With the classification for the quarterfinals of the Women’s Champions League under the arm, the Real Madrid This Wednesday they achieved a peaceful victory (0-3) at home against the bottom team Celticthanks to a doublet of Signe Brown already a bit of Alba Redondo, which gives him the option of playing for first place in the Group B on the last day against the leader Chelsea y Avoid what would be the strongest teams on the way to the final.
The Londoners of Sonia Bompastorwho will visit the merengues on Tuesday, December 17 (6:45 p.m.) at the Alfredo Di Stefano In a duel that promises many emotions, they had no problems scoring (6-1), with goals from Macario, Jean François, Ramírez, Cuthbert, Nüsken y Périssetto the already eliminated Twente Dutchman, who went into the break already losing 4-1 in Stamford Bridge.
He Real Madrid He went out with everything in Scottish lands. A very recognizable team Alberto Torilwhich only included the absences of Melanie Leupolzwho was out due to rest, and On the hill Lakrar after having received stitches after a stomp he received in the last match of the F League before him Sevilla.
The meringues, who this Wednesday wore orange in the Hamilton’s New Douglas Parka stadium with an artificial grass field, took control of the ball in the opening stages of a match marked by a very intense cold.
Half an hour into the game, the team fold beat the Scottish goal through Weirbut his goal, after a rebound from the goalkeeper Daugerthy shot in angel hallwas annulled by the Rumama referee Iuliana Demetrescu for offside at the request of one of his assistants. It should be remembered that there will not be OUR until the quarterfinals.
However, the Real Madrid It only took him a few seconds to achieve another goal, which this time he did get on the scoreboard. A tremendous right hand from the front of the area Signe Brown He entered the entire squad. The Danish ‘killer’on a scoring streak, made it 0-1 with an authentic goal that received no response from a Celtic combative, but lacking quality to put White in trouble, who had a fairly placid first half.
At the restart, the Scots Elena Sadiko They opted to advance their lines somewhat in search of a tie against a Real Madrid who continued without suffering in the slightest and who dedicated themselves to successfully maintaining their minimal advantage on the scoreboard and reserving strength for upcoming matches.
Feller’s ball hits the crossbar
In the 60th minute, the Real Madrid was able to increase his scoring tally against the harmless and limited Celticbut the center-shot of Naomie Feller ended up crashing into the crossbar. The French player herself was the protagonist by assisting in the 71st minute so that Brown He scored his double and finished off the match with a header at will, which places him as top scorer in this Champions League with five goals, tied with Harder (Bayern Munich).
In the final moments, the Celticwho practically did not create any danger, was able to close the gap on the scoreboard with a shot from Kerner that the canary Misa Rodriguez rejected with a good intervention.
1 | Chelsea | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 15 | |
2 | Real Madrid | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 12 | |
3 | FC Twente Women | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 3 | |
4 | Celtic Women | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
With five minutes remaining, Alba Redondowhich had replaced the bigoleadora Brownput the ‘icing on the cake’ with the final 0-3 by heading a cross into the net. Sheila Garciawho had also come in as a refreshment. He Real Madridwho had already beaten the Scots in the Di Stéfano (4-0), once again won very clearly.
After his walk in ScotlandWhite will close the group stage next week at home against a Chelsea that he surpasses them in three points and that in London He beat them by a tight 3-2. He Real Madridstill with the uncertainty of knowing whether it will be first or second in the group, will play in the quarterfinals of this competition for the second time since 2021-22, after having been eliminated in 2022-23 and 2023-24 in the group stage of the Women’s Champions League.
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