Diath’s goal-poem and unbeaten Lunin give Real Madrid qualification lead against Leipzig

He struggled a lot, but left with a qualifying lead from Germany n Real Madrid!

Although she found opposite her a highly competitive and constantly threatening Leipzigthe “queen” celebrated the victory with 1-0 in their first meeting for the round of 16 of the Champions League, thanks to the beautiful goal scored in the 49th minute of the match by Brahim Diath and in his very good appearance Luninwho was… cerberus under her rafters.

The match

Leipzig came on strong from the first minute of the match, pressing very high and causing many problems for Real’s defence. In fact, in the 2nd minute Cesko was thrown into the path of the ball after a long shot by Slugger and scored with a header, but although he was not exposed, his goal was canceled by VAR for offside by Henriques, who appeared to influence the situation, being next to the goalkeeper of Real Madrid.

Real responded with a double chance of their own in the 9th minute when Tswameni headed in a Kroos corner and Openda cleared the ball just before it crossed the line, while Gulasi blocked a Kamavinga shot later in the period. In the very next minute, Leipzig launched a quick counter-attack, with Lunin beating Cesko, while in the 15th minute, the Ukrainian goalkeeper blocked a long and very strong shot by Henriques.

With the game at a fast pace, Leipzig missed another chance in the 20th minute, with the very active Cesko working with Olmos, but with Tsouameni setting up the counter and the ball ending up on the outside of the net, while in the 20′ Mendy found Rodrigo, but he failed to make a proper finish under pressure from Raum. Just before the end of the balanced first half (45′), Diath stole and dug the ball beautifully for Vinicius, who shot on the move, off target.

The home side came on strong in the second half as well, with Openda testing Lunin’s reflexes in the 47th minute, but it was Real who opened the scoring in the 49th minute, with Brahim Diath partnering Carvajal to evade four defenders with great effort, before sending the ball into the net with a fantastic volley!

Just two minutes later, Leipzig got an equaliser, with Lunin fumbling Olmo’s shot and Cesko picking up the… rebound, only to see the Real keeper deny that goal as well.

Real then tried to “freeze” the pace, moving the ball around and absorbing the pressure from their opponents, who threatened them again in the 63rd minute when the amazing Lunin came out of his area in time to cut in with… tackle Cesko after a great ball from Slager, while in the next phase Olmo shot very high out.

In the 64th minute, Real missed a great chance to make it 0-2, when after a mistake by Orban, Vinicius found Rodrigo but he shot wide under the pressure of Slager, while in the 72nd minute, Vinicius had a crossbar after passing him as if stopped. Shimakan.

In the 81st minute, Leipzig came close to equalizing again, but Lunin again emerged victorious in a 4-on-4 with Cesko, while in the 84th minute the Real keeper made an impressive save from Haidara’s long-range effort. In the end, the guests withstood the pressure of the Germans, with Joselou even missing a chance to make it 0-2 in the last phase, misplacing in traffic after a cross from Vinicius.

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