Real Madrid have to say that one thing again and again in the Santiago Bernabeu match. As Juan Gómez Juanito said, 90 minutes at the Santiago Bernabeu is too long. Over the ages, many people have realized the greatness of that word. Borussia Dortmund got it again yesterday. The team leading by 2 goals in the 34th minute was surprised to see another great comeback by Real Madrid in front of the white gallery.
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Borussia Dortmund didn't even practice at Real Madrid's ground before the match. Coach Nuri Sahin was concerned that there might be spying in practice. He completed his training in Germany. However, Real Madrid had the last laugh at the Santiago Bernabeu. The mastermind behind it is Vinicius Jr.
After being behind by 2 goals until one hour of the match, Real scored 5 goals in the remaining time to win by 5-2. Vinicius scored his third career hat-trick for Los Blancos. One goal each from Antonio Rudiger and Lucas Vasquez. From the 60th minute of the match to the next 33 minutes, Real scored one goal after another in the net of Borussia.
The two rivals from the last Champions League final met once again today at the Bernabeu, albeit in a first round match. Dortmund started well with revenge in mind. Dortmund came up in front of Real's box to exchange the ball from one side of the field to the other in a long long pass. From there, Seriu Girassi pushed the ball slightly to the right inside the box, and Daniel Malen beat Thibaut Courtois.
Dortmund's Jamie Gittens doubled the lead five minutes later. This time he was assisted by Malen. Malen entered the opponent's box from the right side on the counter attack. Then he raised the cross in the opposite direction. Seeing that, the 20-year-old English winger rushed forward from behind and put the ball into an empty net.
As a result, Gittens became the youngest English footballer to score in the Champions League against Real Madrid. He made this record at the age of 20 years and 75 days. The record was previously held by Alan Smith of Leeds United.
Real shook Dortmund's defense in the next minute after conceding a goal, but Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Kobel did not allow Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Kobel to reduce the team's gap for the third time with a superb save after the team's effort came back off the crossbar twice in the space of a moment.
But Real trailed after the break and unsettled Dortmund's defense with one attack after another. The first result was in the duo of Kylian Mbappé-Rüdiger. Rudiger reduced the gap by heading Mbappe's cross (2-1). A couple of minutes later Vinnie Jr. scored the equalizing goal. In the beginning, the referee canceled it by showing offside, but later the goal was decided by VAR (2-2).
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Real (3-2) went ahead with the goal of Lucas Vasquez with 7 minutes left of the scheduled time of the match. Vinicius scored his second goal in 86 minutes. Pulled the ball alone. At the end, his wonderful shot from outside the box (4-2). He also got a hat-trick in the third minute of added time (5-2). It was Vinny's third hat-trick in all competitions for Real Madrid, but his first in the Champions League.