The Real Madrid of heroic comebacks resurfaces against Dortmund

Madrid. Real Madrid wrote a new line in the extensive story of its European exploits with a 5-2 comeback against Borussia Dortmund, this Tuesday on the 3rd round of the Champions League.

The current European champion, who lost 2-0 at the Santiago Bernabéu when match time was about to expire, ended up winning 5-2 against the team they had already defeated in the final of the last Champions League.

This Tuesday’s three points allow the white team, which had just lost in Lille (1-0) on the previous day, to be close to the positions that grant direct qualification to the round of 16 (1st to 8th), while teams between 9th and 24th must go through a play-off.

The goals in the first half by the Dutch striker Donyell Malen (30), from a pass by the Guinean striker Serhou Guirassy, ​​and by the promising Englishman Bynoe-Gittens (34) seemed to help the men led by former Madrid player Nuri Sahin to put a bandage on the wound that festered since the defeat in the final at Wembley that had given the 15th Orejona to the white team (2-0).

Vini is running for the Ballon d’Or

But Carlo Ancelotti’s team scored five goals in just over half an hour to the delirium of a Bernabéu audience that showed no signs of stopping believing: Antonio Rüdiger with a header (60), Lucas Vázquez with a right cross into the top corner (83) , and a hat trick from Vinicius, his first in the Champions League, which combined speed, overflow and shooting (62, 86, 93).

“We know that when we are at home with our fans anything can happen, when we got to the locker room, everyone was very quiet, only the coach could be heard, we said only one thing, if we score the first we are going to come back again,” Vinicius told foot of field for Movistar.

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But the white giant had been a shadow of himself in the first half. Borussia, efficient and supportive, dreamed of conquering the white fiefdom, but like so many other teams before them, suffered from the mystique of the Bernabéu on the nights of Championswhile the public chanted “how can I not love you” or “this is how Madrid wins.”

“The second half taught us what we have to do and how to do it. It can be a key moment in our season,” Acelotti warned.

Although he did not find the net, French striker Kylian Mbappé also played a prominent role despite the rape accusations against him in the Swedish press after a recent trip to Stockholm. His was the center measured against Rüdiguer’s head that helped the locals get into the game.

“Keep evolving”

Although the man of the match was Vinicius, who vindicated himself for the Ballon d’Or, which is awarded next Monday in Paris.

“I have been growing with every game, every year, because I am only 24 years old. I arrived very young and I was able to learn from the best players, from the best people too, and that has made me a better man, a better player, and I want to continue evolving for much longer,” Vini told TNT Sports Brasil.

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“A few years ago, in an interview, I said that I would like all Brazilians to support me. I hope that on Monday they can do it,” he added.

Real Madrid also enjoyed shots on the crossbar in the first half by Rodrygo and Bellingham (37).

The whole of the Ruhr basin, which arrived in the capital of Spain with two victories in this Championsremains with the same six points as Real Madrid, which faces the sky-high confidence Classic on Sunday against FC Barcelona.

Full of victories for the Villains

But at the moment, the only team with full victories is Unai Emery’s Aston Villa, which defeated the Italian Bologna (2-0).

The Birmingham (England) club, which had not played in the top European competition for 41 years, won in front of its fans with a free-kick goal from its captain John McGinn (55) and with another goal from Colombian striker Jhon Durán (64) .

The ‘Villains’ had previously beaten Young Boys in Switzerland (3-0) and Bayern Munich (1-0).

On the next date, the English team will visit the Belgian Bruges.

That of Bologna was not the only defeat of a Serie A team. Juventus lost in Turin against the German Stuttgart (1-0) thanks to a goal in added time by Malian striker El Bilal Touré.

Stuttgart inflicted Thiago Motta’s team with its first defeat of the season in all competitions.

After this first victory in its history in the Champions League, Stuttgart has four points, still behind Juve (6).

A team destined to go far in the competition also stumbled, Luis Enrique’s Paris SG, which could not get past a draw at the Parc des Princes against the Dutch PSV Eindhoven (1-1).

Noa Lang put the visitors ahead (34) and Moroccan international full-back Achraf Hakimi equalized for the Parisians (55), who could have won with a header from Brazilian Marquinhos saved by the PSV goalkeeper.

AC Milan and Girona resurface

PSG, who had lost against Arsenal before the international break, only have four points, in a disappointing provisional 17th position.

The upcoming matches against two powerhouses like Atlético de Madrid and Bayern Munich look vital for the French team.

And Arsenal chained a second consecutive victory by beating the Ukrainian Shakhtar Donetsk by the minimum in London (1-0).

Also noteworthy are the home victories of two teams that had not scored until this Tuesday; AC Milan beat Bruges 3-1, and Girona achieved the first victory in its history in European competition against Slovan Bratislava (2-0).

Two teams one step below the favorites, Sporting de Portugal and Monaco, have seven points after their respective victories against Sturm Graz (0-2) and Red Star Belgrade (5-1).