Things are beginning to look dire for Real Madrid’s Champions League hopes, after another loss against Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday night.

Zinedine Zidane, who coaches Real Madrid, also lost on Saturday against Alaves, making this new loss sting even harder.

Real Madrid kept themselves even with Shakhtar Donetsk in the first half, and even had a great scoring oppurtunity when Martin Odegaard set up Marco Asensio for a possible goal. But after not converting, the teams went to the locker rooms knotted at 0.

After the second half whistle blew, however, Shakhtar began to find its feet, and a fatal Dentinho strike in the 57th minute gave them the lead.

Real Madrid was unable to generate many scoring chances after going down 1-0. With eight minutes left to go, a Manor Solomon goal put the Ukranians up 2-0.

Los Blancos, now 3rd place in Group B with 7 points, must now hope for at least a point in their visit to Borussia Monchengladbach in order to finish the group stage successfully.

A win would propel them into the knockout round, a draw would mean they would depend on Inter Milan defeating Shakhtar, and a loss would send them crashing out of the Champions League. Only time will tell how this dog fight will end.

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Real Madrid opened its 2020-21 Champions League campaign on Wednesday night against Shakhtar Donetsk at home. Despite being heavily favored to win this match, things didn’t quite go as planned for the all-time leaders in UCL triumphs.

Los Blancos went behind 0-3 in the first half against a Shakhtar Donetsk side that was missing a number of first-team players due to positive COVID-19 tests and was unable to complete a comeback in the second half.

The Ukrainians went ahead 0-1 in the 29th minute after a Tete goal, and a Raphael Varane mistake in front of Thibault Courtois’s net led to Shakhtar’s lead being doubled just four minutes later.

A counter-attack by the visitors led to a Solomon goal just before the half, and Real Madrid found itself in big trouble down 0-3 heading into the half.

Real Madrid appeared to have hope early in the second half after Luka Modric scored a long-range wonder goal to cut their deficit to 1-3. Just five minutes later and just after entering as a substitute, Vinicius Jr’s strike cut Shakhtar’s lead to 2-3.

However, despite trying and trying until the final whistle, Real Madrid was unable to score a goal to tie up the match, and they ended as 2-3 losers.

Los Blancos will attempt to get back on track in the Champions League next week against Borussia Monchengladbach, while Shakhtar Donetsk will look to grab a second consecutive upset against Inter Milan.

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Things are beginning to look dire for Real Madrid’s Champions League hopes, after another loss against Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday night.

Zinedine Zidane, who coaches Real Madrid, also lost on Saturday against Alaves, making this new loss sting even harder.

Real Madrid kept themselves even with Shakhtar Donetsk in the first half, and even had a great scoring oppurtunity when Martin Odegaard set up Marco Asensio for a possible goal. But after not converting, the teams went to the locker rooms knotted at 0.

After the second half whistle blew, however, Shakhtar began to find its feet, and a fatal Dentinho strike in the 57th minute gave them the lead.

Real Madrid was unable to generate many scoring chances after going down 1-0. With eight minutes left to go, a Manor Solomon goal put the Ukranians up 2-0.

Los Blancos, now 3rd place in Group B with 7 points, must now hope for at least a point in their visit to Borussia Monchengladbach in order to finish the group stage successfully.

A win would propel them into the knockout round, a draw would mean they would depend on Inter Milan defeating Shakhtar, and a loss would send them crashing out of the Champions League. Only time will tell how this dog fight will end.

The post Real Madrid Suffers Another Shocking Loss Against Shakhtar Donetsk appeared first on SportzBonanza.

Real Madrid opened its 2020-21 Champions League campaign on Wednesday night against Shakhtar Donetsk at home. Despite being heavily favored to win this match, things didn’t quite go as planned for the all-time leaders in UCL triumphs.

Los Blancos went behind 0-3 in the first half against a Shakhtar Donetsk side that was missing a number of first-team players due to positive COVID-19 tests and was unable to complete a comeback in the second half.

The Ukrainians went ahead 0-1 in the 29th minute after a Tete goal, and a Raphael Varane mistake in front of Thibault Courtois’s net led to Shakhtar’s lead being doubled just four minutes later.

A counter-attack by the visitors led to a Solomon goal just before the half, and Real Madrid found itself in big trouble down 0-3 heading into the half.

Real Madrid appeared to have hope early in the second half after Luka Modric scored a long-range wonder goal to cut their deficit to 1-3. Just five minutes later and just after entering as a substitute, Vinicius Jr’s strike cut Shakhtar’s lead to 2-3.

However, despite trying and trying until the final whistle, Real Madrid was unable to score a goal to tie up the match, and they ended as 2-3 losers.

Los Blancos will attempt to get back on track in the Champions League next week against Borussia Monchengladbach, while Shakhtar Donetsk will look to grab a second consecutive upset against Inter Milan.

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