A year ago, the Kings lost both group matches with Shakhtar. Nevertheless, the team from Madrid won the group then. This time she wanted to avoid trouble at all costs. She started the game carefully. In the beginning, she made sure not to concede a goal first. In 13 previous matches in the Champions League, Real could not turn the tide of the competition when the opponent took the lead. At most, it was possible to lead to a draw. In most cases, the Kings were losing, as in the previous round with Sheriff Tiraspol 1-2 at Santiago Bernabeu.
At the start, Real accepted Shakhtar’s conditions. The vice-champion of Ukraine played in a position attack with eight Brazilians. Carlo Ancelotti’s team countered with the speed of Karim Benzema and Vinicius Junior. In the first half, the guests fired as many as 15 shots, of which five were on target. One hosts: missed.
In 37 minutes, the rival helped Królewski. Benzema was adjudged to be in an offside position to break into a Lucas Vazquez cross from the right. Behind him was a defender, Serhiy Kryvtsov, who tried to cut the pass. Shakhtar’s captain mixed by tossing the ball over his goalkeeper. Thus, Real Madrid took the lead in Kiev.
In the second half, Real completely dominated the rival, who was discovering himself more and more, he made more and more mistakes in the back. In the 50th minute, Shakhtar committed another kix. Throwing the ball out of the car into … Benzema. The French withdrew it to Luca Modric, who scored a brilliant assist in the goal of Vinicius. The Brazilian was alone in front of the goalkeeper, he remained calm, he shot a podcast.
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In the 56th minute, Vinicius defeated Shakhtar’s entire defense and scored 3-0. At 65, Vinicius assisted Rodrygo’s goal. At the end of the goal was also Benzema. Real treated themselves to peace in the Champions League and comfort ahead of the Sunday classic against Barcelona in the Spanish league.
