First step for Real Madrid to go to the group stage of the Champions League

He real Madrid won 2-1 against Vålerenga and taking advantage of the tie to qualify for the group stage of the Champions League. Zornoza opened the scoring as soon as the match started, and Rocío responded on the stroke of half-time with the goal where rogic tied in the 26th minute. The white team’s inability to break down the visitors’ strong defense in the second half leaves Toril’s side with half their homework done ahead of the return match against Norway.

The song of Champions echoed again in Alfredo Di Stéfano. Ten months later real Madrid face a challenge to once again be in the group stage of European competition. In front of Vålerenga He promised not to make things easy, in defense of the five proposed by Nils Lexerød, coach of the Norwegian team. Despite this, White opened the scoring early. At minute 4, Claudia Zornoza He chased the goalkeeper’s rebound into the narrow area to make it 1-0 and replace Esther as the scorer of last season’s first Champions League goal.

The advantage of the home team in the match did not change the plans of the Norwegian team, which gave complete possession to real Madrid, which seeks not to provide more opportunities by completely closing the internal circulation. The mobility of Linda Caicedo and crosses from the right aimed to surprise the goalkeeper were Alberto Toril’s weapons to extend the lead, although there was no luck finding finishers in the area.

He played calmly real Madrid broke in the 26th minute, when the Vålerenga In his first visit to the rival goal he achieved the tie. The extension from the middle of the field cannot be blocked by Kathleen, and Rogic He overpowers the defender in the melee to beat Misa with a cross shot with the right leg.

Returning to the starting situation, the real Madrid insisted on getting back in front and restoring the tie for the rematch. Norway. Brown He was the first to threaten Tompkins again, with a shot that went just wide of the left post and sent the crowd in the stands believing the ball had gone into the goal after half an hour of play.

The last five minutes of the first half became a back-and-forth, where the Vålerenga He was the first to shoot again between the three sticks. Löfwenius He won the individual duel against Rocío and stood alone against Misa Rodríguez who was able to clear the Swedish forward’s shot. The response from the locals was immediate. First Linda Caicedo was able to try Tompkins from the front with a shot placed into the top corner that the goalkeeper was able to clear from a corner kick that ended up being the one that led to the third goal of the game. Rocío Gálvez was in charge of the scoring with a header, on the stroke of half-time, the ball that Teresa hung from the corner flag.

Second part

The second 45 minutes started with the same strategy on the part of both teams. He real Madrid introduced Maite Oroz looking for more pace in the game that could break down the iron defense of the Norwegian team. The goals of the white coach were met by achieving more dynamic attacks, but not resulting in dangerous opportunities.

White upped their ante for the final stage of the match, changing to a three-center formation with Ivana entering in place of Ouchand Feller through Toletti, to get more speed. The visiting team, with only two changes, withstood the attacks of Real Madrid who sought to increase the lead with shots from the front.

Maite Oroz was the clearest in the second half of the game with only ten minutes left before the final whistle. The white midfielder hit the ball over the crossbar when some people in the audience saw the ball inside the goal. Tompkins. Despite the fact that most of the game took place in the three-quarter zone of the field VålerengaToril’s team was unable to penetrate the rival goal again and wait until they return to Norway to close their third consecutive presence in the group stage of the Champions League.