matches today The champion debuts with victory in Scotland
Min 90+2: The match ends in Glasgow. Madrid gets three important points in the first outing.
Min 90: Two additional minutes will be played.
Min 90: Rodrygo had the fourth. A perfect counter action in which the Brazilian drives, cuts and takes a shot very close to the goal.
Min 88: Madrid arrives one touch away, Hazard leaves Asensio facing the goal, but he fails to beat Hart.
Min 86: Courtois also wants his moment in the white night. Hakabanovic receives from the left flank, penetrates the area and takes a left footed shot, forcing the goalkeeper to react
Min 82: Change at Celtic. Jota leaves and Hakabanovic enters.
Min 80: Change in Real Madrid. Vinicius and Modric leave and Rodrygo and Asensio enter.
After a great succession of 32 passes, Kroos breaks with an exquisite frontal pass, Carvajal lowers it to Hazard and the Belgian vindicates himself. There were 34 touches in total for the score.
Min 72: Change at Celtic. O’Realy, Hatate and Giakoumakis leave and Turnbull, Mooy and Furuhashi enter.
Min 71: Change in Real Madrid. Tchouameni leaves to make way for Camavinga.
Maeda receives a yellow card for opening Modric’s arm in an aerial dispute.
Hazard clears the way for Modric, the Croatian coldly stops in the area and takes out his blessed outside edge to extend the account.
Tremendous Valverdel With your cue he builds a wall with Hazard, receives and goes to the bottom to throw a center to Vini, who defines with a cross shot at ground level.
Min 52: Carvajal projects and opens for Valverde, but the pass is long and Fede cannot control it.
Min 48: Tremendous opportunity for Celtic. O’riley makes a change of sector, Taylor sends a tempered center and it is left to Maeda, who fails to connect and misses a clear one.
Min 45: Start the plugin with changes. In Celtic Abada leaves and Maeda enters; in Madrid, Rdiger enters for Militao.
Intense first half in Glasgow. Celtic jumped to impose a frantic pace to corner Madrid, which resorted to taking the ball to lower the revolutions, although it did not have intensity. The locals crashed a ball into the post, while Madrid in each long possession might not reach the area, only before going to the showers Hazard and Vincius wasted.
Min 45+1: The first half ends.
Min 45: It will play a minute of addition
Min 43: Vincius had it. The Brazilian receives a long pass, it is hand in hand, but goalkeeper Hart comes out to reduce it and wins the duel.
Min 41: It can not be believed. Modric on a tile gets away from the mark and touches back for Carvajal to lift a cross to Hazard, but incredibly fails in front of the goal.
Min 37: Madrid tries to penetrate with triangulations on the right side and when he manages to pass the ball, Menz cuts.
Min 32: Modric tries his classic three-finger pass between the lines in search of Valverde, but Fede can’t get there.
Min 30: Change in Real Madrid. Benzema is injured and Hazard enters.
Min 29: Madrid had it. Valverde received on the edge of the area and took a left foot close to the corner.
Min 26: Benzema was sore following a coke and it seems that he cannot continue.
Min 20: Madrid is saved. Giakoumakis receives in the area behind the goal and leaves it for McGregor to come from behind and take a shot at the post.
Min 13: Big chance for Celtic. Quick transition for Abada to put Jota to run, who opts for the shot and saves Courtois.
Min 11: Celtic does not hide from the current champion. Great first-intention play between McGregor and O’riley to find Abada, but Mendy manages to close it out.
Mendy sees the yellow card for elbowing.
Min 8: Madrid takes the ball to escape the vertigo that Celtic put in the first minutes.
Min 4: After three intense minutes from Celtic, Real Madrid advanced their lines and tried it on dead ball.
Min 1: Benzema moves the ball, starts the game and Real Madrid has the first approach.
01:58 pm | The teams jump onto the field, the Champions League anthem sounds and a great game ensues.
01:55 pm | There is a great atmosphere in Scotland as almost always for these international matches. It is one of the biggest games of the year for Celtic.
Comment: During the week there was controversy over the favoritism of the bookmakers where Real Madrid appeared in fifth place.
Given this, Ancelotti pointed out that this is a good sign, apologizing for what happened in the previous edition where they got tired of giving surprises.
Comment: The start of the game is scheduled for 2pm (Colombian time) and will be refereed by the Swiss Sandro Schrer with the assistance of the VAR.
At the same time Leipzig vs Shakhtar will play for the other group match.
01:30 pm | Real Madrid play in their alternate uniform, since Celtic jump dressed in white and green.
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Celtic: Hart? Juranovic, Carter Vickers, Menz, Taylor; O’riley, McGregor, Hatate; Abada, Giakoumakis, Jota. DT: Postecoglou
Real Madrid: Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Alaba, Mendy; Modric, Tchouameni, Kroos; Valverde, Benzema y Vinicius. DT: Carlo Ancelotti.
The champion Real Madrid opens group F of the Champions League group stage where they are the clear favorite for the lead. Visit to a rustic Celtic that comes in a frenzy following thrashing Rangers in the clsico.
For their part, Ancelotti’s men beat Betis for La Liga and go to this European competition without so much initial favoritism.
