Champions League Results – Vinicius Junior’s Hattrick Highlights Real Madrid’s Sensational Comeback Against Dortmund

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Real Madrid created a sensational comeback against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League.

Real Madrid faced Borussia Dortmund on the third matchday of the 2024-2025 Champions League.

The duel was held at the Santiago Bernabeu, Tuesday (10/22/2024) local time or Wednesday early morning WIB.

As a result, Real Madrid won with a score of 5-2 over Dortmund.

Los Blancos appeared more dominant by holding 54 percent possession of the ball.

In terms of opportunities, Real Madrid fired 25 shots with 10 on target.

Die Borussen only produced 8 shots, 7 of which were on target.

The exchange of attacks had been going on since the early minutes.

Even so, the chances from both teams were mostly not dangerous.

It was only in the 30th minute that Borussia Dortmund managed to break the deadlock.

The goal was created thanks to Guirassy’s cleverness when he got the ball in the penalty box.

With his back to the goal, he passed the ball to Donyell Malen who was moving without the ball near him.

Malen then fired a shot to the near post to beat Real Madrid goalkeeper, Thibaut Courtois.

Leading by one goal, Dortmund increasingly attacked Real Madrid’s defense.

Champions League Results – Vinicius Junior’s Hattrick Highlights Real Madrid’s Sensational Comeback Against Dortmund

The result was positive.

Dortmund managed to double their lead in the 34th minute through Jamie Bynoe-Gittens.

Taking advantage of Malen’s pull pass, Bynoe-Gittens made a tap in front of the goal while dropping his body.

The ball headed to the bottom right corner of the goal without being able to be thwarted by Courtois.

Trailing by two goals, Real Madrid tried to respond.

In the 37th minute, Real Madrid almost reduced the score through two good opportunities that occurred in the penalty box.

First, Rodrygo fired a shot that still hit the crossbar.

The loose ball was then received by Jude Bellingham.

Without further ado, Bellingham then fired a shot that again hit the crossbar.

After that, Dortmund threatened Real Madrid’s goal several times with long-range shots but Courtois was still able to block them.

The score of 2-0 for the away team’s advantage lasted until halftime.

After the break, Real Madrid immediately attacked to catch up.

Vinicius made an extraordinary move in the 53rd minute.

Piercing into the penalty box from the left side, the lightning winger from Brazil made Dortmund’s defense panic with his weaving action.

Vinicius then fired a shot but his shot was still too slow so it was easily caught by goalkeeper Gregor Kobel.

Vinicius then fired a shot but his shot was still too slow so it was easily caught by goalkeeper Gregor Kobel.

In the 60th minute, Real Madrid managed to reduce the score through their defender, Antonio Ruediger.

Given a pull pass from Kylian Mbappe in front of the goal, Ruediger made a hard header to shake the opponent’s goal net.

This goal successfully pumped up the spirit of the Real Madrid players.

Just two minutes later, Real Madrid managed to equalize the score to 2-2 through Vinicius Junior’s shot inside the penalty box.

The goal was checked by VAR before being validated

Real Madrid finally managed to make a comeback in the 83rd minute through Lucas Vazquez’s goal who fired a shot from a narrow angle inside the 16-yard box.

As if not satisfied, Real Madrid added another goal through Vinicius Junior in the 87th minute.

Combing the left side of Real Madrid’s attack, Vinicius then moved to the middle before releasing a hard shot from outside the penalty box.

Before the end, precisely in the 90+3′ minute, Vinicius successfully scored a hat trick to seal Real Madrid’s sensational victory.

There were no additional goals until the match ended.