Rest time at Di Stéfano. Madrid goes to the locker room with a minimal lead on the scoreboard thanks to Weir’s great goal in the 7th minute. White deserved more goals.
Real Madrid 1-0 Celtic.
To the stick Oihane! Great volley from the white side that deflects a visiting defense into the woodwork. Celtic is saved again.
Linda Caicedo and Athenea are overflowing a lot on the wings but Madrid lacks a point of finesse in the last touch to put Celtic in more trouble.
Madrid’s dominance is overwhelming. White took the lead on the scoreboard with a great goal from Weir and is looking hard to make it 2-0. Goalkeeper Daugherty is holding Celtic in the first half.
Shot by Olga Carmona that comes out centered and Daugherty catches. Madrid is hovering around the goal against an ineffective Celtic in the first half.
1-0.
Very clear counterattack by Real Madrid. Linda Caicedo found a latifundia to run but missed the final pass to Redondo, who was already licking his lips at the goal mouth.
New arrival from Madrid on the right wing and Redondo’s shot comes out very soft and is caught by Daugherty. We reached the midpoint of the first half with the score 1-0.
Another opportunity for Madrid, again from a set piece. The corner kick taken by Weir was finished high by Lakrar.
Header by Alba Redondo after a direct free kick taken by Weir that was blocked by the Celtic goalkeeper.
Celtic tries to shake off Real Madrid’s dominance but can barely string together four passes in a row. Toril’s team is playing at will in this first half.
Good deed by Linda Caicedo. The Colombian dribbles past Barclais and her shot, somewhat centered, is repelled with problems by the Celtic goalkeeper.
Weir tries it again from outside the area but his Vaseline attempt is caught without problems by Daugherty.
GREAT GOAL FROM CAROLINE WEIR! The Scot puts Madrid ahead in the 7th minute with a spectacular left foot shot from outside the area.
Real Madrid 1-0 Celtic.
Another arrival of Athenea! The Cantabrian player once again wins the game against her full-back, she reaches the baseline but her pass of death is taken by Bruna Costa. Celtic is suffering a lot.
As expected, Madrid dominates the game. Toril’s team monopolizes possession of the ball while Celtic, retreating behind, tries to contain the white attempts.
First arrival of danger from Madrid! Good action by Athenea on the right wing that ends in a corner kick. The Toril team has come out to bite from the start.
The ball is rolling at Di Stéfano!
Real Madrid 0-0 Celtic.
The 22 protagonists jump onto the playing field.
The person in charge of directing the meeting is the Italian Silvia Gasperotti. Let’s remember that in the group stage there is no VAR. Video refereeing comes in from the quarterfinals onwards.
Real Madrid and Celtic are already carrying out warm-up exercises on the Alfredo Di Stéfano pitch.
Elena Sadiku, Celtic coach, comes out with the following formation:
Daugherty; Hayes, Clark, Lourenco; Lawton, Ross, Cavanagh, Ashworth-Clifford; Gallacher, Barclais; Agnew.
Toril has the following alignment:
Mass; Oihane, Méndez, Lakrar, Olga; Angeldal, Leupolz; Athena, Weir, Caicedo; Round.
There are already official lineups for the match that will start at the Alfredo Di Stéfano at 6:45 p.m.
Real Madrid and Celtic face the match after losing on the first day. Toril’s team lost in London against Chelsea (3-2) while the Scots lost against Twente in Glasgow. Both teams need to get the three points to avoid complicating life in Group B.
We now start with the preview of Real Madrid-Celtic of the second day of the group stage of the Champions League.
