The youngster made his debut for the Spanish giants in their 3-0 win over Alcoyano in the Copa Del Rey, and is the first Russian to represent the prestigious club.
Real Madrid took on Segunda B side Alcoyano for the 2nd leg of their Copa Del Rey round of 32 clash last night. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Russia-c2991 was a proud country on the night as youngster Denis Cheryshev achieved the feat of becoming the first ever Russian to grace
the shirt that so many youngsters crave for.
Jose Mourinho decided to grant rest to most of his regular first team members and believed in the abilities of youngsters to see the tie out.
The opportunity allowed the Russian to break through to the starting line up of the capital side and he did not disappoint, putting in a pretty credible performance.
Cheryshev played almost an hour on the pitch and had a good outing as he was seen as one of the most active Real Madrid players in the first half.
The promising debutant was denied a goal when Alcoyano keeper Murcia saved from him and thwarted him his perfect moment to burst on to the biggest stage.
Throughout the match the youngster made an impact as he combined well with Portuguese Fabio Coentrao on several occasions.
Cheryshev had to leave the pitch without his first Madrid goal, as he was substituted with Angel Di Maria in the 61st minute, as Madrid looked to change the look of the score line.
It was Di Maria who made the difference as he opened the scoring for the capital side after some neat combination with Benzema. The Argentinean further made impact as he provided an assist for Callejon, who scored twice in the last few minutes of the game
to lead Madrid to a deserved 3-0 victory.
21 year old Cheryshev has been training with Los Blancos for the past 10 years and has made it all the way to appear in the first team squad, which is seen as a huge accomplishment.
Real Madrid have now made it to the last 16 of the competition, after their 7-1aggregate progression over Alcoyano last night.
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