"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5269,"href":"http:\/\/piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5268\/revisions\/5269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Thibaut Courtois \u2013 7<\/h2>\n
Trent Alexander-Arnold \u2013 6<\/h2>\n
Raul Asencio \u2013 6<\/h2>\n
Antonio Rudiger \u2013 6.5<\/h2>\n
Alvaro Carreras \u2013 7<\/h2>\n
Fede Valverde \u2013 7.5<\/h2>\n
Arda Guler \u2013 6.5<\/h2>\n
Aurelien Tchouameni \u2013 7.5<\/h2>\n
Eduardo Camavinga \u2013 6.5<\/h2>\n
Gonzalo Garcia \u2013 6<\/h2>\n
Vinicius Junior \u2013 6.5<\/h2>\n
Substitutes<\/h3>\n
David Alaba \u2013 6<\/h2>\n
Franco Mastantuono \u2013 6<\/h2>\n
Cesar Palacios \u2013 6<\/h2>\n
Thiago Pitarch \u2013 6<\/h2>\n
Fran Garcia \u2013 N\/A<\/h2>\n