Going into this contest, Benfica knew they had to win to finish in the top 24 to reach the knockout stages of the Champions League. Things got off to a bad start when Kylian Mbappe put Madrid ahead on the half-hour mark before Andreas Schjelderup equalised six minutes later. The outstanding Vangelis Pavlidis made it 2-1 just before the break from the spot, and Schjelderup's second gave them some breathing room. Mbappe scored again to set up an exciting finale, one that ended in the most dramatic fashion when Trubin was told to go up for a final corner by manager Jose Mourinho, before he scored an unlikely header to cue pandemonium. Madrid had Raul Asencio and Rodrygo in second-half stoppage time as they had to settle for a ninth-placed finish and a tie against Inter Milan. Benfica will duke it out with Bodo/Glimt, a side Mourinho's Roma lost 6-1 to in the Conference League in 2021.