The first round match between the two teams took place at home in Leipzig. Real Madrid has a large number of injured soldiers this year. The problem of injured soldiers was also very serious in the first round. They were hit by a header at the start of the game and were penalized for offside
Real Madrid played poorly in the first half. Leipzig made a lot of mistakes at the back under constant pressure. Leipzig relied on Olmo and Sesko to keep rushing into the box and shooting, which made it difficult for Real Madrid to advance the ball well.Camavinga kept retreating. Later on, even Kroos had to retreat to the defense to get the ball, otherwise it would have been possible to push the ball in the half with just such a backline
At the start of the second half, Leipzig continued to press Real Madrid, but Real Madrid changed a little bit, Brahin Diaz began to move to the sides to support the side of the road, and soon after the 49th minute, he got the ball on the right side of the road with Carvajal, Diaz passed three people in a row and burst into the penalty area, 16 yards from the left-footed shot curved into the far corner of the net.
The fact that Real Madrid took the lead was still not very good, but they were very experienced. They didn't immediately make a full retreat, but gradually retreated. They started with a melee in the midfield, then launched a counter-attack, relying on the trio of Vinicius, Rodrygo, and Diaz to attack, and then gradually retreated to their own 30 yards or so. At this stage, Kroos had retreated to the center backs as cover for what eventually became a full defensive counterattack. As a result, when Leipzig failed to find it, the chances of a shot on goal dwindled. There were fewer and fewer shots on target, despite the fact that there was 60% possession at the time.
Leipzig began to press forward in order to attack, but the result was an effective counterattack by Real Madrid. Vinicius almost broke through again in the 71st minute on a counterattack when he dinked past a defender in the box with a shot with the outside of his right foot, but it bounced off the center post.
Leipzig then replaced Poulsen and Haidara to strengthen the attack, in the 78th minute produced two very threatening shots, but were blocked by the Real Madrid goalkeeper Lunin, in the 83rd minute Haidara's 17-yard shot was going to be a goal, but Lunin was once again powerful to block, Real Madrid can be said to be the first to win the game Lunin is the first credit.
In the first round of games between these two teams, Real Madrid was actually very exciting. They could only win if they relied on their individual ability to score and then relied on their experience to slowly slow down their opponents' offense and stall for time. Leipzig eventually had a chance to break and tie the game, but Leipzig's goal scorer Sesko was more direct in his shots so Lunin was able to keep his shots straight, but Real Madrid clearly couldn't stop the breakaway ability of Olmo and Simons
The second leg of the clash between the two teams takes place at Real Madrid's home stadium in the Bernabeu, with Bellingham and defender Rüdiger returning to the lineup for the match.
Real Madrid initially looked to play stronger at home and started to use high pressure, but Leipzig were clearly not afraid and soon started to fight back. Real Madrid's two midfielders, Camavinga and Tchouameni, were pushed forward. As a result, there was clear space for Half Space to be exposed on both sides. Leipzig immediately launched a quick passing attack. As a result, Leipzig made a couple of threatening shots in the first 20 minutes of the first half. openda had already shot twice, as he didn't take his chances well, otherwise Leipzig would have scored!
After Leipzig, he started to make high tackles and continued to press the Real Madrid backfield in a 4222 formation. Real Madrid was controlling well, but it was also difficult to attack forward. In order to avoid conceding, he had to slow down the tempo and take his time getting through the midfield that
With 40 minutes to go Simons threatened to shoot from the left side of the box before Openda did it again. Essentially, Leipzig remained in the driver's seat at home to Real Madrid in the first half, and despite Bellingham being on the front foot, he had little chance of getting on the ball
After halftime, Ancelotti made a change. In the second half, he replaced Rodrygo to strengthen the attack up front, removed Camavinga, and planned to pass the ball quickly through the midfield with simple passes. Otherwise, if he doesn't get the ball up front, he won't be able to utilize Bellingham's attacking prowess and he'll be forever overpowered by Leipzig.
In fact, Carlo Ancelotti was very strategic in his substitutions. Looking at the results, Real Madrid deliberately played at a slow tempo in the first half because Real Madrid really couldn't withstand Leipzig's fast offense, but Real Madrid had a goal lead in the first round. In the second half of the second round, Leipzig had no choice but to grab the points. At this point, Anche will be able to play Rodrygo in the counterattacking space behind Leipzig
