Champions League: Real Madrid annihilates Celtic 5-1 with a superb performance
MADRID. Real Madrid demolishes Celtic 5-1 with goals of
MADRID. Real Madrid demolishes Celtic 5-1 with goals of L. Modric (6′ pen), Rodrygo (21′ pen), M. Asensio (51′), Vinicius Junior (61′) and F. Valverde (71′). On the opposite side, Celtic scored with Jota (84′). Real Madrid was vastly superior ball possession (64%) was among the key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu stadium in Madrid on Wednesday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Stéphanie Frappart with the assistance of Mikael Berchebru and Benjamin Pages. The 4th official was Johan Hamel. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant around 16.8 degrees Celsius or 62.31 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 62%.
Match Statistics
Real Madrid was in firm control of the ball 64% while Celtic was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Real Madrid was more aggressive with 74 dangerous attacks and 26 shots of which 9 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Real Madrid won the match.
Real Madrid shot 26 times, 9 on target, 17 off target. On the other side, Celtic shot 13 times, 7 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
No yellow cards were issued to Real Madrid. On the opposite side, Celtic received 2 yellow cards (M. O’Riley and K. Furuhashi).
After this match, Real Madrid will have 10 points to stay in the 1st place. On the other side, Celtic will stay with 2 points to stay in the 4th place.
Match Events
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6'6'
L. Modric (Penalty)
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21'21'
M. O\'Riley
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20'20'
Rodrygo (Penalty confirmed)
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21'21'
Rodrygo (Penalty)
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35'35'
Josip Juranovic
Josip Juranovic
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47'47'
Kyogo Furuhashi
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51'51'
Marco Asensio
Daniel Carvajal
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61'61'
Vinicius Junior
Federico Valverde
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62'62'
Georgios Giakoumakis
Kyogo Furuhashi
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62'62'
S. Haksabanovic
D. Maeda
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63'63'
Karim Benzema
Vinicius Junior
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63'63'
João Filipe
Liel Abada
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63'63'
David Turnbull
Aaron Mooy
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64'64'
Lucas Vázquez
Daniel Carvajal
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66'66'
N. Fernandez
D. Alaba
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66'66'
Dani Ceballos
Luka Modric
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71'71'
Federico Valverde
Lucas Vázquez
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73'73'
Jesús Vallejo
Éder Militão
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82'82'
Oliver Abildgaard
Reo Hatate
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84'84'
João Filipe
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Real Madrid: Formation and Lineups
Real Madrid started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Carlo Ancelotti chose to play with the following team: Thibaut Courtois , Daniel Carvajal , Éder Militão , David Alaba , Ferland Mendy , Federico Valverde , Toni Kroos , Luka Modrić , Marco Asensio , Rodrygo and Vinícius Júnior .
Substitutes
Real Madrid made 5 changes: Vinicius Junior for K. Benzema (64′), D. Carvajal for Lucas (64′), L. Modric for D. Ceballos (66′), D. Alaba for N. Fernandez (67′) and E. Militao for J. Vallejo (73′).
Top player: Federico Valverde
Probably the most impressive player in Real Madrid was Federico Valverde.
His rating is with 1 goal, 61 passes (91% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 2. He performed 2 crosses.
Celtic: Formation and Lineups
Celtic started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).
On the other side, Angelos Postecoglou played with: Joe Hart , Josip Juranović , Carl Starfelt , Moritz Jenz , Greg Taylor , Liel Abada , Aaron Mooy , Matt O’Riley , Reo Hatate , Daizen Maeda and Kyogo Furuhashi .
Substitutes
Celtic made 5 changes: K. Furuhashi for G. Giakoumakis (63′), A. Mooy for D. Turnbull (63′), D. Maeda for S. Haksabanovic (63′), L. Abada for Jota (63′) and R. Hatate for O. Abildgaard (82′).
Top player: Jota
The player who no doubt impressed Celtic the most was Jota.
His rating is with 1 goal, 9 passes (100% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 2 crosses.
His performance was notable also because he began the game from the bench before entering the field in the 63′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Champions League
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