Beating Galatasaray, Real Madrid Wins First Victory in the 2019-20 Champions League

DBasia.news –  Toni Kroos’ single goal managed to bring Real Madrid to conquer Galatasaray, Wednesday (10/23) AM. The 1-0 victory over Turkey’s representative was Real Madrid’s first win in the Champions League this season.

Appearing as a superior team, Real Madrid immediately kicked off. Just a minute of the game, Eden Hazard has managed to threaten the goal of Fernando Muslera. However, his efforts were still deviated from Galatasaray’s goal.

Continuing to press, Real Madrid was finally able to score the opening goal in the 18th minute using the ball from Karim Benzema kick. Being left behind, it was Galatasaray’s turn to come out to attack.

In the 38th minute, they received a chance through Younes Belhanda. However, his efforts were still thwarted by Thibaut Courtois. The first half ended with the score 1-0 for Los Blancos.

Winning one goal did not make Real Madrid pull out on their attacks. In the 53rd minute, Benzema had the opportunity to double the visitors’ advantage. However, his efforts were still foiled by Muslera.

In the 65th minute, it was Hazard’s turn to threaten. This time, his efforts were still hitting Galatasaray’s crossbar despite being able to pass through Muslera.

Ten minutes later, Los Blancos returned to receive a golden opportunity through Benzema’s kick. However, Muslera continued to succeeded in thwarting the efforts of Benzema.

Galatasaray ha also often threatened the back line of the visitors in the second half. However, their attacks led by Ryan Babel always failed to penetrate the Real Madrid back line commanded by Sergio Ramos.

Despite continuing to attack, both teams failed to score in the remaining time of this match. This victory became the first for Real Madrid in the Champions League this season while breaking their negative trends in European competition

GALATASARAY VS REAL MADRID PLAYERS:

Galatasaray: 1-Fernando Muslera; 27-Christian Luyindama, 15-Ryan Donk (89-Sofiane Feghouli 46 “), 45-Marcao; 22-Mariano, 92-Steven Nzonzi, 6-Jean-Michel Series (97-Emre Mor 77 ′), 55-Yuto Nagatomo; 10-Younes Belhanda (19-Omer Baryam 67 ′); 23-Florian Andone, 11-Ryan Babylon

Coach: Fatih Terim

Real Madrid: 13-Thibaut Courtois; 12-Marcelo, 4-Sergio Ramos, 5-Raphael Varane, 2-Dani Carvajal; 8-Toni Kroos, 14-Casemiro, 15-Fede Valverde (16-James Rodriguez 79 ′); 7-Eden Hazard (25-Vinicius Junior 79 ′), 9-Karim Benzema, 27-Rodrygo (18-Luka Jovic 82 ′)

Coach: Zinedine Zidane

Yellow cards: Series 46 “, Nzonzi 69”, Marcao 90 “, Mariano 90” – Kroos 90 “, Courtois 90”