The Champions League … Real Madrid suffer a bitter defeat at home to Shakhtar of Ukraine



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The Champions League .. Real Madrid suffer a bitter defeat at home to Shakhtar of Ukraine

Reuters Juan Medina

Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine got a big surprise by beating Real Madrid 3-2 in the match that brought them together today, Wednesday, on the first day of the Champions League.

The Ukrainian team, absent from eight of their main players, surprised their “real” host at the end of the first half with three clean goals, which were alternated by the Brazilian Titi and the French Raphael Varane by mistake in his own goal and the Israeli Manor Solomon at minutes 29, 33 and 42 respectively.

In the second half, the real club reduced the score by scoring two goals from Luka Modric and Brazilian Vinicius Junior in the 54th and 59th minutes, respectively.

It is the first time that Real Madrid have conceded three first-half goals in a Champions League match since September 2005 against France’s Olympique de Lyon, and it is the first time that this has happened at home in European competition. prestigious since February 2000 against Bayern Munich.

This is Real Madrid’s first defeat in three games against Shakhtar in the prestigious continental competition, after defeating them twice (4-0 and 4-3) in the group stage of the 2015-2016 season.

It is also the second consecutive loss to Real after the first to his guest Kadesh with an unanswered goal last Saturday in the domestic league, and the first for him at the start of his home career in the history of his participation in the competition. continental that holds the record of titles in the same (13), and the third consecutive in the competition. Where he lost, back and forth, against Manchester City in the final price of the last edition.

Source: RT



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