Although CSKA rounded off an improbable double over thirteen-time winners Real in Group G, following up their 1-0 win in Moscow in October, the Russian capital club still finished dead last of the bunch, thus ending their European campaign this season.

A 2-1 win for Czech team Viktoria Plzen in the group's other match against AS Roma consigned CSKA to a bittersweet last placed finish.  

CSKA did, however, make it three wins in major football tournaments by Russian teams over Spanish counterparts, with their two wins complementing Russia's penalty shootout win over Spain in the second round of this summer's 2018 World Cup. 

Spain skipper that day Sergio Ramos did not take to the field on Wednesday night, as Real were already through as winner. However, the likes of world stars Gareth Bale, Isco, Marco Asensio, Marcelo and Toni Kroos were all on show, plus all three goals scored past Thibaut Courtois in goal, taking nothing away from CSKA's feat.

The long-awaited Copa Libertadores final decisive second leg stunningly took place on the same turf on Sunday, and CSKA made sure a victory worthy of that game succeeded that match.

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