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Champions League to relegation? Union Berlin's new reality

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For a fleeting moment, there was brief hope among the 70,000 fans who attended Union Berlin's final Champions League group stage game on Tuesday. Czech midfielder Alex Král snatched an 85th minute equaliser as the Bundesliga side staged a late comeback against mighty Real Madrid. But Dani Ceballos ruined any kind of hope that Union could celebrate a maiden Champions League win, slotting past goalkeeper Frederik Ronnow to take three points home to Madrid.

Union's supporters filled Berlin's Olympiastadion, which is usually the ground for city rivals Hertha, but was used by Union for all three Champions League home matches instead of the much smaller Alte Försterei.