Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium, Madrid
That they take the Junior out of the shirt because from next Tuesday it will be Vinicius SrThe in-demand young Brazilian gave his best game since he arrived at Real Madrid and with a doublet presented a well-deserved triumph to the Spaniards 3-1 against Liverpool, whose erratic Premier League presence (7th place) manifested itself at the continental level.
Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool; the goals
Three years ago they played in the Champions League final and the result was repeated in the first leg of these quarter-finalsalthough many of the main characters of that match – especially on the White side – were not: Sergio Ramos due to injury and Cristiano Ronaldo-Gareth Bale in other clubs, but the new blood Merengue responded to the appointment with Vinicius and Marco Asensio as flags
And it was the Amazon who opened the score at minute 26. A magical assist from Toni Kroos from behind midfield, superb chest control and a relentless right hand put the 1-0 from Madrid, who found the second 10 minutes later with an incredible error.
Trent Alexander-Arnold brought the ball back to the center of the field and there was only Asensio, who kicked off Alisson in a hat with great cold and pushed in the empty door to the applause of Zinedine Zidane and the substitutes, the only ones to be heard in an empty Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium.
Liverpool response
Jürgen Klopp’s Reds couldn’t play worse, they were clear they needed to at least score as visitors and they did in the first minutes of the replenishment after a series of rebounds. Mohamed Salah did not forgive in the area and it seemed that the best moment of the English was coming, but it was a mirage.
The first double in Vinicius’ career
After the playing hour came Vinicius’ double, the first he achieved with Real MadridOnly in the area and after a pass from Luka Modric, the shirt 20 hit him from the right for the final 3-1, which could have been wider had it not been for two obvious counter-attacks wasted by Asensio.
For Madrid now comes the Classic against Barcelona, who also faces the victims of Sergio Ramos and Raphaël Varane, absent from the Champions League this day, but well covered by Eder Militao and the ever-compliant Nacho Fernández. And on Wednesday the 14th it will be the Vuelta at Anfield, where Liverpool must win 2-0 to continue.