Joselu leads a new victory for Madrid to close the group stage (2-3)

The Real Madrid closed his participation in the phase of groups of the UEFA Champions League with a very worked victory in front of the Union Berlin (2-3). With Kepa of turn to the titularity, Carlo Ancelotti also bet by Fran García, Dani Ceballos and Joselu from the go. The 'retouchings' in the eleven did not go out well in the first part and, at the end, the equality was just in the German capital.

The Germans left clear from the start that would take very seriously the party. Before fulfilling the first minute, a loss of Luka Modric left to Behrens alone in front of Kepa, but the forward germano rushed in the definition, finishing direct to the body of the Spanish goalkeeper. In the following offensive action, the Union went back to brush the 1-0 after an action in which Gosens defined in front of Kepa, but Nacho appeared to clear on the line of goal.

The Madrid reacted in the 10' with a pass of Lucas Vásquez to Jude Bellingham that left to the English hand manually with Ronnow, but the guardameta Danish baled out to time to send to the corner the finish of the mediocentro. The party was a gone and permanent turn during the first half hour, with the visitors very near to advance in the marker with two very clear occasions of Joselu (one to the stick) and another of Fede Valverde with one of his usual finish from out of the area.

The Union Berlin gave the hit before the rest

The frantic rhythm went down a bit in the last chamber of hour of the first part, although Joselu and Bellingham enjoyed of another pair of good opportunities to put in advantage to the Madrid. However, the best opportunity of the 'merengues' would arrive just when it fulfilled the minute 45. A childish hand of Diogo Leite in the area gave him to Modric the possibility to convert of penalti, but the Croat announced too much his finish crossed of right and Ronnow cut across with relative ease.

Before fulfilling the only minute of addition conceded by the main judge, the venues took advantage of an absurd chain of errors deep down Madrilenian to go with advantage to the rest. Long kickoff of Ronnow, bad calculation of Nacho when trying cabecear and of Praises in his eagerness for clearing, feeble cuerpeo of Lucas with Kevin Volland and definition of 'crack' of the '10' in front of Kepa to put the 1-0 in the 45+1'.

How it is this game, eh?

It fails Modric a penalti and Volland answers advancing to the Union Berlin in the last minute of the first time.#LaCasaDelFútbol #UCL pic.twitter.com/ipdybx5dtj

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Ancelotti Moved the bench in the halftime

With the Madrid down in the marker, Carlo Ancelotti did a variant in the halftime, something little common in the Italian. Toni Koos ingresó by Valverde and the 'merengues', again dressing of black the Tuesday, dumped to the German area to by the tie. Although the first action of danger of the complement was of the venues (a head butt of Gosens), Lucas Vásquez demanded to Ronnow in the following action, propiciando a big stop of the '1' to send the leather to the corner.

The Danish enlarged his figure in the minute 55 with another manotazo to pure reflection after a head butt point-blank of Rodrygo. The Brazilian tested a minute later with a finish far that the guardameta of the venues controlled without problems. Nevertheless, the siege visitor continued and the resistance of Ronnow would not take in yielding, partly thanks to a 'favour' referee's to the whites.

Joselu And Dani Ceballos rescued to the Madrid in Germany

The arch of Ronnow finally fell in the 61'. A good desborde of Rodrygo by right allowed to the '11' serve a perfect centre to the point penalti so that Joselu finished of head leaving stopped to the Danish goalkeeper. The Spanish forward supported on the central Robin Knoche, but neither the main, the judge of line neither the VAR sentenced the infringement of the '14' on the German defender.

💥Joselu Kill has one 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐳𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐬𝐚.

The killer of the Real Madrid traces back to the Union Berlin with two head butts. #LaCasaDelFútbol #UCL pic.twitter.com/mrbfq3qt4w

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The Union felt the hit and the Madrid kept his pressure in contrary field. Modric And Praises tested with finish that they left very high and 'Carletto' freshened the Madrilenian bottom putting to Rüdiger in place of the Austrian in the 70'. A pair of minutes later, Fran García served a centre from the left to half height that found the head of Joselu to complete the traced back. It was the seventh so much of the season for the forward yielded by the Espanyol.

The ones of Berlin looked for the tie in the final stretch and Volland found reward to the effort of the venues with a finish rasante from out of the area that won to Kepa in the 85'. The tie seemed a fact, but Dani Ceballos appeared in the 89' with a finish bitten, previous assistance of Bellingham, to put the 2-3. With this sufficed him to the 'White House' to close his group with perfect punctuation.