{"id":160621,"date":"2026-03-01T10:58:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T10:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=160621"},"modified":"2026-03-01T10:58:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T10:58:42","slug":"why-real-madrid-may-not-make-the-last-16-of-the-uefa-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=160621","title":{"rendered":"Why Real Madrid may NOT make the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sSXGNbeM0TA?rel=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>The UEFA Champions League Knockout Round Playoffs are well underway, as Leg 2 between Alvaro Arbeloa&#8217;s Real Madrid squad gets set to face off vs. legendary manager Jose Mourinho&#8217;s Benfica. Hannah Cash, JayDee Dyer, Michael Lahoud &#038; Geoff Shreeves are pleased to be joined by commentator for the match Clive Tyldesley as they preview the contest, discussing the injury &#038; absence of star striker Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, how Madrid will get past Benfica&#8217;s low block, as well as chat about whether or not this iteration of Los Blancos is missing the aura of years past.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 What&#8217;s at STAKE<br \/>\n1:17 Madrid vs. Benfica Leg 1 recap<br \/>\n2:44 How will Arbeloa manage the game?<br \/>\n3:41 Clive Tyldesley notes on Madrid<br \/>\n4:33 Hardest name to commentate?<br \/>\n5:26 Madrid injuries; good for Benfica?<br \/>\n7:00 Mourinho to Madrid DEAD?<br \/>\n8:12 Mourinho in stands at Bernab\u00e9u<br \/>\n9:06 Can Real Madrid make a run?<br \/>\n10:55 Watch More!<\/p>\n<p>#realmadrid #madrid #benfica #cbs #cbssportsgolazo #cbssportsnetwork #soccer #football #preview #matchpreview #alvaroarbeloa #vinicius #mbappe<br \/>\nStream UCL on Paramount+ &#8211; http:\/\/bit.ly\/UCLonParamount<br \/>\nWatch UCL Extended Highlights &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYX&#8211;AqrRszzMR4_C8YwiBn<br \/>\nWatch UCL Today with Thierry Henry, Kate Scott, Micah Richards and Jamie Carragher &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYdin8WdtaOExGhaRZI_dJ8<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our other CBS Sports Golazo channels!<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CBSSportsGolazoEurope<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@golazoamerica<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@wgolazo<\/p>\n<p>Home of UEFA Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Champions League, UEFA Europa and Conference Leagues, NWSL, Serie A and Serie A Women, EFL Championship, EFL League One, EFL League Two and Carabao Cup, Concacaf Men&#8217;s World Cup Qualifiers and W Champions Cup, US Open Cup, USL, Liga MX, SPFL and more.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sSXGNbeM0TA\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UEFA Champions League Knockout Round Playoffs are well underway, as Leg 2 between Alvaro Arbeloa&#8217;s Real Madrid squad gets set to face off vs. legendary manager Jose Mourinho&#8217;s Benfica&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":160622,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=160621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/160622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=160621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=160621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=160621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}