Spanish press come down hard on Real

TERMS such as “failure”, “catastrophe” and “nightmare” filled the Spanish press yesterday in the wake of Real Madrid’s Champions League exit at the hands of Lyon.

Trailing 1-0 from the first leg, Madrid got a flying start when Cristiano Ronaldo put them ahead in just the sixth minute of Wednesday night’s return clash at the Bernabeu and the Primera Division leaders might have had the tie sewn up by half-time after dominating the opening 45 minutes.

However, a much-improved Lyon turned things around in the second half and deservedly drew level on the night through Miralem Pjanic’s 75th-minute strike.