Real Madrid vs Shakhtar Donetsk

Real Madrid will be facing Shakhtar Donetsk in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League for the third successive season.

Carlo Ancelotti's team host Shakhtar Donetsk at the Bernabéu in the Champions League, with kickoff at 3pm ET.

Real Madrid vs Shakhtar Donetsk LIVE: Follow the live blog of UEFA Champions League group F clash between Real Madrid and Shakhtar Donetsk.

Real Madrid welcome Shakhtar Donetsk to the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday evening on matchday three in the Champions League with Carlo Ancelotti's ...

Goal! Real Madrid 2, Shakhtar Donetsk 1. Oleksandr Zubkov (Shakhtar Donetsk) left footed shot from the centre of the box. Attempt missed. Vinícius Jú.

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"We dropped our intensity, thinking the game was controlled and comfortable," Ancelotti said. "This team relaxes when it can relax, when it can't, it doesn't. At the back we only gave up one chance on the counter-attack. But I'm happy, the team played well, the three in attack combined well. "I had a word at halftime because the game wasn't over. It's normal when you're 2-0 up and the game controlled, you can run less, you think it's simple. [Mykhailo Mudryk](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/299911/Mykhailo-Mudryk) almost tied the match in one of those, in the 51st minute, but his effort was denied one-on-one by his countryman [Andriy Lunin](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/257237/Andriy-Lunin), who was standing in for the injured [Thibaut Courtois](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/134283/Thibaut-Courtois). Kroos and [Aurelien] Tchouameni controlled the ball well. [Vinicius](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/257039/Vinicius) and Federico Valderde running the channels, Rodrygo was playing in a more centralised role as a playmaker close to [Karim Benzema](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/46858/Karim-Benzema). It can happen, they're people. [Rodrygo](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/267804/Rodrygo) just outside the penalty area and he shot past Shakhtar keeper [Anatolii Trubin](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/286109/Anatolii-Trubin) to stake Madrid to a 1-0 advantage. [Oleksandr Zubkov](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/228267/Oleksandr-Zubkov) to make it 2-1 at the break.

Toni Kroos (L) of Real Madrid vies with Georgiy Sudakov of Shakhtar Donetsk during a UEFA Champions League Group F football match between Real Madrid of ...

(Photo by Gustavo Valiente/Xinhua) (R) of Real Madrid vies with Maryan Shved of Shakhtar Donetsk during a UEFA Champions League Group F football match between Real Madrid of Spain and FC Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine in Madrid, Spain, Oct. (bottom) of Real Madrid vies with Maryan Shved of Shakhtar Donetsk during a UEFA Champions League Group F football match between Real Madrid of Spain and FC Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine in Madrid, Spain, Oct.

The points table of Group F in the UEFA Champions League aptly summarises the situation. Real Madrid sit comfortably in first place with six points with ...