The Italian had been unable to win on his previous three visits to Scotland. Real Madrid suffered, but ended up prevailing
The only coach in the world with the five major European leagues in his record he had failed to win in his entire career at Glasgow’s Celtic Park, the place of origin of ‘You’ll never walk alone’ that Liverpool fans have appropriated to this day. He has had to wait for the fourth time Carlo Ancelotti to end his damn
The coach had visited Scotland as coach of AC Milan having recorded two 0-0 draws and a 2-1 draw. It was normal for Carletto to be angry at halftime with his overconfidence of his pupils gesticulating more than usual knowing his history in this temple.
Luckily for Ancelotti, it was there. Vinicius Jr to vindicate himself and score a goal almost traced to the one he gave the Fourteenth Champions to a pass from Fede Valverde. The Brazilian scored early in the second half, scoring four goals in four consecutive games for the first time in his sports career.
It is normal that nerves seized Ancelotti seeing Benzema’s knee injury half an hour into the game. An Eden Hazard entered as a false striker who more than fulfilled with an assist and a goal. The Belgian had not scored in the UCL from a ball run for almost five years in a duel against Roma.
Also hazard, scored his seventh goal with the white shirt in 69 official matches. The midfielder had not scored in a game since January 20, 2021 against Elche in the Copa del Rey. in Champions He achieved it on November 25, although from a penalty, against Inter Milan.
the goal of hazard was especially important in the statistical section, since It is a goal with 33 passes before the goal. Since this type of data has been collected going back to the 2003-04 season, the Whites had not scored such an elaborate goal, even though in this time they have scored 434 goals in the Champions League.
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Indeed, Thibaut Courtois has stopped 19 of the last 20 shots on goal he has received with Real Madrid in the Champions League, including two against Celtics, Riyad Mahrez’s goal for City in the second leg of last season’s semi-finals being the only one he has conceded in this run.
Madrid had not started the top European competition winning away by three or more goals since the 2013-14 campaign, curiously in Ancelotti’s first stage, and they did so 1-6 against Galatasaray. Ancelotti is already in the same club as Miguel Muñoz, Beenhakker, Del Bosque, Pellegrini and Zidane who managed to win the first six official matches of the season.