Donetsk Shakhtar beat Real Madrid in the Champions League round 5 match. The fight at the NSC "
Zinedine Zidane's charges were more active in the first half, delivering eight shots to the goal of Anatoly Trubin against one of the Pitmen. More often than others, the champion of Ukraine was threatened by midfielder " On the 5th minute, he struck the post with one touch from close range after Karim Benzema's pass, and on the 30th, Anatoly Trubin coped with a dangerous shot from the Spaniard.
Benzema also had several chances in the first half of the meeting, but at first he did not beat Trubin with a strong blow to the center, and at the end of the half he sent the ball above the gate.
Shakhtar responded with a single blow from Tyson over the crossbar. In addition, the Pitmen's main forward Junior Moraes did not finish before the break.. Due to injury, he was changed at the Dentinho field.
The teams started the second half with a sharp exchange of moments. Benzema was left without custody and struck the bottom - Trubin was in place. In turn, Tyson had a great moment at Shakhtar, but Courtois won the duel against the Brazilian, hitting the ball with his foot.
Having lost an excellent opportunity, Castro's wards continued to run out in counterattacks and one of them turned into a goal. On the 56th minute, Kovalenko's delicate pass to Marlos was intercepted, but Dentinho took advantage of the rebound and sent the ball into the corner - 1: 0.
After the goal was scored, the champion of Ukraine completely switched to playing on counter-hits and took advantage of it.
In the 82nd minute, Manor Solomon extended the ball from his half and shot flawlessly under the left post - 2: 0.
Towards the end of the meeting, Madrid continued to attack, but could not change anything..
The Pitmen beat Real Madrid 3-2 in October.
Group B is headed by Borussia Monchengladbach (8 points), Shakhtar are in second place (7), Real are third (7), Inter are fourth (2).
6th round of the Champions League - December 9 / 22:00 Inter v Shakhtar, Real Madrid v Borussia M.