CSKA scores last-gasp goal in 1-1 draw with Madrid
Associated Press, Moskow | Wed, 02/22/2012 3:44 AM
CSKA Moscow equalized from the last kick of the match when Pontus Wernbloom scrambled the ball into the net, giving the Russian club a 1-1 draw against Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday or Wednesday in Indonesia's time.
The Swedish midfielder's debut game for CSKA ended with him poking the ball home in the third minute of stoppage time in the first leg at Luzhniki Stadium.
Madrid had won all previous six matches in the competition this season and it was the first away goal conceded this campaign.
Wernbloom's goal came after CSKA missed several opportunities following Cristiano Ronaldo's 28th-minute goal, which appeared to have the put the visitors on course for victory in a match played in subzero temperatures and on artificial turf.
Ronaldo scored his 36th goal of the season after CSKA had failed to clear Fabio Coentrao's cross from the left, the ball bouncing for the Portugal forward to strike a left-footed shot into the net.
"Our opponents were tough and the match was hard," Madrid coach Jose Mourinho said. "Our opponents did very little to score but got their goal. They were very happy to get that. We had our chances, especially in the second half, but we didn't convert them. In the end ... I'm satisfied with the result."
The return leg at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid is on March 14.