Bad night for Real Madrid in France. The European champion visited the neighboring country to face Lille on the second day of the Champions League in the midst of all the maelstrom generated by last weekend’s derby against Atlético de Madrid with the tie on the horn of Belt.
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The whites, who had won on the first day of the competition, presented themselves with the clear intention of continuing to add points that would allow them to position themselves at the top of a classification that could ultimately be said by the number of goals due to the large number of so many that are being scored in the different clashes.
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Lille – Real Madrid | The reactions of the protagonists
Hard hangover from the derby for Real Madrid
However, Carlo Ancelotti’s squad appeared sleepy, as if they had just come out of a general anesthesia and the players limited themselves to cazcaleating on the pitch in the first forty-five minutes. Eduardo Camavinga started in the midfield once his injury was overcome and Endrick in attack, but neither showed differential in a first half that ended with the score against the meringues.
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The reason? Jonathan David’s goal from the penalty spot after the handball committed by Camavinga himself inside the area. The Canadian was in charge of opening the scoring, practically when both teams were thinking about the break, but the truth is that he was already able to score in the twenty-fifth minute when his two shots found Andriy Lunin who returned to the goal today after the injury of Courtois.
An insufficient reaction
In this way, Real Madrid needed to take a step forward in the second half and get something positive from their visit to Gallic lands. Carlo Ancelotti was aware of this, as he said he was going all out and giving an alternative to Kylian Mbappé who was not in the derby due to injury and came out when the time of the match had not yet been reached. Luka Modric also did so, replacing Éder Militao and Arda Güler with Eduardo Camavinga as had happened minutes before with Fran García, in this case taking over from Ferland Mendy.
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The accumulation of talent meant that as the minutes passed, Real Madrid gradually closed the home team into its area. There were some occasions and the feeling was that the tie could come at any moment. In fact, the Whites accumulated up to four clear opportunities with less than five minutes remaining, but goalkeeper Chevalier thwarted them with quality. First defeat of the season, therefore, for a Real Madrid that will have to improve its performance if it wants to repeat last season’s results.
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