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It was an expanding Shakhtar Donetsk who visited Real Madrid in the first game of the group stage of the Champions League. The coach of the Ukrainian team, Luis Castro, said before the game that up to ten players from the A when they fell ill with covid-19.
Despite this, it was the guests who went ahead after 29 minutes of play through Tete, who from close range scored 1-0 behind Thibaut Courtois. And there would be more.
A few minutes after 1-0, the guests made it 2-0. Courtois saved a strong shot first before Raphael Varane on the rebound pushed the ball into his own goal.
If the Shafts were ready there? Not then. A couple of minutes before the break, the guests also came 3-0, after a nice attack. Scorer this time? Manor Solomon.
Zinedine Zidane chose to replace Karim Benzema at half-time and Real Madrid would be in contact from the beginning of the second half. Luka Modric drove the ball out of the penalty area before hitting a real gem that found its way to the crossbar. Reduced.
Zidane decided to make another substitution after Vinicius Junior entered the game. Vinicius? He managed to be on the field for less than a minute before taking off and masterfully placing the 3-2 next to the pole vault. Reduced again.
Real then thought they were going 3-3 in injury time, but after the VAR review, the referee chose to rule out the goal when Vinicius influenced the game in front of the Shakhtar goalkeeper. Sjachtar then endured the final seconds and thus won the match 3-2.
– We weren’t good enough. We played better in the second half but it wasn’t enough. We have to improve, it was a tough defeat but we will carry on, says Modric after the match.
Startelvor:
Real Madrid: Cuts – Militão, Varande, Modric, Asensio, Casemiro, Valverde, Jovic, Mendy, Rodrygo
Shachtar: Trubin – Dodo, Khocholava, Marcos Antonio, Dentinho, Marlos, Tete, Korniienko, Solomon, Maycon, Bondar
