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| Real Madrid next fixture is the El Clasico against FC Barcelona |
Real Madrid came into this season's Competition as the Reigning Spanish Champions. The Los Blancos are the most successful club in UCL history with 13 Titles to their name. Having won the competition for 3 years in a row between 2016-2018, the Los Blancos had suffered back to back Round of 16 exists by the hands of Ajax in 2018-19 and Manchester City in 2019-20 season.
They faced of against Shakhtar Donetsk in Madrid.Real Madrid missed Skipper Sergio Ramos through and injury and their record without him in the last 8 UCL matches didn't look great having won just 1 and losing 7 most recently to City in the second leg of RO16.
They felt his absence again on the pitch as Shakhtar shocked the world to a take a 3-0 lead just before halftime. Midfielder Tete started the scoring in the 29th minute when he turned in a cross from Korniyenko. 4 minutes later an own goal from CB Raphael Varane made it 2-0 before Tete turned provider for Solomon in the 42nd minute.
Real Madrid though didn't go down without a fight.Two quick goals in 5 second minutes from Luka Modric and Vinicius Junior made it 3-2 with almost half an hour yet to be played. Real thought they completed the comeback when Federico Valverde scored, but VAR disallowed his goal for offside as Shakhtar hanged on to a famous famous win.
Other Result in Group B-
Inter Milan 2-2 Borussia Monchengladbach
Results in Group A-
Salzburg 2-2 Lokomotiv Moscow
Bayern Munchen 4-0 Atletico Madrid
Results in Group C-
Manchester City 3-1 FC Porto
Olympiacos 1-0 Marseille
Results in Group D-
Ajax 0-1 Liverpool
Midtjylland 0-4 Atalanta
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