# Real Madrid 2–1 Benfica · Ratings and player of the match · 2025-26 Champions League | Sir Balone > Ratings for every player in Real Madrid v Benfica (2–1), Knockout Round Play-offs, 2025-26 Champions League. Player of the match: Nicolás Otamendi (66). URL: https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/real-madrid-benfica-2026-02-25/ Datos al: 2026-10-15 Fuente de los datos: Sportmonks (https://www.sportmonks.com/). Métricas, notas y textos: La Lente, de Sir Balone, a cargo de Juan Carlos Vasquez (https://sirbalone.com/authors/juan-carlos-vasquez/). § Champions League · 2025-26 · Knockout Round Play-offs ## [Real Madrid](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/real-madrid-3468/2025-26/) 2 – 1 [Benfica](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/benfica-605/2025-26/) - Tchouaméni 16' - Junior 80' - Silva 14' 25 February 2026 ### The match in data A 2–1 win for Real Madrid against Benfica on 25 February 2026, in the 2025-26 Champions League (Knockout Round Play-offs). Real Madrid came from behind: they were trailing 0–1 at 14'. Player of the match: Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica), rated 66, thanks above all to 8 final-third passes and 70 passes. Otamendi produced 1.1 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost. It was also their best match of the season. For Real Madrid, the highest-rated player was Álvaro Carreras, with 63. 66 Player of the match ### [Nicolás Otamendi](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/nicolas-otamendi-1822/) Benfica · 90' Produced **1.11×** and cost **0.31×** their position's average Added - 8 final-third passes 1.4× - 70 passes 1.5× - 6 duels won 1.3× Took away - 7 misplaced passes 1.0× - 1 duel lost 0.3× ### Match ratings Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match. **Real Madrid** | Player | Position | Min | Rating | |---|---|---|---| | [Álvaro Carreras](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/alvaro-carreras-37537864/) | Defender | 90 | 63 | | [Eduardo Camavinga](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/eduardo-camavinga-23688922/) | Midfielder | 77 | 59 | | [Antonio Rüdiger](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/antonio-rudiger-31837/) | Defender | 90 | 58 | | [Federico Valverde](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/federico-valverde-260862/) | Midfielder | 90 | 56 | | [Vinicius Junior](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/vinicius-junior-600687/) | Forward | 90 | 56 | | [Thibaut Courtois](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/thibaut-courtois-1314/) | Goalkeeper | 90 | 54 | | [Aurélien Tchouaméni](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/aurelien-tchouameni-5270371/) | Midfielder | 90 | 52 | | [Gonzalo García](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/gonzalo-garcia-torres-37593253/) | Forward | 84 | 41 | | [Arda Güler](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/arda-guler-37547467/) | Midfielder | 84 | 38 | | [Raúl Asencio](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/raul-asencio-37596373/) | Defender | 77 | 31 | | [Trent Alexander-Arnold](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/trent-alexander-arnold-1917/) | Defender | 90 | 29 | | [David Alaba](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/david-alaba-31288/) | Defender | 13 | no rating | | [Franco Mastantuono](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/franco-mastantuono-37729623/) | Forward | 13 | no rating | | [Fran García](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/fran-garcia-537666/) | Defender | 9 | no rating | | [César Palacios](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/cesar-palacios-37628371/) | Midfielder | 6 | no rating | | [Thiago Pitarch](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/thiago-pitarch-37755701/) | Midfielder | 6 | no rating | **Benfica** | Player | Position | Min | Rating | |---|---|---|---| | [Nicolás Otamendi](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/nicolas-otamendi-1822/) ★ | Defender | 90 | 66 | | [Tomás Araújo](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/tomas-araujo-24065379/) | Defender | 90 | 59 | | [Rafa Silva](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/rafa-silva-159402/) | Forward | 90 | 58 | | [Andreas Schjelderup](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/andreas-schjelderup-37555815/) | Forward | 85 | 51 | | [Fredrik Aursnes](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/fredrik-aursnes-151551/) | Midfielder | 85 | 47 | | [Richard Ríos](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/richard-rios-37402349/) | Midfielder | 90 | 41 | | [Samuel Dahl](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/samuel-dahl-37295874/) | Defender | 90 | 40 | | [Anatoliy Trubin](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/anatoliy-trubin-9938909/) | Goalkeeper | 90 | 31 | | [Leandro Barreiro](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/leandro-barreiro-3862667/) | Midfielder | 90 | 30 | | [Amar Dedić](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/amar-dedic-22493645/) | Defender | 90 | 27 | | [Vangelis Pavlidis](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/vangelis-pavlidis-36265/) | Forward | 90 | 26 | | [Sidny Cabral](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/sidny-lopes-cabral-37559583/) | Defender | 9 | no rating | | [Enzo Barrenechea](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/enzo-barrenechea-37347355/) | Midfielder | 5 | no rating | | [Franjo Ivanović](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/franjo-ivanovic-37371082/) | Forward | 5 | no rating | ### Did you know? La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer. **Which Real Madrid player played the most passes into the final third?** Aurélien Tchouaméni, with 12 final-third passes. Next: Federico Valverde 7, Eduardo Camavinga 6. In a 2–1 win against Benfica, Aurélien Tchouaméni drove Real Madrid forward with 12 passes into the final third. Tchouaméni comfortably outpaced teammates Federico Valverde and Eduardo Camavinga. **Which Benfica player completed the most dribbles?** Andreas Schjelderup, with 4 completed dribbles. Next: Amar Dedić 2, Richard Ríos 2. Despite a 2–1 loss in Madrid, Andreas Schjelderup stood out as Benfica's sharpest dribbler with 4 successful take-ons. Schjelderup doubled the tally achieved by Amar Dedić and Richard Ríos. ### How is the rating calculated? The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season. ### Share this match [See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.](https://app.sirbalone.com/#partidos/19662541)