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Sunday, Jun 29, 2025
Karim Benzema looked to have fired Madrid to a second straight win after last week's confidence-boosting 3-1 victory at Celta Vigo when he scored in the 82nd minute with a splendid piece of skill.
Ajax, who have won the trophy four times, most recently in 1995, reached the last eight of Europe's top competition for the first time since 2003.
The Frenchman won an unprecedented three consecutive Champions League titles with the Spanish giants before resigning in May last year.
Militao has agreed a six-year contract and will become coach Zinedine Zidane's first signing after his return to the Santiago Bernabeu this week.
Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez were largely kept quiet in a shy display from the champions in which their defenders Gerard Pique and Clement Lenglet were the heroes instead, bravely putting their bodies in the way to snuff out Madrid.
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