VIDEO Real managed the home match with Shakhtar, AC Milan with the first point in the group stage – Športky.sk

MADRID – Real Madrid footballers won Wednesday’s home match of the 4th round of the Champions League over Shakhtar Donetsk 2: 1. Thanks to two goals of Karim Benzem, they moved to the top of the incomplete D-group table with nine points, on the opposite pole in the “béčka” are the players of AC Milan, who only drew with FC Porto 1: 1 in their own stadium.

From the beginning, great opportunities were born on Real soil on both sides. The end of Luk Modrič was started by Anatoly Trubin and at the opposite end of Alan Patrick’s cross shot from behind the penalty area was stopped by a pole. However, Vinicius Junior made a superb strike after 14 minutes with a shot straight in front of the goal after a long ball through the middle, but one of the visitors’ defenders got a foot in at the last second and warded it off for a corner. The “White Ballet” could soon lead by two goals, but in the face of Modric, the guest goalkeeper pulled out a brilliant intervention again. After half an hour of play, Fernando hadn’t used his chance to equalize, but in the 39th minute he managed to get a cannonball from the first after knocking Alan Patrick.
Three points eventually remained in Madrid and Benzema decided on it after another of the many beautiful domestic events. Vinicius Junior collided with Casemir at the age of sixteen, and the French gunner was the first to use a combination of Brazilian teammates. Real has nine points in the table, when he lost only to Sheriff Tiraspol, who at 21.00 CET welcomed the Milan Inter with the Slovak defender Milan Škriniar in the starting line-up. Shakhtar suffered his third loss and occupies the last place with a single point.

The AC Milan players fought in the B-group to maintain their hopes of advancing to the round of 16. After the introductory action, they played in their own stadium with FC Porto 0: 1, when the visitors Luis Diaz took the lead in the 6th minute. The Milanese would definitely lose their chance in the event of a loss, but after more than an hour of play, they were saved by the own goal of port defender Chancela Mbembu in the final 1: 1. However, the “Rossoneri” still did not see the first triumph after returning to the main part of LM from the 2013/2014 season and had to hope that Atletico Madrid will not win at FC Liverpool at 21:00 CET, because the success of the Spanish club would frustrate their hopes of advancement.

summaries of Wednesday’s matches of the 4th round of the LM group stage:
B-group:
AC Milan – FC Porto 1: 1 (0: 1)
Goals: 61. Mbemba (own) – 6. Diaz. Judge: Turpin (Fr.)

D-group:
Real Madrid – Shakhtar Donetsk 2: 1 (1: 1)
Goals: 14. and 61. Benzema – 39. Fernando. Judge: Bastien (Fr.)

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