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Record-winning Real Madrid never started a Champions League home defeat, until Wednesday, when Ukraine’s Sahtar Donetsk won 3-2 as guests of the Royal Guard in the first round of Group B. Zinédine Zidane , the head coach of the Spanish band, took responsibility after the failure.
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| Zinédine Zidane believes that he will take his team out of the pits (Photo: AFP) |
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Sahtar, who was installed in the reserve due to injuries and positive tests for the coronavirus, led 3-0 at Madrid’s home at halftime, although the match was not played at the Santiago Bernabéu but at the Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium of the training center of the Real Valdebebas.
Prior to that, Real Madrid, who had advanced to the next stage in all their 28 record-breaking BL group races, had started at home in the most prestigious European Cup series twelve times, winning each time.
| “Of course I am very happy – So Luis Castro, Portuguese coach in Sahtar. – The coach’s job is to make others, players, fans, and club officials happy. I am satisfied, we fought very hard for this victory. Also, we didn’t have to deal with everyday circumstances, who could be in the game changed day by day. There is no starting or reserve team, there is a frame. All of our footballers are working properly and can be counted on at any time. Congratulations to everyone who added something to this success! In Sahtar, it is not the names that are exhausted on the field, but the team. We could only beat Real Madrid as a team ”. |
“It’s a bad time right now. The first part … It is not the fault of the players, they do their thing. I did not get back from the team what I expected, and in that case the coach is to blame He thought about winning three BL and two championships with the club Zinedine Zidane at the post-game press conference. – Luckily, in the second part of the game we showed that we can play well. I am responsible, I have to find a solution so that this does not happen again ”.
“We started the game bad in every way, but most of the players lacked self-confidence. I feel capable of getting the team out of the pit. “
Karim Benzema, Vinicíus Júnior and Toni Kroos, among others, were not in the starting eleven in Wednesday’s clash, and Sergio Ramos, Eden Hazard and Dani Carvajal were also absent due to injury.
“The starting team needs to change regularly due to the crowded schedule. We have to play a game almost every three days, footballers have no chance to rest. That’s not an excuse, of course, I’m deciding the lineup and I have to figure out how we can get strong again, it’s true, I only have a few days to do it. “ The 48-year-old French specialist added.
Ramos’ absence in particular is interesting. Real won just one of their last seven BL games played without Ramos and lost six (!). Furthermore, Real have won just one of their last seven BL national matches (against Galatasaray), scoring two goals and losing four. Recently CSKA Moscow, Ajax, Manchester City and Sahtar Donetsk were also able to win in Madrid.
Real Madrid last weekend in La Liga eliminated a rookie from Cádiz 1-0 at home and started a fiasco in BL on Wednesday. To put it mildly, there are no good omens ahead of Saturday’s FC Barcelona line-up.
This was also felt by Florentino Pérez, the club’s president, who, contrary to Marca’s custom, spent only a few minutes in Madrid’s dressing room after the game on Wednesday night. It’s not hard to imagine what the atmosphere in the room might have been like …
In fact, the Champions League has never been won by a band that started by beating on the main board.
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
GROUP CIRCUIT, ROUND 1
B GROUP
Real Madrid (Spanish) –Sahtar Donetsk (Ukraine) 2-3 (0-3)
Madrid, Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium, behind closed doors. Directed by: Sz. Jovanovic (Serbian)
Real Madrid: Courtois – F. Mendy, Varane, Éder Militao, Marcelo – Modric (Kroos, 70.), Casemiro, F. Valverde – Asensio, Jovics (Vinícius Júnior, 59.), Rodrygo (Benzema, a szünetben). Coach: Zinedine Zidane
Compartment: Trubin – Dodo, Bondar, Hocsolava, Kornijenko – Marcos Antonio (Vjunnik, 90 + 4.), Maycon – Marlos, Szolomon (Vitao, 90 + 2.), Tete – Dentinho (Szudakov, 89.). Coach: Luis Castro
Gólszerző: Modric (54.), Vinícius Júnior (59.), resp. Tete (29th), Varane (33rd – own goal), Solomon (42nd)
In another group match
Internazionale (Italian) –Borussia Mönchengladbach (German) 2–2 (R. Lukaku 49, 90 and Benszebaini 63-11, J. Hofmann 84)
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