UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Real Madrid WWWWW 3
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Celtic WWWWW 0
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Celtic Park · 57,057 att.

Match Report

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Real Madrid beat Celtic 3-0 to start Champions League title defence

Real Madrid overcame an impressive Celtic performance to start the defence of their Champions League crown with an eventually comfortable 3-0 win.

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Team Stats

4
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
5
4
Saves
3
64.6
Possession
35.4
12
SHOTS
10
6
ON GOAL
4
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
788
Accurate Passes
388
845
Passes
451
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
7
11
Crosses
20
0.2
Cross %
0.4
58
Long Balls
30
47
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.8
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
1
6
Effective Tackles
9
10
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
9
Interceptions
9
13
Effective Clearances
9
13
Clearances
9

Head to Head

RMA leads series 1-0

Lineups

CEL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Joe HartG
  2. 6Moritz JenzCD-L
  3. 20Cameron Carter-VickersCD-R
  4. 3Greg TaylorLB
  5. 88Josip JuranovicRB
  6. 33Matt O'RileyAM
  7. 41Reo HatateLM
  8. 42Callum McGregorRM
  9. 7Giorgos GiakoumakisF
  10. 17JotaAM-L
  11. 11Liel AbadaAM-R

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 4David AlabaCD-L
  3. 3Éder MilitãoCD-R
  4. 23Ferland MendyLB
  5. 2Dani CarvajalRB
  6. 18Aurélien TchouaméniCM
  7. 8Toni KroosLM
  8. 10Luka ModricRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 20Vinícius JúniorLF
  11. 15Federico ValverdeRF

Timeline

  1. 10' Ferland Mendy (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 30' Substitution, Real Madrid. Eden Hazard replaces Karim Benzema because of an injury.
  3. 45' Substitution, Celtic. Daizen Maeda replaces Liel Abada.
  4. 45' Substitution, Real Madrid. Antonio Rüdiger replaces Éder Militão because of an injury.
  5. 56' Goal! Celtic 0, Real Madrid 1. Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Federico Valverde.
  6. 60' Goal! Celtic 0, Real Madrid 2. Luka Modric (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  7. 64' Daizen Maeda (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 71' Substitution, Real Madrid. Eduardo Camavinga replaces Aurélien Tchouaméni.
  9. 72' Substitution, Celtic. Aaron Mooy replaces Matt O'Riley.
  10. 72' Substitution, Celtic. David Turnbull replaces Reo Hatate.
  11. 72' Substitution, Celtic. Kyogo Furuhashi replaces Giorgos Giakoumakis.
  12. 77' Goal! Celtic 0, Real Madrid 3. Eden Hazard (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Daniel Carvajal.
  13. 80' Substitution, Real Madrid. Rodrygo replaces Vinícius Júnior.
  14. 80' Substitution, Real Madrid. Marco Asensio replaces Luka Modric.
  15. 82' Substitution, Celtic. Sead Haksabanovic replaces Jota.

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