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Shakhtar Donetsk, led by Luís Castro, made their best debut in the 2020/21 edition of the Champions League, surprising on their visit to Real Madrid (3-2). In the other match that started earlier, there was another Portuguese player in evidence, in this case forward Éder who made his debut in European club competitions.
On the opening day of Group B, the four-time champion of Ukraine had a resounding first half and was already leading 3-0 at halftime, even without counting many of the usual starters, such as Ismaily, Stepanenko, Alan. Patrick, Taison or Júnior Moraes, all with physical problems.
The formation led by the Portuguese Luís Castro opened the scoring in the 29th minute, through the Brazilian Tete, and extended the lead with an own goal from the Frenchman Raphael Varane, in the 33rd minute, before the Israeli Manor Solomon still put more naked all defensive weaknesses. of the Spanish, at 42.
Without the injured Sergio Ramos, Carvajal and Eden Hazard, Zinedine Zidane kicked out Karim Benzema at half-time and the meringues were reduced by Luka Modric, in 54 ‘, and by Brazilian Vinícius Júnior, in 59, about 15 seconds after enter the field, deliver Luka Jovic.
In compensation time, at 90 + 2 minutes, Real Madrid saw the goal of the tie annulled -and well- due to the irregular position of the young Canarinho striker.
In the other match in group B, the Italians from Inter Milan host the Germans from Borussia Moenchengladbach, starting at 8:00 p.m. (Lisbon time).
On their visit to Salzburg, Lokomotiv Moscow drew 2-2, with Portuguese international Éder overtaking the Russians in the 19th minute, scoring the first goal of his career in a European club competition after 30 games (three of which in qualifying rounds).
The Austrians managed to turn around, with goals from Dominik Szoboszlai and Zlatko Junuzovic, at 45 and 50 minutes, respectively, but Vitali Lisakovich put the tie for the Muscovites, at 75.
The other two teams that are part of group A, Bayern Munich and Atlético de Madrid, will face each other from 8:00 p.m. in Germany.
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