Real Madrid vs Shakhtar

Get a report of the Real Madrid vs. Shakhtar Donetsk 2022-23 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage football match.

"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.