- Vinicius Junior (r) celebrates with Jude Bellingham after giving Real Madrid the lead in the 1-1 draw against RB Leipzig.
- Toni Kroos and Real Madrid struggled for a long time in the second leg against RB Leipzig in the Champions League round of 16. Here is the German in a duel with Benjamin Sesko.
Vinicius Junior (r) celebrates with Jude Bellingham after giving Real Madrid the lead in the 1-1 draw against RB Leipzig. Photo: Manu Fernandez / AP / NTB
Toni Kroos and Real Madrid struggled for a long time in the second leg against RB Leipzig in the Champions League round of 16. Here is the German in a duel with Benjamin Sesko. Photo: Manu Fernandez / AP / NTB
On a difficult night, Real Madrid were saved by a class attack in the 1-1 match at home against RB Leipzig. The team did not convince anyone on the way to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
Wednesday 6 March at 23:04
The Spanish favorites won the doubleheader 2-1 on aggregate, but Real’s offense only appeared in glimpses during the 180 minutes.
On Wednesday, Vinicius Junior’s goal in the 65th minute was the possession. He was last on a perfect counterattack started by Toni Kroos, and Jude Bellingham was the man to send a stick through the Leipzig defence.
The leadership lasted only a few minutes. Willi Orbán won the captain’s duel with Nacho in the box and cashed in 1-1 on a swing.
Real Madrid were put to several tests after the equaliser, and in extra time Dani Olmo placed a ball on the crossbar.
An awkward home team was booed off the field at half-time. Those present had then seen RB Leipzig play to many finishes and run into dangerous situations.
At the opposite end, Real Madrid had hardly offered anything.
– They have simply been miserable. One of the weakest halves of the season from Real Madrid, said Morten Langli in TV 2’s halftime studio.
Xavi Simons was responsible for the biggest chance of the first half a few minutes before the break. He aimed for the far post, but Real’s cage keeper Andrij Lunin boxed away.
RB Leipzig played aggressively and had six of the game’s first ten finishes, but only one of them was on target. As in the home game, the Germans struggled with precision.
Last month, Real Madrid were lucky to come away without conceding a goal. On Wednesday, the score was broken, but Leipzig’s score came too late.
Real Madrid is by far the most winning club with 14 titles in the most prestigious European Cup. The last one came in 2022.