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| Real Madrid beat Liverpool with two goals by Vinicius. © AFP=News1 |
Real Madrid (Spain) beat Liverpool (England) with Vinicius scoring multiple goals. Real Madrid’s offensive power was dominant enough to lead the shooting number by 16-7.
Real Madrid won 3-1 in the first leg of the 2020-21 European Football Federation (UEFA) Champions League (UCL) quarterfinals against Liverpool held in Santiago Bernabeu on the 7th (Korean time). Real Madrid beat Liverpool, who scored one goal by Mohamed Salah in the 6th minute, with Vinisius’ goal in the 27th minute and the second half 20th minute and Ascencio’s 36th minute in the first half.
It was a game where Real Madrid’s powerful offense stood out. Real Madrid were aggressive from the beginning so that Karim Benzema shot a shot in the first minute. The rush of Luka Modric in the 17th minute of the first half and the cross of Casemiru in the 24th minute were also threatening.
Real Madrid took advantage of this momentum to get ahead, scoring two goals in the first half. In the 27th minute of the first half, Vinisius trapped the chest and scored the goal with a sensational shot. In the 36th minute of the first half, Ascencio intercepted a mistake by the Liverpool defense and scored with a shot that slightly crossed the goalkeeper key.
Liverpool, which had been pushed back throughout the first half, successfully counterattacked in the early half. Liverpool scored the redemption goal by Salah calmly hitting the ball that Diogo Steering beat two defenders. But that was it.
Real Madrid were not shaken by Liverpool’s pursuit. Rather, in the second half of the 20th minute, Modrić’s pass, which Vinisius scored again, ended the game with a 3-1 goal.
Real Madrid played an easy game with the offensive squads such as Benzema and Vinicius fluttering with confidence. The difference in attack power was so big that Real Madrid took a big lead in both shooting (16-7) and effective shooting (7-1). In addition to giving up the lead, Liverpool killed themselves with a mistake in the defense.
The second leg of the quarterfinals will be played in Anfield, England at 4 am on the 15th.