Real Madrid fell 1-0 against Lille in their second match of the UEFA Champions League. The merengue team loses its undefeated record of the season.
The meringues played one of the worst games of the season. Endrick earned his first start in the Champions League, but he was unsuccessful in front of the goal.
On the other hand, players like Tiago Santos shone for Lille, who excelled as a right back and even blocked a goal for the Spanish club with his body.
The Canadian Jonathan David was the author of the goal thanks to a penalty that they achieved in the aggregate of the first half. Eduard Camavinga made a clear handball that the referee saw on the VAR.
With David’s goal, Lille achieved its first victory in this Champions League. Madrid is located in the playoff zone for the round of 16 after two days. The next match will be against AC Milan at home at the Santiago Bernabéu.
A result that broke the white team’s streak of 14 games without losing in the ‘Champions’ and they were able to avoid two shots from Antonio Rüdiger in the 86th and 87th minutes, but local goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier He kept the result for his own.
Andry Lunin affirms that Real Madrid lacked aggressiveness
The Ukrainian Andriy Lunin, goalkeeper of Real Madrid, acknowledged that “there was a lack of aggression, creativity and fighting a little more” in the first half of a Champions League match against Lille in which the Spanish team lost 1-0.
“It is difficult to analyze right after, but there was a lack of aggressiveness, creativity, fighting a little more… In the second half we had more desire, but in the first half we were worse. We always want to win. We know what colors we defend. But nothing happens. We have to continue working and prepare for the next game to continue in our line,” he said on Movistar + after the game.
“I’m not going to analyze the first half now, but it was bad. We will analyze it and improve in the next game,” he concluded.
A Lunin who debuted this season in the Real Madrid goal due to the muscle injury suffered by the Belgian Thibaut Courtois in the derby against Atlético de Madrid last Sunday (1-1).
“Personally, happy because I’m playing again. On the other hand, send encouragement to Courtois to recover. The most important thing was to win, we didn’t achieve it and I can’t be happy because we always want to win and it doesn’t matter who is on the field,” he concluded.
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