📅 25/02/26🕒 20:00🏟️ Bernabéu🧑⚖️ Slavko Vinčić, Slovenia
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Real Madrid 2-1 Benfica — xTears 12.77 (25/02/26)
Real Madrid came back to win 2-1 against Benfica on 25 February 2026 in the Champions League. Total damage: 12.77 xTears.
The real swing for Real Madrid arrived through A. Tchouaméni 16' goal (+1.24 xT) and Vinícius Júnior 80' goal (+1.70 xT), the sequence that changed who owned the match.
The match changed hands after the first blow, and Real Madrid's comeback ended up outweighing the opening phase.
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How it unfolded
Timeline
14'
Goal
Rafa - Benfica
16'
Goal
A. Tchouaméni - Real Madrid
Assist: F. Valverde
34'
Goal wiped out by VAR
A. Güler - Real Madrid
80'
Goal
Vinícius Júnior - Real Madrid
Assist: F. Valverde
Absolute chaos
🧨
8.33
80'
Goal
+1.70 xT
Vinícius Júnior - Real Madrid
Assist: F. Valverde
14'
Goal
+1.41 xT
Rafa - Benfica
16'
Goal
+1.24 xT
A. Tchouaméni - Real Madrid
Assist: F. Valverde
34'
Goal wiped out by VAR
+1.18 xT
A. Güler - Real Madrid
Late drama
🔥
5.55
80'
Goal
+1.70 xT
Vinícius Júnior - Real Madrid
Assist: F. Valverde
90+6'
Yellow card
+1.05 xT
César Palacios - Real Madrid
90+1'
Substitution
+0.54 xT
S. Lopes Cabral for L. Barreiro - Benfica
85'
Substitution
+0.51 xT
E. Barrenechea for F. Aursnes - Benfica
All-out war
🟥
3.58
90+6'
Yellow card
+1.05 xT
César Palacios - Real Madrid
51'
Yellow card
+0.86 xT
N. Otamendi - Benfica
57'
Yellow card
+0.86 xT
Raúl Asencio - Real Madrid
35'
Yellow card
+0.81 xT
R. Rios - Benfica
Referee scandal
🧑⚖️
1.18
34'
Goal wiped out by VAR
+1.18 xT
A. Güler - Real Madrid
Crushed hope
💔
1.18
34'
Goal wiped out by VAR
+1.18 xT
A. Güler - Real Madrid
Cruelty
😈
Barely left a bruise
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