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Antonio Rudiger, a new Real Madrid player, literally broke his face to keep Real from being worse off against Shakhtar. At the last moment the German, a wild boar with a Herculean chassis, headed a Kroos cross in the thousandth before ramming goalkeeper Trubin. An excruciating, alarming blow, head to head. A huge, bloody bump. Rüdiger’s face, withdrawn without consideration, was combative. He needed twenty stitches. Trubin endured the remaining seconds with his skull bandaged.
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Anatolii Trubin, Valerii Bondar, Bogdan Mykhaylichenko, Matvyenko, Yukhym Konoplia, Zubkov (Lucas Taylor Maia, min. 81), Stepanenko, Artem Bondarenko, Sudakov (Neven Durasek, min. 80), Mykhailo Mudryk (Ivan Petryak, min. 84) and Lassina Traore (Danylo Sikan, min. 76)
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Andriy Lunin, Nacho, Rüdiger, Lucas Vázquez, Ferland Mendy (Alaba, min. 67), Rodrygo (Marco Asensio, min. 67), Kroos, Aurelien Tchouameni (Modric, min. 56), Federico Valverde (Camavinga, min. 67 ). ), Hazard (Vinicius Junior, min. 56) and Benzema
Gates 1-0 min.45: Zubkov. 1-1 min. 94: Ruediger.
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Yellow cards Yukhym Konoplia (min. 15), Eder Militao (min. 84), Artem Bondarenko (min. 87) and Kroos (min. 89)
A reckless goal for a draw that left Madrid snorting. Not because he arrived in Warsaw in despair, but his reports were different. The champion saw a clear horizon as some reserves waited for a Polish win that would allow several starters to fan themselves ahead of the upcoming derby. By the way, in such a busy season, they ensure that the remaining two days of the group stage of the European Cup were two dates for a picnic. It was not like that. But Rüdiger didn’t shy away and put on a patch. Real, already classified, has to row in Leipzig on the 25th to finish first in the group. The German team has tickets. Even Shakhtar.
The party in Warsaw, the exile of the admirable Ukrainian team, had nothing to do with Chamartín’s. In La Castellana, Madrid was a machine gun with up to 36 shots. This time Igor Jovicevic’s team was less jubilant, more restrictive, tighter. In Madrid, he miraculously escaped a caning from aúpa. A week later he gave a lot to avoid caning.
Carlo Ancelotti started with a line-up shaped by Sunday’s classic and the holds of this unprecedented World Cup course. Nacho, Lucas and Hazard climbed out of the broom car. The two homegrown players always shouting “gifts!” The Belgian, more withered, not so much, far from it. And that the Italian coach has provided him with the ecosystem that he is already doing better with few legs. Rodrygo went to Vinicius’ side – from the rest -, Valverde stayed on the right flank and Kroos added on the axis near Tchouameni.
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With so many rehearsals, Real found it hard to rhyme. He had the keepers of the game, but without Vinicius he only found a way to Trubin, the central funnel. A corridor through which you have to thread your way very carefully. The champion succeeded twice. Both times two choir plays, harmonious, precise and dizzying. Even with Hazard, who lacks lubricant in his boots, right in the middle. The local goalkeeper made a wall against Benzema and Rodrygo.
While trying to turn Madrid, Shakhtar gradually let loose, led by three distinguished youngsters: Mudryk, Sudakov and Zubkov. Out of necessity, virtue. Liberated by the Russian invasion, the Brazilian squad, the Ukrainian team, were left with no choice but to raise their own kindergarten, a historical anomaly in the Donetsk club. In front of the signals from Mudryk, Sudakov and Zubkov, Nacho and Rüdiger reacted well, challenged more than once, always tried, always with bite. Shakhtar completed the attacks – much more fluid than those at the Bernabéu – not against Lunin but against the two central defenders recruited by Ancelotti, who aren’t exactly two apprentices.
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Madrid lacked the venom and the game tipped to the local side in the opening moment of Act II. Mykhaylichenko rolled the ball in from Lunin’s right and Zubkov headed in with Mendy on another planet.
The 1-0 came as a double shock. A rush to Shakhtar their people need so much enthusiasm. A team forced into a permanent conspiracy, on the field and in their painful everyday lives. So mobile that he hasn’t played in the warmth of home for four years. More than a goal, do a chest. The heroism of weakness. A dose of optimism that made the Ukrainian team grow. In fact, Traoré, still out of shape after a long injury, failed to finish after a fencing duel with Lunin, which initially blocked his path, and ended up hitting the crossbar. Immediately Zubkov also focused on his compatriot Lunin.
For Real Madrid, Zubkov’s scourge was a turning point. Ancelotti hoped to rock Modric, Vinicius, Alaba well in the heat of the fireplace… All starters for the classic in sight. But with Shakhtar at the helm and a boneless Hazard, everyone, plus Camavinga and Asensio, had to fall back in search of a remedy he only found when the curtain fell. Without the route of Vinicius, which was well blocked when Madrid was already rushing into the area with attacks that were not very subtle, rather pedestrian. Vinicius and Rüdiger caught two forward-looking header goals. The header game is not lucky that the Brazilian dominates best, but the German. With a goal from another era, one of those linked to Sabino and Belauste, there was no complete comeback in Warsaw and Real Madrid will still have to sweat to reach the last 16 as leaders.
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