Union Berlin: Last minute defeat against Real in the Champions League

Galatasaray gets a late draw

Union Berlin got on Real Madrid’s nerves with their iron football in their Champions League debut and narrowly missed out on a sensation thanks to a last-minute goal from Jude Bellingham. With the Italian European champion Leonardo Bonucci as the new defense chief, the Bundesliga team ultimately had to admit defeat 0-1 (0-0) to the record winners of the “premier class” on Wednesday evening after an excellent tactical performance and a lot of luck with the post.

Bellingham redeemed the Whites in front of over 80,000 spectators at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu with his goal in the fourth minute of added time against the passionately defending selection of coach Urs Fischer. Despite the defeat at the start of the European Cup, the Berliners can tackle the upcoming tasks in the Bundesliga, where a negative trend must be averted after two defeats. On Saturday, TSG Hoffenheim comes to the stadium at the Alte Försterei.

The Berliners moved well in their ultra-defensive basic order. Goalkeeper Frederik Rönnow helped with two early headers from Joselu (3rd/6th) and the luck of a centimeter once helped. But hiding wasn’t the order of the day. A shot from Kevin Behrens (3rd) was blocked. Even more would have been possible when Aissa Laidouni bravely moved into the Real penalty area a little later. The action fizzled out because it was presented a little too hastily.

Union shifted to its core business, defense. With success. More than a few imprecise long-range shots from David Alaba (23rd) and Aurélien Tchouameni (27th) and Nacho (34th) failed to reach the Rönnow goal in the first half. Real coach Carlo Ancelotti rows his arms on the sidelines as if he wanted to give a push.

Acoustically, the stadium had long been in Union hands. The several thousand Berlin fans celebrated their fiesta. On this sunny late summer day, the chants were already ringing out at the Puerta del Sol in the afternoon. However, around 300 supporters did not come to the stadium because they were not allowed to take their fan paraphernalia such as banners with them.

Ancelotti must have found clear words. Real came out of the locker room angry and now the Bernabéu unleashed the force that has brought other teams to their knees. Union were lucky when Rodrygo (51′) and Joselu (63′) hit the post. Rönnow was increasingly in the spotlight and reacted excellently on several occasions. Ancelotti now also brought Toni Kroos into the game. Bellingham’s iron defense then cracked the iron bar.

False start averted: Galatasaray gets a late draw

Galatasaray Istanbul just managed to avoid a false start in the Champions League in FC Bayern’s group. Thanks to two goals shortly before the end, the Turkish champions managed a 2-2 (0-1) draw against FC Copenhagen on Wednesday evening. Sacha Boey (86th minute) and Tetê (88th) gave the hosts a point within two minutes.

Mohamed Elyounoussi (35th minute) and Diogo Gonçalves (58th) had previously given the Danes the lead. After Elias Jelert was sent off (73′), the Scandinavians began to falter. In the second game of Group A, Copenhagen will face Bayern at home on October 3rd.

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