The Ivorian striker believes that Real deserved to reach the UEFA Champions League’s quarter-finals after defeating the Moscow-based club at Santiago Bernabeu
CSKA Moscow suffered a 4-1 UEFA Champions League return leg defeat against Real Madrid at Santiago Bernabeu after drawing the first leg 1-1 against the Spanish outfit at Luzhniki stadium.
The Koni were confident of a decent result, knowing that they have never lost to a Spanish outfit in their history.
However, they failed to prove themselves after conceding the opening goal early on in the match. Gonzalo Higuain opened the scoring by netting his third goal of the European campaign this term.
Los Blancos managed to double their lead 10 minutes into the second half after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Karim-Benzema-c20350 came off the bench to add the third goal.
CSKA did get the consolation goal thirteen minutes from time. However, it was too little too late to trouble the opposition, who went on to score the final goal of the game deep into the stoppage time.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Seydou-Doumbia-c33175 has lamented their 5-2 aggregate defeat that led to their exit from the Champions League. He praised the Whites, admitting that the Spanish outfit were on top the entire match.
"We must admit that Real were stronger than CSKA. Though we had a flying start that we had not expected but they were the dominant force on the pitch. We have not taken our chances. Of course, I am very upset that we failed to
score. But nothing can be changed. Let's now concentrate on the next league match.” The Russian Cup winner was quoted as saying.
He went on to admit that CSKA need to concentrate on the third Russian Premier League round after their elimination from the Champions League. As things stand, CSKA are at the second spot on the league table, 6 points adrift of
the top spot.
CSKA will play the upcoming league encounter against Spartak Moscow, and Doumbia has urged his teammates to win the upcoming home tie after drawing the previous two league games against Zenit St. Petersburg and Dynamo Moscow.
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