Real Madrid crashed to a 3-2 defeat against Shakhtar in the Champions League earlier today at Alfredo Di Stefano stadium.
The Ukrainian side took the lead through Tete on the 29th minute and doubled their advantage four minutes later when Raphael Varane scored an own goal.
Solomon scored the third goal for the away side on the 42nd minute and Shakhtar were comfortably heading towards a memorable win at Santiago Bernabeu.
The Spanish Giants made some changes early on in the second half and it paid off for them.
Real Madrid got back into the game through Luka Modric who scored a stunning goal from outside the box.
Five minutes later, substitute Vinicius Junior scored Real Madrid’s second of the night.
The Spanish Giants were expected to score the equalizer and eventually win the game with 30 minutes left but the away side held on for a well deserved win in the end.
Federico Valverde scored a goal in added time but it was ruled out by VAR.
Zinedine Zidane will be thoroughly disappointed with his team’s performance and it will be interesting to see if Real Madrid can bounce back with a positive result in the next game.
The Spanish Giants have not been at their best this season and they will have to improve a lot if they want to win the Champions League this season.
Despite having ten players ruled out due to the Coronavirus infection, the away side picked up a superb win against Real Madrid today and they will be full of confidence heading into their next group games.
Real Madrid have lost seven of their last eight UCL matches without Sergio Ramos.
Shakhtar Donetsk beat Real Madrid 3-2, despite missing 10 first-team players due to COVID-19
