Unsurprisingly but with its usual emphasis of the glory days, the Spanish press praised the exploits of the people of Madrid against the Parisians and their ability to reverse a compromised situation in a few minutes.
With, of course, only one Parisian who is not attacked: "PSG does not deserve Mbappé", for the Spaniards of Mundo Deportivo, who believe that the days are numbered for coach Pochettino whose team is "dilapidated and soulless.
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With a simple formula linking the talent of Benzema and Mbappé whom he hopes to see play together next season in Spain, Mundo Deportivo title "Mbenzema".
🗞️ La portada de hoy
🔵🔴 'La quinta marched' pic.twitter.com/BNIXSEsDYi
— Mundo Deportivo (@mundodeportivo) March 9, 2022
"That's Real Madrid!!!!!
“, for the Spanish sports media Marca, which weaves the praises of Benzema, by multiplying the exclamation points.
“A goal from Mbappé pushed the Whites towards elimination… but Benzema with a hat-trick offered an unforgettable night, continues the Iberian daily.
Real goes into the quarters and the Bernabeu has fallen into delirium.
Mention also for the 2018 Ballon d'Or, Luka Modric, decisive passer on the Frenchman's second goal, which "Real Madrid will never forget" in this "new legendary comeback".
#LaPortada ¡¡¡Esto es el @realmadrid!!!
🗞️ #UCL pic.twitter.com/wFZ2X9qyGh
— MARCA (@marca) March 9, 2022
Benzema everywhere
Benzema's face is also everywhere in the other major Iberian sports daily, AS.
“Total delirium, extreme ecstasy,” he writes, adding “the force of the story exceeds that of” money “, embodied by the Qatari owner of PSG.
"Madrid is in another world" thanks to Benzema, who has become the club's third goalscorer.
The newspaper also salutes "a great Mbappé" within a PSG which "disintegrated in the second period".
The pro Barcelona press, such as the daily Sport, also made its front page on the match.
Not to praise the Madrid rival but to sink Paris.
Lionel Messi, the ex-Blaugrana appears in one of the newspaper Sport behind the two letters "KO".
During this “historic” evening, even the Cameroonian basketball player of the Philadelphia Sixers, Joel Embiid, a fervent fan of Real, went there with his celebratory tweet: “It's incredible.
I am still in shock.
What a victory!
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