Real – Leipzig 2: 0: The good at the end

Trying to put Shakhtar defeat behind them, Leipzig missed many chances and were punished at the Santiago Bernabeu. Real got the win 2-0 thanks to goals from Federico Valverde and Marco Asensio in the last quarter and made it 2/2 in the 6th group of the Champions League.

The Germans came into the field strongly, with Marco Rose at the ‘helm’ now in terms of the premiere and the sacking of Domenico Tedesco. Nicolas Encuncu twice and Dominik Somboslai and Amandou Haidara once missed great chances and made things difficult for the European champions.

Carlo Ancelotti’s men responded to a good moment from Luka Modric with both sides demanding a penalty in the first half.

Carlo Ancelotti brought on Marco Asensio for Eduardo Camavinga but used the Spanish midfielder on the right wing behind Federico Valverde. The gaps in the defensive operation remained dangerous, but the guests failed again in terms of effectiveness.

Their punishment came in the 80th minute when a deflected shot from Valverde gave the Merengues the lead. After another chance from Encuncu, Asensio made it 2-0 in added time and Real scored another win.

REAL: Courtois, Carvajal, Alaba (81′ Mendy), Nacho, Modric (81′ Kroos), Kamavinga (64′ Asensio), Valverde, Tswameni, Vinicius (85′ Thembayos), Rodrigo, Riedinger

LEIPZIG: Gulasi, Simakan (75′ Henrichs), Orban, Haidara (75′ Kable), Forsberg (81′ Poulsen), Werner (81′ Silva), Sobozlai, Nkunku, Raum, Slager, Diallo

The results of the 2nd round

Shakhtar – Celtic 1-1 (29′ Mudrik / 10′ auto. Bodarenko)

Real Leipzig 2-0 (80′ Valverde, 90+1′ Asensio)

The ranking of the 6th group

The program of the 3rd game

05/10 19:45 Leipzig – Celtic

05/10 22:00 Real – Shakhtar