Last news in Fakti

Real Madrid beat the leaders in Serie A in drama, Mbappe left injured

Aston Villa took over the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig

Dec 10, 2024 23:41 81

Real (Madrid) won 3:2 away to Atalanta in The Champions League, Topsport reported.

The three points allowed the European champions to move up to the middle of the overall standings in the tournament and to be more relaxed about their qualification for at least the play-off round.

Real played better in the first half but were scorched at the end. Mbappe missed at the start, but opened in the 10th minute - after receiving a good ball from Braim Diaz, he beat De Roon and finished in the far corner.

After his trademark performance, the Frenchman was given another chance to sign, but missed. Antonio Rüdiger also made a pass, but Atalanta were also more and more active in forward positions.

In the 36th minute, Mbappe was forced to be replaced after sustaining an injury. The visitors went home and relied on counter-attacks, but were punished in stoppage time when Chuameni tripped Sead Kolasinac, who was involved in the penalty.

Charles de Quetelare made an unsalvageable goal from the 11 meters and equalized the score. Real struck three minutes into the second half. First, Vinicius Junior reminded of himself and celebrated his return to the starting line-up with a goal for 2:1.

Soon after, Jude Bellingham controlled a long ball, beat De Roon and scored another important goal for the "Kings" with his left foot.

In the 65th minute, Ademola Luqman reduced it for Atalanta with a shot between the legs of Vasquez and the match remained open until the end.

Atalanta's big chance came in the final 94th minute when Luqman crossed and substitute Matteo Retegui made a stunning miss from a few meters into an empty net.

Aston Villa defeated Leipzig 3:2 in a match of the 6th round of the main phase of the Champions League.

The match was played at the "Red Bull Arena" stadium. in Leipzig.

The visitors started the match extremely strong. They took the lead in 3' after Oli Watkins latched onto a cross in the box and sent the ball parallel to the goal line where John McGinn was lurking to score.

In 27' Lewis Openda took advantage of a missed exit from Emiliano Martinez and scored after an incredibly long pass from Nicolas Seiwald.

Half-time substitute John Duran scored in the 52nd minute. after submission by Yuri Tielemans. Six minutes later, the Colombian scored for 1:3, but the goal was disallowed after a review by the VAR.

In 62' Leipzig built an incredible attack, which ended with a goal by Christoph Baumgartner after a cross by Lewis Openda.

In 85' who appeared just 2 minutes earlier Ross Barkley made it 2:3 after a shot from distance and ricocheted into the body of Lukas Klosterman who appeared a minute ago.

After the success, Aston Villa is in 3rd place with 13 points and Leipzig is in 34th place without an asset.