Trailing 2-0 at half-time by Dortmund, Real Madrid scored a stunning victory this Tuesday in the Champions League (5-2), notably thanks to a hat-trick from Vinicius Jr. Kylian Mbappé was involved in two goals.
A victory with merengue sauce. Trailing 2-0 on home turf, Real Madrid, reigning European champion, signed a new “comeback” by overthrowing Borussia Dortmund (5-2) this Tuesday during the 3rd day of the Champions League, thanks in particular to to a hat-trick from Vinicius, favorite to win the Ballon d’Or on October 28.
On its legendary pitch at the Santiago Bernabéu, the Spanish giant in 15 Champions Leagues had nevertheless been only a shadow of itself for 45 minutes only to find itself led rather logically at the break, before, once again, reverse the fate of the match under the leadership of its Brazilian star Vinicius Junior, author of a hat-trick (62nd, 86th, 90th+3).
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Mbappé clumsy but involved in two goals
Borussia, efficient and united, thought it would hold up its feat against the Madrid club and its armada of stars, but it, as in last June’s final (2-0), and like so many others before it, finished by submitting to the law by completely exploding in the face of Madrid’s attacks.
“This is how Madrid wins,” chanted the Madrid fans, accustomed to seeing their players perform this type of feat on the European scene for years.
First showered after half an hour of play on two German collective movements perfectly carried out and concluded by the Dutchman Donyell Malen (30th, 1-0), well served as a pivot by the former Rennais Serhou Guirassy, then the English hope Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (34th), the Merengue then seemed to see the crisis looming, with a second defeat in a row in C1, four days before the Clasico against FC Barcelona. But Carlo Ancelotti’s men, led by an active and doubly decisive Kylian Mbappé despite the accusations of rape made by the Swedish press after his recent trip to Stockholm, and especially by an electric Vinicius, demonstrated once again that they had enough talented to get out of any situation.
The Brazilian winger, initially rough then brilliant, proved why he was the favorite to win the Ballon d’Or this year, with a hat-trick in the space of thirty minutes (62nd, 86th, 90th+3), while that the French striker, clumsy in the last gesture despite several opportunities (9th, 70th, 80th, 81st) turned into a passer for the German Antonio Rüdiger (60th), who revived Real in the match. Defeated by the opposing goalkeeper Gregor Kobel, saved by his bar twice in front of Rodrygo and Bellingham in the first period (37th), Mbappé was also involved in the equalizing goal of “Vini”, confirming his return to form at the sporting level. The No.9 Merengue will have a new opportunity to confirm it on Saturday for the first Clasico of his career against FC Barcelona.
