;Pontus Wernbloom's last-minute volley earned a draw to keep CSKA Moscow in the hunt in their last-16 Champions League match against Real Madrid.
Real had looked set to return to Spain with a lead at the tie's halfway stage, but paid for their wastefulness.
Cristiano Ronaldo fired under Sergei Chepchugov to open the scoring but fluffed a fine 84th-minute chance.
CSKA had rarely threatened but Wernbloom crashed home with virtually the game's final kick to snatch a draw.
The hosts had hoped that the combination of an unfamiliar artificial pitch and sub-zero temperatures at the Luzhniki Stadium might unsettle a Real Madrid side who had won 27 of their last 30 matches. ust when it seemed that Real Madrid's work in Russia was done, Pontus Wernbloom volleyed in an injury-time goal for CSKA Moscow to secure an unlikely 1-1 draw in their Champions League last-16 first leg. When the shock subsides, José Mourinho may reflect that a score draw is not a bad result away from home; he will also reflect that while Madrid rarely shone, they largely controlled a game that they had looked like winning from the moment Cristiano
Ronaldo scored in the 28th minute.CSKA Moscow equalized from the last kick of the match when Pontus Wernbloom scrambled the ball into the net, giving the Russian club a 1-1 draw against Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday.
The Swedish midfielder's debut game for CSKA ended with him poking the ball home in the third minute of stoppage time in the first leg at Luzhniki Stadium.
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