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The day you are upright, nothing twists you. Ask the Shakhtar of Ukraine, who won with clarity, justice and several passages of good football, in the house of an unknown Real Madrid who tried to wake up but succumbed in the effort.
The Ukrainian team won 2-3 on Spanish territory, another setback for a Zidane who adds a second defeat at home and starts his journey in a Champions League badly in a group that is not easy (with Inter Milan and B. Monchengladbach).
It was all very atypical at the Alfredo Di Stefano. Real Madrid came out with at least a new payroll, with Jovic as the starter and Benzema as substitute, with Mendy on the right back (due to an injury to Odriozola and Carvajal) and with Kroos and Vinicius Jr on the bench. Arrogant Zidane? There was no shortage of who suggested it.
And in front a Shakhtar who improvised his payroll because he has eight players (eight!) In recovery from coronavirus covid-19, which forced technician Luis Castro to use players with little filming.
Lucky for Madrid that Shakhtar was not complete! Because in the first half he shattered the DT merengue rehearsal: at 29 Tete appeared to take the rebound after a fabulous play by Korniienko; At 33 the Ukrainian team pressed so much that they pressured Varane to put his head in a clearance attempt that ended in an own goal – again Varane against – and at 43 it was Solomon who appeared just to portray Marcelo’s slowness and put the score 0-3. Against all odds!
The break ended up helping, as Zidane put things in order, Benzema entered for the unprecedented Jovic and things began to straighten out in Madrid.
At 53, Luka Modric got tired of the associations and shot straight into the goal to leave the goalkeeper without reaction, a goal for 1-3. But he was saved a minute later in another quick exit from Tete that Courtois resolved well. And at 55 the two attackers from Shakhtar got in the way and they lost the fourth in a great exit from Korniienko.
Vinicius arrived, another incomprehensible substitute, and on his first arrival, from the right, he punished and put the score 2-3. But there was Tete and in a filtered pass behind the centrals’ backs the attacker was left hand in hand and lost the duel with Courtois and the fourth Ukrainian goal.
Mendy had the draw but he lost it at 77 and the whole local insisted on the rival goal, exposing himself to Tete, who was a constant threat due to his speed, as when Marco Antonio enabled him at 79 but everything was invalidated on the outside of place .. it was going to be a great goal. And meanwhile they insisted on the Ukrainian door, closed on all fronts, Benzema, Militao, Kroos, even Marcelo … they all collided, over and over again.
Then, as it could not fail, the VAR: at 93 minutes the goal play for Valverde’s 3-3 draw was canceled by Vinicius’ irregular position. If something was missing for the nightmare night, it was the technological tool playing against Madrid.
And time is up and there is the feeling that 45 minutes were given away in a rare Zidane rehearsal that made several things clear: there is no unit B (DT himself despised it), Sergio Ramos has no substitute or replacement or anything in the Madrid and each team that goes to the merengue house with speed and a pinch of precision will do a lot of damage in this Champions League.
