2024-09-20 03:35:20
This year’s Champions League has started in a new way. However, Real Madrid started from where it ended in the previous season. Real once again showed their mettle on the stage of Europe’s best with a 3-1 win over VFB Stuttgart.
Kylian Mbappe, Antonio Rudiger and Andric scored a goal each in Real’s win at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday night (September 17). However, goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was the hero of Real in the whole match and did not allow the gap to increase by making numerous saves.
Real started playing great from the beginning of the match at home. However, Stuttgart did not hesitate to respond to them by counter-attacking. Courtois’s tough test began in the fourth minute when he blocked a shot from Chris Furich. After that, he stopped seven more shots one by one. In contrast, the real was faded. As a result, the two teams went into the break with a scoreless tie.
Real found themselves in the first half and went ahead immediately after the break. Rodrigo went forward with the ball from his own half. Aguan evaded the goalkeeper and found the Brazilian forward Mbappe. The French star effortlessly sent the ball into the empty net.
Mbappe scored a goal for Real at the beginning of the Champions League. In total, Mbappe scored 49 goals on the stage of Europe’s best. He entered the list of top 10 goalscorers by leaving Zhan Ibrahimovic behind. Sat next to Real legend Alfredo Di Stefano.
Mbappe missed a great chance to score in the 48th minute. In the 59th minute, Vinicius Jr.’s shot hit the crossbar. In the 67th minute, Lewelling’s shot hit Militao’s leg and went off the post. However, Stuttgart equalized from this corner. Undav found the net in the head.
Real went ahead again in the 83rd minute. Rudiger found the net with a header from Luka Modric’s corner. Substitute Andric found the net at the end of five minutes of added time. He got the ball on the counter-attack with great speed and found the address with a long-range shot.
The goal made Andrić (18 years and 58 days) the youngest player to score on his Champions League debut for Real, the previous record being held by Raul González (18 years and 113 days), the Spaniard’s hat-trick in a 6-1 win over Hungarian club Ferencíveros in 1995.