After the 0-1 in the first leg, the crowd didn’t like it and booed Los Blancos, who took the lead in the second half with Vinicius and were joined after 4′ by Orban. Guests dangerous several times and Dani Olmo’s crossbar in the 92nd minute
If Ancelotti’s day started badly with the notification of the request for a heavy sentence for tax fraud, it risked ending worse: at the Bernabeu Madrid drew 1-1 with Leipzig, passing to the round of 16 by the skin of their teeth thanks to the victory by 1-0 in Germany. For Real, many whistles and even more suffering, in a second half dominated by the Germans, who were imprecise and eliminated, with extra time avoided because a beautiful lob from Dani Olmo in the 92nd minute ended its trajectory onto the top of the crossbar.
the choices
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Carlo made only one substitution, but a significant one: Nacho for Rodrygo. The Spaniard next to Rudiger in the middle of the defense, moving forward in an overpopulated midfield: Tchouameni-Kroos-Camavinga behind Valverde-Bellingham-Vinicius. Rose without the suspended Simakan who had done well in the first leg against Vinicius chose to move Henrichs.
lots of boos
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A very strange formation designed by Carlo, and the first to not understand much about it are his men. Which seem lost, without references or ideas. And they aren’t even woken up by the whistles that rain down on their heads from the stands of the Bernabeu 4 times in the first half alone. Madrid had only one goal in the first half, sent out by Vinicius who hit Tchouameni’s cross with his shoulder. Leipzig created three chances, all wasted by Openda, active but imprecise.
the change
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The Bernabeu accompanies Madrid into the locker room with the final round of whistles, and Ancelotti takes action. Camavinga out, Rodrygo in, with a transition to a very asymmetric 4-4-2, with Tchouameni and Kroos behind Valverde and Bellingham, with the Brazilians in attack. The problem for Carlo is that Vinicius gets nervous over nothing, and risks expulsion for an absurd attack on Orban. Incredible that a boy with so much talent loses his mind so easily and without any reason. Massa decides that a yellow is enough, the German coach Rose is furious, as in the first leg for the disallowed goal against Sesko.
short breath
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In the 63rd minute Madrid’s first shot on target (and second overall): Rodrygo’s shot blocked by Gulacsi for a corner. And in the 65th minute the goal: ball recovered by Kroos in the white midfield, great leadership by Bellingham closed with a wonderful cut due to the perfect movement of Vinicius, who beat Gulacsi with class for the 15th goal of the season. The problem for Madrid is that the lead lasts 3 minutes: Raium’s cross from the left and Orban’s plastic header with Nacho overtaken, as so many times this season. And from there the Germans’ siege began, with the Bernabeu holding their breath and Madrid closed in their own area waiting for the final whistle, which arrived shortly after Olmo’s crossbar. The Germans surrounded Massa in protest, the Spaniards breathed deeply. In the quarterfinals Madrid will need something better.
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