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"Real" suffered, "City" midfielder suffered a terrible injury. Matches of the day in the UEFA Champions League

After "Bayern" and "PSG", two more favorites went to the next stage of the Champions League.

Madrid beat "Leipzig" with difficulty

"Real" - "Leipzig" 1:1

Goals: Vinicius (65) — Orban (68).

"Real" - Lunin, Carvajal, Nacho, Rudiger, Mendy, Kroos (Modric, 78), Chuameni, Kamavinga (Rodrigo, 46), Valverde, Bellingham (Joselu, 85), Vinicius.

"Leipzig" - Gulachi, Henricks, Orban, Lukeba, Raum, Schlager (Elmaz, 85), Olmo, Aydara (Kampl, 90), Simons, Openda (Poulsen, 77), Sheshko (Baumgartner, 85).

Warnings: Schlager (20), Raum (50), Vinicius (54), Orban (71), Chuameni (73), Kroos (75).

The first match was 1:0.

"Real" also went to the next stage of the Champions League. But it was not easy to overcome the resistance of one of the favorites of the tournament, "RB Leipzig".

"Real" went to the field in order to preserve the minimum victory (1:0) advantage in the return match at "Santiago Bernabeu". Carlo Ancelotti chose a defensive line-up for the match. Madrid's formation could be seen as a 4-3-3 from the outside, but in essence, only Bellingham and Vinicius Junior were responsible for the work in the front line. The English midfielder acted in the "deceptive nine" position, although the Brazilian player moved to the center, he mainly played on the left, and the right wing was covered by the midfielder Valverde.

"Real" tried to possess the ball, but not to make combinations and attack, but to defend. Time was spent through such an advantage, the opponent was forced to run for the ball and spend effort to take it away. For most of the game, the two central midfielders dropped down to the full-back line, allowing the front line to control quick counter-attacks when the ball was suddenly lost. The game took place mainly around the center of the field.

RB Leipzig became more active in the second half of the first half, with the Germans creating dangerous counter-attacks through the center and flanks of Real Madrid, which ended with two shots on goal. Twice he completed the attack in the Open - first from outside the penalty area, and then from inside the penalty area. Lunin's saves were not needed in these situations. On the eve of the break, "RB Leipzig" increased the pressure and destroyed their third chance in the Open.

This 45-minute match was reflected in the statistics of shots - RB Leipzig had only one shot on target, and Real Madrid had none at all. The home team could not organize anything around the goal guarded by Gulachi, and Bellingham only touched the ball twice inside the German penalty area. It was not a spectacular game for the fans, it was just a battle for the result.

It was clear that Ancelotti himself did not like this experience in the composition and tactics. "Real" lacked representatives of the front line, so Rodrigo joined the team at halftime. The Premier League leaders switched to a relatively conventional 4-4-2 formation, with the two Brazilians occupying attacking positions, while Bellingham moved to the left wing as usual when defending. This initially led to Vinicius receiving his card after he started a conflict with Orban and choked him in the center of the pitch.

"RB Leipzig" continued to press as much as possible. The Germans could have punished Lunin for a mistake at the gate - again he failed to take advantage of the situation at the Open.

But as the game continued, the exhausted players of "RB Leipzig" began to leave gaps. With an hour left in the game, "Real" managed to send the first shot that went straight into the goal area: Rodrigo moved between the lines and completed the attack himself. Gulachi saved in this situation. In the 65th minute, he could not save. The home side's counter-attack began with Kroos winning the ball, then Bellingham developed the attack with a fine crossing pass to put Vinicius in a one-on-one situation. After the Brazilian striker scored a goal, he first thanked the assistant.

But "RB Leipzig" responded immediately by organizing strong pressure around the "Real" goal. After a standard situation, the ball appeared on the left wing, Raum made a cross, and Nacho lost the duel in the air to Orban inside the penalty area. In these moments of the game, the Madrid players experienced difficult moments.

"RB Leipzig" had opportunities to score the second goal and send the game to extra minutes. In many cases, standard situations turned out to be dangerous. Orban came close to registering a double, Olmo's shot hit the crossbar. Ancelotti even took Bellingham off the field in order to calm down the game through substitutions. In the end, "Real" was far behind in the statistics of shots - 11:19 (there is a clear goal area