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\n For years, Real Madrid has had a difficult relationship with the Champions League. <\/p>\nThe most successful club in the history of the competition has failed to advance past the round of 16 since 2004 – six years that may as well be a lifetime. With each passing season, the weight of expectations grows.<\/p>\n
To make matters worse, Olympique Lyon have been a downright b\u00eate noire for Madrid. In seven games against Lyon, Real Madrid have yet to win. Trips to Gerland tend to be filled with agony, as before this week Madrid had never even scored in that stadium. For a club that likes to flaunt its European glory, this barren run has created an unbearable climate of perpetual anxiety. Florentino Perez, normally measured and stoic in public, celebrated exuberantly when Karim Benzema put Madrid ahead in the second half. It was a strange sight indeed, reflecting the state of desperation in which the club finds itself.<\/p>\n
The goal came in the 64th minute, with Madrid having struggled to generate play in the previous 63 against Lyon\u2019s rugged tactical structure. It was scored by local hero Benzema, who had come on for the woefully inept Emmanuel Adebayor only a minute earlier.<\/p>\n
Perhaps inspired by the vociferous reception heaped upon him by the Lyonnais crowd, Benzema managed to finagle away a ball that had gotten lost beneath the legs of the typically reliable Jeremy Toulalan. Mesut Oezil took the baton, weaseled past a pair of Lyon defenders and, with characteristic clairvoyance, found Cristiano Ronaldo at the top of the box. Cristiano one-timed the ball back to Benzema in the box, who received the pass and began leaving desperate Lyon defenders flailing to the ground with the nonchalance that can make him seem majestic and frightening all at once. He slipped as he shot but the ball managed to squeak through goalkeeper Hugo Lloris’ legs and past Cris’ desperate dive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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