Shakhtar Donetsk and Real Madrid face in the fifth day of the B Group of the Champions League. The meringues occupy the second place with seven points, after achieving an important victory in the Giusseppe Meazza against Inter Milan (0-2), so now they have quite a few options to achieve qualification.
In the third place the Ukrainians have 4 points, so they need victory in order to qualify for the round of 16, a position held by the Real Madrid (7) and in the first square the Borussia Mönchengladbach with eight.
The Real Madrid arrives with important casualties to this duel, which weighed him down in recent times, including that of the fourth day before him Inter de Milan. Casualties of Fede Valverde, Karim Benzema or Dani Carvajal, which has been added again that of Eden Hazard (injured this weekend against Alaves) they make the Madrid team have to compete without certain irreplaceable pieces.
Real Madrid plays it in the Champions League
Although on the designated days of the Champions League have shown that the hierarchy of players as Modric, Varane or Kroos it is enough, it weighs them above all in LaLiga Santander. This past weekend they lost at home to Alavés (1-2), so they do not know the victory, in the domestic competition, during this month of November (only one point out of nine possible).
The Shakhtar Donetsk, meanwhile, disputes the matches at home outside the Donetsk Donbass Arena, due to the war situation in the Ukrainian country, which makes them reside in Kiev, where they play their games. The Ukrainian set surprised Real Madrid in the first working day (2-3), but then they have barely been able to add one point from the last nine in play, with a draw against him Inter de Milan and two goals against the group leader, the Borussia Mönchengladbach by Marco Rose.
To the Shakhtar Donetsk he is only worth the victory to aspire to qualify for round of 16well it is three points from Real Madrid, although he is also forced to score if he wants to get third place and qualify for Europa League round of 32 at least, a competition in which, last season, he reached the semifinals (where he was thrashed by the Inter de Milan, rival of this B Group).
When is Shakhtar Donetsk – Real Madrid played?
The game is played today, Tuesday, December 1, at 6:55 p.m.
Where to see Shakhtar Donetsk – Real Madrid?
The encounter can be seen by Movistar Champions League (50), platform channel Movistar Plus. You can follow all the information about the match live on the Mundo Deportivo website.