CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2008/09 GROUP QUALIFIER: REAL MADRID & VILLAREAL THROUGH TO NEXT STAGE

It was in the end a suffered victory for REAL MADRID over BATEBORISOV 0-1, in the cold of Minsk. Real needed desperately to win to guarantee its pass onto the next stage in Group H, apart fromlifting its confidence after a series of bad matches.The first half was all Real Madrid & should have scored more, that is, go beyond the goal scored by RAUL in the 7th min.However, the 2ºhalf was a suffered