RB Leipzig defeated Real Madrid 3-2. The press comments on success in the Champions League.
For Real Madrid, the defeat against RB Leipzig is not a broken leg, but disappointment prevails in Spain. In Germany, the “big surprise” is emphasized. The press reviews at a glance.
Voices from Germany
picture: “Leipzig beat defending champions Real Madrid 3-2 at home in the Champions League – with two real lightning goals!”
Spox: “Beat the defending champions, the round of 16 within reach: RB Leipzig defeated Real Madrid and took a big step towards the knockout stages of the Champions League.”
sports1: “RB Leipzig disenchanted Real Madrid and has one foot in the round of 16 of the Champions League. Now the Saxons have a showdown ahead of them.”
table football: “First defeat of the season for the defending champion – Werner lets Leipzig celebrate: RB beats Real and has the round of 16 in their own hands”
Eurosport: “RB Leipzig caused a big surprise on the penultimate day of the Champions League group stage. Leipzig defeated the defending champion Real Madrid 3-2 (2-1).”
World: “On a lavish European Cup evening, RB Leipzig has worked out a good starting position for reaching the round of 16 in the Champions League. The Saxons defeated the defending champions Real Madrid. The goal to make it 2-0 also meant a record.”
Voices from Spain
mark: “Real Madrid stayed on the sofa. They achieved the worst data of defeats and lost duels of the season.”
Mundo Deportivo: “Real Madrid had to go to Germany to experience their first defeat of the season. In October. And the bad thing about taking so long is that Real had to endure it when they suffered it. In all its forms and intensities. At the beginning deserved, cruel in the end.”
El Mundo: “Ancelotti’s men pay dearly for their bad start, concede their first defeat of the year (3:2) and – if Leipzig beat Shakhtar – they have to beat Celtic to win their group.”
La Vanguardia: “In football, ambition is everything and Real Madrid relaxed because they already qualified for the round of 16 – and lowered because Carlo Ancelotti left footballers like Benzema, Modric or Valverde at home, conceded the first defeat of the season against a Leipzig, who risked his life in the Champions League.”
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Source: Stern
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