The three points this Tuesday allow the white team, which had just lost in Lille (1-0) in the previous matchday, to be close to the places that grant direct classification to the round of 16 (1st to 8th), while the teams between 9th and 24th must go through a play-off.
The goals in the first half of the Dutch striker Donyell Malen (30) with a pass from the Guinean striker Serhou Guirassy, and the promising English Bynoe-Gittens (34) seemed to serve the men led by former Real Madrid player Nuri Sahin to put a bandage on the wound that had festered since the defeat in the final of the previous Champions League against the white team (2-0).
Vini is running for the Ballon d’Or
But the team Carlo Ancelotti scored five goals in just over half an hour to the delirium of the Bernabéu audience who showed no signs of stopping believing: Antonio Rüdiger with a header (60), Lucas Vázquez with a right cross into the top corner (62), and a hat trick from Vinicius, the first of his own in the Champions League, which combined speed, overflow and shooting (62, 86, 93).
“We know that when we are at home with our fans anything can happen, when we get to the locker room, everyone is very quiet, Only the coach could be heard, we said only one thing, if we score first we will come back again“, said Vinicius on the field for Movistar.
But the white giant with 15 ‘Orejonas’ in its showcases it had been a shadow of itself in the first time. Borussia, efficient and supportive, dreamed of conquering the white fiefdom, but like so many other teams before them, suffered from the mystique of the Bernabéu on Champions League nights, while the public chanted “how can I not love you” or “so Madrid wins.”
Although he didn’t see the door, French striker Kylian Mbappé also played a prominent role. despite the rape accusations against him in the Swedish press after a recent trip to Stockholm. His was the center measured against Rüdiguer’s head that helped the locals get into the game.
“Keep evolving”
Although the man of the match was Vinicius, that was claimed for the Ballon d’Orwhich is delivered next Monday in Paris.
“I have been growing with every game, every year, because I’m only 24 years old. “I arrived very young and I was able to learn from the best players, from the best people too, and that has made me a better man, a better player, and I want to continue evolving for much longer,” Vini told TNT Sports Brasil.
“A few years ago, in an interview, I said that I would like all Brazilians to support me. I hope that on Monday they can do it,” he added.
Real Madrid also enjoyed shots on the crossbar in the first half by Bellingham and Rodrygo (37).
The team from the Ruhr basin, which arrived in the capital of Spain with two victories in this Champions League, remains with the same six points as Real Madrid, which faces sky-high confidence in Sunday’s ‘Clásico’ against FC Barcelona.