Home stage, Round 5: The Spanish champions want to take the ticket to the quarter-finals, and on the way to avenge the loss from the first game in Madrid • Manor Solomon opened on the host bench • At the same time: Locomotive Moscow - Salzburg 0: 0 (first half)
Benzema.
Returned to the squad after the injury
Photography:
AFP
Real Madrid opened the home stage of the Champions League in a home game against Shakhtar Donetsk, and already after one half went into complete shock when the Ukrainians celebrated and climbed to an amazing 0: 3 advantage.
The Blancos did wake up and managed to shrink in the second half, but now it's time for revenge.
At this time at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev Shakhtar hosts the Spanish champions for the fifth game of the home stage.
If they win, Zinedine Zidane and his players will already guarantee tonight the qualification for the quarterfinals even before the final round, where they will meet the leader from Mönchengladbach (who will host Inter at 22:00).
The Blancos are coming back after two wins over Inter in the Champions League, but when it comes to the domestic league, Zidane's side just are unable to rise, having taken just one point in the last three league games.
In the injured section, Zidane had to make do without Danny Carvajal, Federico Valverda, Sergio Ramos and Luka Jovic who did not play in the loss to Alabs on Saturday.
In addition to them, Eden Hazard will also be absent after being injured during the same game 30 minutes from the start.
Kerim Benzema returned to the squad after being injured.
Donetsk came into the game after two losses to Mönchengladbach that dropped them to third place in the table, and today's victory will give the Ukrainians a tie with Real Madrid ahead of the final round.
The host has more players available this time compared to the game at Alfredo Di Stefano, but will still be missing Davit Kocholova, Yavhan Konoplyanka and Datinho.
Israel national team star Manor Solomon, who scored a goal in the previous meeting between the teams, opened on the host's bench.
The vehicles
Shakhtar Donetsk:
Anatoly Trubin, Dudu, Vitau, Valerie Bonder, Mykola Matwenko, Victor Koblenko, Teres Stefanenko, Tata, Marlos, Tyson and Jr. Morais.
Real Madrid:
Thibaut Courtois, Lucas Vasquez, Rafael Varane, Nacho, Perlan Mandy, Luca Modric, Tony Cross, Martin Edgor, Rodrigo, Marco Asensio and Kerim Benzema.
the progress of the game
1: Romanian referee Ovidio Hatgen kicked off the game!
