Real Madrid boss Santiago Solari offered no excuses after his Spanish giants were floored 3-0 by CSKA Moscow on Wednesday. Real had already qualified for the Champions League last-16 as Group G winners, but that should not mask a poor performance, even if it was by a much-changed team.

Despite CSKA's victory, though, they could not secure third place in the group and Europa League qualification after Viktoria Plzen took that spot by beating Roma 2-1. And that was rough justice on the Russian side, whose European season came to an end on a night of otherwise unbridled joy. It was Real's heaviest European home defeat and their first home reversal in the Champions League group stage for nine years.