He real Madrid He had a foot and a half in the quarterfinals of the Champions League. It is true that the return is still at the Bernabeu on March 15, but after the white rout of Liverpool At Anfield, Ancelotti’s men will have to do very badly to miss out on the next round.
The party promises a lot and it is not small. The stage, Anfield and the opponents, Liverpool and Real Madridd, the two finalists of the last Champions League. The setting was for a great match and what was experienced in the first 45 minutes was a festival of defensive failures by both teams. And what started that celebration was Real Madrid, who decided to start losing balls as if it was not difficult and to show surprising weakness in defense, especially on the wing. praise Liverpool took advantage of that, in the first quarter of an hour they ‘ate’ the whites scoring two goals in the first 15 minutes. The first, a great back-heeled goal from Darwin Nunez in Salah’s bruise.
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That happened in the fourth minute and in the 14th minute, the Egyptian made it 2-0 after taking advantage of a mistake from Courtois that he trusted when it came to getting the ball at his feet and failed. had wrong not to forgive
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Nobody or very few believed what was happening at Anfield that Real Madrid had been knocked out and, as is often the case, Liverpool did not take advantage to finish it off. It’s not that I haven’t tried, but ancelotti He realized the failure of his first strategy, with a double pivot. and went to the usual 4-3-3. That breathed life into a Madrid who realized that long balls into Liverpool’s defense were a test for the ‘red’. That’s where local mistakes appeared and he took advantage of that Vinicius to make it 2-1 with a great shot in the 21st minute.
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Liverpool, in another Madrid mistake, made it 3-1 moments later, but military he avoided it at the goal line. On that play, a lazy Alaba was injured and Nacho came on, solving Madrid’s weakness at the back. Although for the mistake, one of the Alison who wanted to get back at Courtois and cleared the ball with his foot which ended up hitting Vinicius. It’s minute 36 and it’s 2-2 on the scoreboard. This is how the break was reached, although Madrid managed to make it 2-3 in the last game of the first action.
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He didn’t do it before, but he did it in the 47th minute military He made it 2-3 by heading in a free kick that Modric took. Real Madrid did the seemingly impossible in the first game. Liverpool had to react and they went for it, with a request for a penalty from Carvajal on Darwin Núñez not being signaled by the referee. Real Madrid not only withstood the English push, but also made it 2-4 in the 55th minute. Benzema with the help of joe gomez that in his attempt to cover Karim’s shot, the ball hit him and Alisson lost his way who did nothing to prevent the goal. With that score, it was all Liverpool in front and Madrid tried to sleep the game and take advantage of weaknesses to increase their advantage. And in one of those, the whites made 2-5 in the 67th minute, the work of Benzema which culminated in a counter that was brilliantly executed by Modric and Vinicius.
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Liverpool went all out for the goal that would have allowed them to go into the tie. Real Madrid remained without many problems and the game ended in a 2-5 draw that left the whites a foot and a half in the quarterfinals.
Liverpool
25
real Madrid
Liverpool
Alisson; Alexander-Arnold; Van Dijk, Gomez (Matip m.73), Robertson; Bajcetic (Elliott, m.85), Fabinho, Henderson (Milner, m.73); Gakpo (Firmino, m.64), Salah and Núñez (Jota, m.64).
real Madrid
Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Rudiger, Alaba; Valverde, Camavinga, Modric (Kroos, m.87); Rodrygo (Ceballos, m.81), Benzema (Asensio, m.87) and Vinícius.
The objectives: 1-0. Darwin, m.4, 2-0. Salah, m.14, 2-1. Vinicius, m.21, 2-2. Vinicius, m. 36, 2-3. Military, m.47, 2-4. Benzema, m.55 and 2-5. Benzema, m.67.
Referee: Istvan Kovacs (ROU) advises Real Madrid’s Vinícius (m.60).
Incidents: The match corresponding to the first leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League played at Anfield stadium (Liverpool) in front of 52,337 spectators. A minute’s silence was observed for the death of former Real Madrid player Amancio Amaro.
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Source: La Verdad

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