Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium, Madrid /
That they took the Junior out of his shirt, because starting Tuesday, Vinicius Sr.. The much-questioned young Brazilian gave the best game since he arrived at Real Madrid and with a doublet gave a well-deserved triumph to the Spaniards for 3-1 against Liverpool, whose irregular presence in the Premier League (7th place) manifested itself on the continental level.
Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool; purposes
Three years ago, they played in the Champions League final, and the result was repeated in the first stage of these quarterfinals.although many of the protagonists of this game – 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 meeting with Vinicius and Marco Asensio as flags.
And it was Amazon who opened the scoring in the 26th minute. A magic assistant from Toni Kroos from behind the midfield, excellent chest control and a relentless right hand 1-0 of Madrid, who 10 minutes later found the second with an incredible error.
Trent Alexander-Arnold turned the ball into the center of the area and it was just Asensio, who coolly knocked Alisson out with a small hat and pushed open the door to the applause of Zinedine Zidane and his substitutes, the only ones heard in an empty Alfredo Di Stéfano stadium.
Liverpool’s reaction
Jürgen Klopp’s Reds couldn’t play any better, they were clear that they should at least score as visitors and they did so in the first minutes of the complement after a series of recoveries. 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 hour of play came Vinicius’ double, the first he got with Real Madrid. Only 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 if it were not for two very clear counterattacks wasted by Asensio.
For Madrid now comes the classic against Barcelona, who will have to deal with the losses of Sergio Ramos and Raphaël Varane, absent on this day in the Champions League, but well covered by Eder Militao and always according to Nacho Fernández. And on Wednesday, the 14th will be the Vuelta a Anfield, where Liverpool must win 2-0 to advance.