DBasia.news – The 0-3 defeat of Real Madrid against CSKA Moscow was surprising in the last match of Group G Champions League, Thursday (13/12). The failure happened at Santiago Bernabeu. However, Vinicius Junior scored an interesting record in that match.
The match against CSKA Moscow wasn’t decisive for Real Madrid. El Real are going to the knockout round as the group champion and another place is for AS Roma.
Santiago Solari rotated the players by sending the young lads like Javi Sanchez, Jesus Vallejo, Alvaro Odriozola, Federico Valverde, and Vinicius Junior. Consequently, Madrid got overwhelmed in responding to CSKA smart performance.
At 37′, Fedor Chalov made Real Madrid left behind 1-0 from CSKA Moscow. Teasing Los Merengues defensive line, Chalov placed the ball to the right side and Thibaut Courtois couldn’t anticipate it.
Amid the effort to equalize the situation, CSKA made Santiago Bernabeu shocked at 43′. The ball in front of Courtois’ goal was kicked by Georgy Schennikov.
CSKA changed the score to be 3-0 after Amor Sigurdsson scored the goal at 73′. Sigurdsson kicked hardly from outside of the penalty box that couldn’t be countered by Courtois. The 3-0 score persisted until the end of the match.
Amid the bitter night at Santiago Bernabeu, Vinicius Junior scored an achievement instead. The Brasilian player becomes the third youngest player who becomes a Real Madrid starter in the Champions League.
Vinicius is 18 years 152 days in that match. Meanwhile, the two other players with a better achievement were Iker Casillas (18 years 117 days) and Raul Gonzales (18 years 77 days).
Under Santiago Solari, Vinicius starts to get his chance. So far, the former Flamengo player scored 6 goals and 5 assists in 13 caps. The statistic is promising for an 18-year-old player in a huge club like Real Madrid.