The Donetsk club became only the second team that did not lose to Real Madrid this season
On October 11, in Warsaw, Shakhtar lacked a few minutes to inflict the first defeat of this season on Real Madrid. However, the match at the Piłsudski Stadium already presented some interesting facts. Let’s talk about them in more detail.
First in the history of confrontations with Real Madrid, Shakhtar ended the match with the Madrid club in a draw. Prior to that, the Pitmen had two wins and five losses in seven matches against Slivochnye.
Second once in the history of confrontations with Real, Shakhtar managed to finish the match without conceding more than one goal per game. This happened for the first time in the 2020/2021 season, when the Pitmen defeated Slivochny in the home match of the Champions League group stage (2:0).
Second time over the past five seasons, Shakhtar have scored five points in the first four matches of the Champions League group stage. The last time this happened was in the 2019/2020 season, when the Pitmen lost to Manchester City, beat Atalanta and drew twice with Feyenoord. Then the Donetsk club eventually scored six points, finishing third in its quartet.
Second the club that managed not to lose to Real Madrid this season was Shakhtar. Prior to that, only Osasuna managed to take points from the Creamy in the match of the championship of Spain.
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fourth midfielder Oleksandr Zubkov became the player of Shakhtar and the first Ukrainian player in the Pitmen who scored two goals against Real Madrid. Previously, Dentinto, Teixeira and Manor Solomon succeeded in this.
Five years ago, the last time Shakhtar got off to a better start in the Champions League than this season. In the 2017/2018 draw, after four rounds, the Pitmen had nine points – a win against Napoli, two wins over Feyenoord and a loss against Manchester City. Then the Donetsk club finished in second position in its quartet.
11 goals Shakhtar scored against Real Madrid in eight matches. In addition to the already mentioned Zubkov, Dentinho, Teixeira and Manor Solomon, Teta and Fernando managed to excel in matches with the Creamy. Own goal on Varane’s account.
12 times in their history, Real Madrid reached the knockout stages of the Champions League two rounds before the end of the group stage. This is a tournament record. The indicators of Bayern and Barcelona with a similar calculation – 10 times.
13 matches Real Madrid’s unbeaten streak this season. Creamy won 11 matches (including the match for the European Super Cup), ending two matches in a draw.
31 times in its history Real Madrid from the Champions League group. Real Madrid is the only club in the history of the Champions League to have passed the group stage in every season without ever being eliminated in the group stage of the tournament.
Source: Sportarena
