Real Madrid, the Spanish first football team, led the group F standings in the group stage of the Champions League, after its precious 2-0 victory over its German guest, Leipzig, on Wednesday, in the second round of the group, which witnessed a 1-1 draw by Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine. With his Scottish guest Celtic.
Real Madrid, the "title holder", raised his score to 6 points in the lead, achieving the full mark in the group so far, after he started his campaign in the group with a 3-0 victory over its host Celtic last week. On the other hand, Leipzig remained without a balance of points at the bottom of the standings, After losing in the first and second rounds.
At the (Santiago Bernabeu) stadium in the Spanish capital, Madrid, the royal team suffered the absence of its French star Karim Benzema due to injury, and almost lost the three points, especially during the first half, which witnessed a large number of opportunities to score, Leipzig players competed in wasting them, but the experience of The stars of the Spanish team decided the situation in their favor in the end.
Uruguayan star Federico Valverde opened the scoring for Real Madrid in the 80th minute, before Marco Asensio fired a bullet of mercy at Leipzig's hopes of a tie, after scoring the second goal for the Spanish team in the first minute of stoppage time for the second half.
With this victory, Real Madrid continued its string of victories at the local and continental levels, after winning all seven of its meetings in various competitions this season.
Real Madrid won all of its first five matches in the Spanish League this season so far, before achieving victory in the first two rounds of its Champions League group.