The Spanish Real Madrid team concluded its journey in the sixth group of the group stage of the Champions League in the best way, and crushed its Scottish guest Celtic 5/1, today, Wednesday, in the sixth (last) round of the group.
Following a 4-0 victory over the competition’s host, the Ukrainian team Shakhtar Donetsk, in the same round and group, the German team Leipzig advanced to the 16th round of the continental championship.
The riyal (the defending champion) closed his group career in this manner while capturing the lead with 13 points, to face one of the second place teams from other groups in the next round, while Leipzig finished in second place with 12 points.
While Celtic finished second in the table and said goodbye to continental competitions this season, Shakhtar placed third and will now compete in the European League.
At the (Santiago Bernabeu) stadium, veteran Croatian star Luka Modric opened the scoring in the sixth minute of a penalty, before his Brazilian teammate Rodrigo added the second goal in the 21st minute of another penalty kick.
Yosib Yranovic, a player for Celtic, squandered a Scottish team penalty kick in the 35th minute, missing the chance to cut the deficit.
In the second half, the royal team’s third, fourth, and five goals were added by Marco Asensio, Vinicius Junior, and Federico Valverde in the 51st, 61st, and 71st minutes, respectively, while Gota secured Celtic’s lone goal in the 84th minute.
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