Champions League result: Real Madrid win as PSG hit self-destruct button

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*“Real Madrid are still alive,” said Karim Benzema, the 34-year-old striker who scored a second-half hat-trick as Paris Saint-Germain again self-destructed in the Champions League* knockout stages. PSG were cruising at 2-0 up on aggregate after Kylian Mbappe’s 39th-minute strike. For an hour the Paris club looked assured of a last-eight berth, but Benzema turned the tie on its head with three goals in 17 minutes as Real Madrid swept to a 3-1 win and 3-2 aggregate triumph. Even by PSG’s standards, this was an epic collapse, five years to the day since Barcelona overturned a 4-0 last-16 first-le…

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