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UCL: Bellingham's beauty and Valverde's 'bomb' knock down Napoli
Reading Time: 2min | Wed. 04.10.23. | 00:38
Real Madrid won the game 3-2
Is that a bird, a plane? No, it's a rocket launched by Federico Valverde on a packed Maradona Stadium, with the help of the helpless and tragic Meret, who was hit in the head by a ball from behind and ended up in the net. Napoli didn't deserve to lose at home, they showed both quality and character, but that's football, unfair sometimes. Real Madrid took all three points in the 2nd round of the Champions League - 3:2.
7 - Real Madrid have scored in their last seven group-stage away games in the @ChampionsLeague (18 goals), their best run since another seven-game run between November 2015 and November 2017.
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) October 3, 2023
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Football fans enjoyed a fantastic game at "Maradona". Without stopping for 90 minutes, open play on both sides, chances on one side, then on the other side. Five goals. What a game. 20 minutes before the end, with a tied result, the ratio of shots on goal was 15:15. It clearly shows the kind of football played by both sides. It "smelled" that there would be more goals until the end. Unfortunately or fortunately, depends who do you support, that goal fell in the 78th minute and gave the biggest club in the world a win.
The only good thing for the Italian champion is the knowledge that the team is finally looking more like himself from the previous season, when he won the title. He convincingly won the last two rounds in Serie A, and made Real fight hard for the win. The visitors now have six points from two rounds, and everything is going according to plan. Before Valverde's 'bomb', Jude Bellingham's solo effort in the style of Lionel Messi left the strongest impression on the game. Ostigard rose fans to their feet when he gave Napoli the lead it the 19th minute, but Vinicius soon leveled, before Jude's great effort gave Real 2-1 score. Nacho's resulted with a penalty and Napoli leveled, and had some great chances before Valverde sealed the victory in the 78th minute.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - MATCHDAY 2
Tuesday
Union Berlin - Braga 2-3(2-1)
/Becker 30, 37 - Niakate 41, Bruma 51, Castro 90+3/
Salzburg - Sociedad 0-2 (0-2)
/Oyarzabal 7, Mendez 27/
Copenhagen - Bayern 1-2 (0-0)
/Lerager 55 - Musiala 67, Tel 83/
Man.Utd. - Galatasaray 2-3 (1-1)
/Hojlund 17, 67 - Zaha 23, Akturkoglu 72, Icardi 81/
Lens - Arsenal 2-1 (1-1)
/Thomasson 25, Wahi 69 - Jesus 14/
PSV - Sevilla 2-2 (0-0)
Napoli - Real Madrid 2-3 (1-2)
/Ostigard 19, Zielinski 54(p) - Vinicius 27, Bellingham 34, Meret 78/
Inter - Benfica 1-0 (0-0)
/Thuram 62/
