diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/lrt.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/lrt.py
index db5df4078..d72d470aa 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/lrt.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/lrt.py
@@ -32,9 +32,7 @@ class LRTIE(InfoExtractor):
     }
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        video_id = mobj.group('id')
-
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
 
         title = remove_end(self._og_search_title(webpage), ' - LRT')