Summary and result Celtic-Real Madrid I

Goals from Vinicius, Modric and Hazard give Ancelotti’s men a placid victory, who suffered more than the score indicates. Benzema retired with a knee injury after half an hour.

the path of real Madrid towards his fourteenth Champions it was torturous. And the journey that can take you to lift the fifteenth in istanbul It started the same way. In a complicated match and, above all, full of bad news for a madridismo satisfied with bringing the points from glasgowbut worried about the injury of his only forward and referent.

The defense of the crown of the Champions the real Madrid against a vigorous opponent who fuels their football with the enthusiasm of their stands. “Cold head and warm heart” he asked Ancelotti to yours in this boot. His players seemed to get it, especially in the first quarter of an hour. The ball flew at Madrid’s feet, but without creating any danger. And that offensive indolence encouraged the local parish to push their own, who began to generate danger led by the Japanese Convictwho carried the baton in the vertical deployment of his own.

Benzema’s injury

At 20 minutes the stick saved the madridistas with Courtois beaten in a shot mcgregor. However, the alarms went off when Benzema he withdrew touching his knee. Carletto bet on hazard to replace him, which left Madrid without 9. The panorama was blacker than the shirt of those of Ancelotti. And there the technician insisted on a cool head before the vertigo of a Celtic that surpassed Tchouameni with their stampedes. Still, in the final stretch of the first half hazard missed a resounding chance and Vinicius wasted a heads up Hart. The situation was disturbing on the pitch, but even more so outside with the injury of Karim.

The second part also started with bad news for Carlettowho at rest had to withdraw a Military touched. And to that was added a monumental scare in a very clear opportunity for the Japanese Maeda, who spared the lives of whites. The visit to glasgow it was coming out very expensive Madrid. But in the worst context, the Whites recovered the ball to stabilize the duel while Celtic was losing strength.

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And in one of those phases Valverde accelerated an innocent ball and gave a goal to Vinicius with a kilometric camber from the band to the heart of the area that the Brazilian crossed to the net. Five minutes later it was hazard who brilliantly overcame Scottish pressure in a play with 34 passes in which he ended up serving modric, who scored the second with the bracelet on. Propped up victory, the first of Ancelotti in Celtic Parkwho had not done it before either as a player or as a coach.

With the wind in his head, the Italian began to move the bench while his midfield continued with a rondo that Kroos accelerated in a diagonal pass to a great uncheck of Carvajal who served hazard for the Belgian to push her. Carlettoonce again, was right in the bet of the relay of Benzema after his injury. Eden took a weight off his shoulders with his performance and the Celtic definitely lowered his arms in a duel that will not end until the extent of the injury is known Karim.

FINAL: CELTIC 0- REAL MADRID 3

CELTIC: Hart (6); Juranovic (6), Carter-Vickers (5), Jenz (5), Taylor (5); O’Riley (6), McGregor (6), Reo (8), Abada (6); Giakoumakis (7), Jota (6). Coach: Postecoglou (6). Substitutions: Maeda for Amada (min.46), Moody for O’Reilly (min.71), Turnbull for Hatate (min.71), Furuhashi for Giakoumakis (min.71), Haksabanovic (sc) for Jota (min.84 )

REAL MADRID: Courtois (6); Carvajal (5), Militao (5), Alaba (5), Mendy (5); Modric (6), Tchouaméni (5), Kroos (5), Valverde (8); Benzema (6), Vinicius (7). Coach: Ancelotti (6). Substitutions: Hazard (7) for Benzema (min. 29), Rudiger (6) for Militao (min. 46), Camavinga (6) for Tchouaméni (min. 70), Rodrygo (sc) for Vinicius (min. 80), Asensio (sc) by Modric (min.80)

GOALS: 0-1, Vinicius (min.55), 0-2, Modric (min.60), 0-3, Hazard (min.77)

REFEREE: Sandro Scharer, from Germany. He admonished Mendy and Maeda.

STADIUM Celtic Park.



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