The Real Madrid wants to get back on track this Wednesday before the Shakhtar (18.45 h./Movistar Champions League) their classification for the round of 16 of the Champions against a Ukrainian side in the doldrums that have yet to win in this group stage (one point from three games). Next we give you an account of the 10 trivia of this meeting:
1- Shakhtar’s coach, De Zerbi, he trained as a player in the AC Milan youth academy and was still at the club when Ancelotti he was named first team coach in 2001, although he never made his debut with him before his departure in the summer.
2- Yevhen Konoplyanka was a Sevilla player between 2015 and 2016, playing six games for the club in his triumphant campaign in the Europa League 2015/16, his only full season in the Andalusian team. He was a substitute in the final of that tournament against Liverpool, although he did score a penalty in Sevilla’s 3-2 defeat against Madrid in the Super Cup 2016. He played 90 minutes for the Sevillian team in a 3-2 La Liga win against Madrid on November 8, 2015.
3 – Marlon played in the ranks of FC Barcelona between 2016 and 2018, playing two LaLiga matches after debuting with the first team off the bench in a 2-0 win over Celtic on matchday five of the 2016/17 Champions League group stage.
4 – Madrid’s Ukrainian goalkeeper Andriy Lunin, has played in his country in the quarry of Metalist Kharkiv (2012–15), in Dnipro (2015–17) and in Zorya (2017/18). He faced Shakhtar seven times with Dnipro and Zorya, reaping one win and six losses and conceding 16 goals.
5- Karim Benzema (France-Ukraine 3-0, 2014 World Cup play-offs) and Wound Modric (Croatia-Ukraine 2-2, qualification for the 2010 World Cup) have scored at the national team level Andriy Pyatov, veteran Shakhtar goalkeeper (37 years old).
6- David Alaba, Real Madrid reinforcement this past summer after leaving Bayern Munich, he assisted Austria’s only goal in a 1-0 win against Ukraine in the group stage of Euro 2020.
7- On October 7, 2020, Eduardo Camavinga celebrated his first match as a starter with France scoring his first goal for the national team within nine minutes of a resounding victory in a 7-1 friendly against Ukraine.
8 – Despite last season’s victories against Madrid (2-3 in Madrid and 2-0 in Kiev), the Shakhtar They have only won seven of their 28 matches against Spanish clubs (six draws, 15 losses), although their victory in Spain last season was their fourth away from home in their last eight visits.
9 – Real Madrid have scored 999 goals in the European Cup / Champions League and it is about to become the first club to reach 1,000 goals in Europe’s top club competition.
10 – Real Madrid have been second in the group three times in the last five seasons. Under the command of Zinedine Zidane, the white team finished first in their group in 2020/21 with 10 points, six of them against the Inter, and sealed his pass as group leader by defeating at home Borussia Monchengladbach (2-0) on matchday six.
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