Celtic lost, Real touched down and the European champions had a brace with a hat-trick

Real Madrid beat Giorgos Giakoumakis’ Celtic, who started the home team in Matchday 1 of this season’s Champions League, 3-0 in Scotland. A game where the home team created chances, had a post and generally threatened Courtois’ goal but failed to score.

On the contrary, the visitors scored goals in the stages they designed, scoring three goals with Vinicius, Modric and Hazard. However, the European champions saw their big star Karim Benzema leave injured in the 30th minute and there are concerns over his condition.

Celtic came into play with a chance from the dressing room when Giakoumakis only worked with Adaba in the 30th minute, who fired the shot but the ball went wide. In the 13th minute, the home side threatened again when Adaba played one against Courtois, but he failed to beat the Belgian keeper.

Eight minutes later, Celtic had a goal when Giakoumakis collected the ball nicely in the box and passed it to McGregor, who pulled in a powerful shot that was stopped by Courtois’ right post.

Real started to intensify their game after 25 minutes and threatened for the first time of the game in the 29th minute when Valverde, who was in shooting position, tried, the ball going wide of Hart’s goal. A minute later, the European champions saw Benzema leave the pitch injured and Hazard take his place.

Two goals in four minutes for Real

In the 56th minute, when Celtic pressed high, Real let the ball circulate well, Vinicius as the final runner, who easily scored the 1-0 for the guests from close range. Four minutes later it was Hazard who broke away on a frontal attack and slotted in for Modric on the right. The Croatian midfielder dribbled into the penalty area and fired from the outside line against Hart to make it 2-0 for Real.

The final 3-0 for the Spaniards came in the 77th minute when Carvajal took the ball after a nice partnership on the right, turning one to Hazard who had no trouble placing and scoring.

CELTIC: Hart, Carter-Vickers, Jens, Taylor, Juranovic, McGregor, O’Reilly (72′ Moe), Hatate (72′ Turnbull), Adaba (46′ Maenda), Zota (82′ Haksavanovic), Jakumakis (72′ Furuhashi) .

REAL: Courtois, Carvajal, Ender Militao (46′ Riedinger), Alaba, Mendy, Kroos, Modric (80′ Asensio), Tswameni (71′ Kamavinga), Valverde, Vinicius (80′ Rodrigo), Benzema (30′ Hazard)