UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Real Madrid WWWLL 4
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Shakhtar Donetsk DLLLW 3
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RMA134
SHK033
Arena Lviv · 33,990 att.

Match Report

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Cristiano Ronaldo nets brace, Real Madrid top Shakhtar to win Group A

A Cristiano Ronaldo brace helped Real Madrid place themselves in strong position to finish top of Group A with a 4-3 defeat of Shakhtar Donetsk.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
4
4
Corner Kicks
3
0
Saves
4
59.7
Possession
40.3
20
SHOTS
10
8
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
2
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
564
Accurate Passes
343
628
Passes
405
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
4
8
Crosses
20
0.4
Cross %
0.2
52
Long Balls
53
29
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
7
Blocked Shots
3
12
Effective Tackles
9
18
Tackles
10
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
10
Effective Clearances
3
14
Clearances
6

Head to Head

RMA leads series 1-0

Lineups

SHK · 4-2-3-1

  1. 30Andriy PyatovG
  2. 44Yaroslav RakitskiyCD-L
  3. 18Ivan OrdetsCD-R
  4. 66Márcio AzevedoLB
  5. 14Vasili KobinRB
  6. 29Alex TeixeiraAM
  7. 8FredLM
  8. 6Taras StepanenkoRM
  9. 21Olexandr GladkiyF
  10. 10BernardAM-L
  11. 11MarlosAM-R

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 13Kiko CasillaG
  2. 2Raphaël VaraneCD-L
  3. 3PepeCD-R
  4. 6NachoLB
  5. 15Dani CarvajalRB
  6. 14CasemiroCM
  7. 16Mateo KovacicLM
  8. 19Luka ModricRM
  9. 7Cristiano RonaldoF
  10. 11Gareth BaleLF
  11. 22IscoRF

Timeline

  1. 18' Goal! Shakhtar Donetsk 0, Real Madrid 1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) header from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gareth Bale.
  2. 33' Substitution, Real Madrid. Danilo replaces Raphael Varane because of an injury.
  3. 35' Taras Stepanenko (Shakhtar Donetsk) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 48' Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 50' Goal! Shakhtar Donetsk 0, Real Madrid 2. Luka Modric (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo.
  6. 52' Goal! Shakhtar Donetsk 0, Real Madrid 3. Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo.
  7. 62' Substitution, Shakhtar Donetsk. Taison replaces Marlos.
  8. 62' Substitution, Real Madrid. Toni Kroos replaces Luka Modric.
  9. 64' Substitution, Shakhtar Donetsk. Dentinho replaces Márcio Azevedo.
  10. 70' Goal! Shakhtar Donetsk 0, Real Madrid 4. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a fast break.
  11. 71' Substitution, Real Madrid. Karim Benzema replaces Gareth Bale.
  12. 74' Substitution, Shakhtar Donetsk. Facundo Ferreyra replaces Olexandr Gladkiy because of an injury.
  13. 77' Goal! Shakhtar Donetsk 1, Real Madrid 4. Alex Teixeira (Shakhtar Donetsk) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  14. 83' Goal! Shakhtar Donetsk 2, Real Madrid 4. Dentinho (Shakhtar Donetsk) with an attempt from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Taras Stepanenko with a headed pass following a corner.
  15. 87' Danilo (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 88' Goal! Shakhtar Donetsk 3, Real Madrid 4. Alex Teixeira (Shakhtar Donetsk) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Taison.

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