Rodrygo and Vinnie Jr. Shine and defeat Real Madrid in the Champions League; RB Leipzig advances

In a match of three penalties, the Real Madrid Rely on the offensive power of the Brazilians to crush Celtic 5-1, next Wednesday, for the last round of the group stage Champions League. Rodrigo And the Vinicius Jr The most prominent events of the Spanish team were on the field Santiago Bernabeu. By the same group F, the RB Leipzig He won and also qualified for the knockout stage.

Real Madrid already qualified by anticipation, and finished the stage in first place in the group, with 13 points, one point ahead of Leipzig, who beat Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0 away. The Ukrainian team came in third place with six points, and will play in the European League qualifiers. Celtic finished fourth with only two points.

In Madrid, the home team had no problems with another good win in the competition. The current European champions opened the scoring after just five minutes from Modric’s penalty. The play that triggered the penalty kick had Rodrygo’s decisive participation before the Scottish defence’s handball.

The second goal also came from a penalty kick. And again, in handball, this time after Rodrigo was sent. The match referee used video assistant technology to indicate the penalty kick. At the age of twenty, the Brazilian striker sent the corner ball himself and turned the charge: 2 to 0.

Packed, Real almost extended the next minute, in a move from the Brazilian duo. Rodrygo gave the pass and Vinicius Jr hit the penalty spot. Before the whistle at the end of the stage, Mendy Abada made a mistake inside the area, and the referee scored the third penalty kick in the match. In charge, Juranović kicked badly and was saved by goalkeeper Courtois.

The Spaniards completely dominated the second half. In the fifth came the third goal. Moving from the right, Carvajal sent a cross and Asensio sent it, quickly, into the net with his left hand. At the age of 15, it was Vinicius Jr’s turn to make his mark, after a cross from Valverde.

After scoring the net, the Brazilian striker made way for Benzema in the match. The Frenchman, who won the Ballon d’Or, came in the middle of the second half. It was his return to the field after recovering from injury. Real still had a goal from Valverde, at 25, and saw Celtic’s opponent, at 38, in a superb free kick from Jota.

Leipzig also Julia

In Warsaw, Poland, Shakhtar Donetsk was the home team, but could not contain the strong rhythm of the German opponent. And crushed Leipzig 4-0 with three goals in the second half alone. Nkunko, Andre Silva, Zubuszlai and Bondar (against) were the visitors’ goalscorers.

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