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Real Madrid vs RB Leipzig LIVE!
The 14-time Champions League champions host their German rivals at the Santiago Bernabeu tonight with the aim of getting the job done and reaching the quarter-finals. Real Madrid have a narrow 1-0 aggregate lead thanks to Brahim Diaz’s fine. goal in the first leg.
Jude Bellingham would possibly be suspended for domestic matches but is available tonight as he missed the first leg last month through injury, which is a huge boost for Carlo Ancelotti after watching his side go all the way in Leipzig last month. Los Blancos failed to advance after winning the first leg five years ago against Ajax.
However, Leipzig are in a position to give their best, as several players were rested at the weekend to have full compatibility for this second leg. Will they surprise the Bernabéu? They were inspired by the first leg and, well, stranger things happened. Follow the adjustment LIVE via our committed blog on the adjustment.
GOAL! Orban retaliates immediately
GOAL! Vinicius Jr scores a great goal
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95min: Madrid advance and qualify for the quarter-finals!
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92min: Olmo’s volley hits the crossbar!
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91min: Four minutes.
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90 minutes: Madrid manage the final moments well, for the first time in this clash.
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87 minutes: Madrid check the speed of the game in those final minutes, slowing down as Leipzig look to jump on the counterattack.
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83 mins: Leipzig corner conceded and Orban heads. . . But everything goes well and the header bounces down and to the side.
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81min: In the last 10 minutes. Leipzig want a goal.
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80min: Henrichs with a ferocious training, but he’s in Lunin’s throat. Easy backup.
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78min: Substitutions. Poulson replaces Openda and Modric replaces Kroos.
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77 mins: If this Leipzig side had composure, Madrid would walk away.
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75min: Kroos threw himself into the book, he had it.
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73min: Oh my God, Openda is not marked at the far post but directs the ball to Carvajal.
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72min: Leipzig are enthusiastic, they are second.
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68min: Wait, Leipzig are back and Orban is going home to the box!
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66min: A huge, huge goal and this one would possibly have ended with a draw!
Bellingham crossed the halfway line, ran 40 yards before sliding past Vini Jr for a devastating finish near the post.
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64′: Leipzig take a corner.
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63min: Rodrygo now tests the goalkeeper with a shot into the box. Wins a corner. . .
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62min: Better from Madrid! Vini Jr flew down the left flank and found Valverde inside the box, who passed the ball to Bellingham, but his shot was blocked.
There was a foul somewhere and the referee exploded.
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60 mins: Xavi floats the ball for Openda, but the striker goes underneath and heads well over the crossbar.
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59′: Olmo wins a free kick after a foul by Kroos. Maybe he’ll be lucky not to be cautioned, the Spaniard.
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56min: Another one from Leipzig! This time, Henrichs sent the ball into the box expecting a lucky shot from a teammate.
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52min: Oh, oh. Raum brings Rodrygo down and receives a caution for his troubles.
This may simply be important. Rodrygo sharp.
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50min: Olmo now has a shot from the edge of the box, but his free kick hits the wall.
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48min: Another great chance as Lunin is stuck in no man’s land and Openda circles the goalkeeper and leaves the goal open. . . But when he returns inside, he manages to get the goalkeeper to smother the ball.
Poor me.
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46min: Restart.
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It looks like Madrid are going to make changes. Rodrygo replaces Camavinga.
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Changes at half-time? Marco Rose will be very happy with his team, but Carlo Ancelotti will not. Not at all.
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The Germans were the bigger team and would probably be tied for the overall. Real Madrid want to wake up. Greeted between whistles at half-time.
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47min: It was a win for Madrid.
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45min: One minute.
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42min: Openda takes a shot wide after the corner falls on him!He took a closer look than the replays suggest, but he’ll have to be frustrated that he didn’t hit the mark.
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41min: Magnificent effort from Simons in the box, forcing Lunin to make the first save of the match.
Leipzig wins a corner.
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37 mins: Bellingham turns out to be the only Madrid player who can turn things around at the moment. Madrid are running out of ideas, oddly enough.
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34 mins: Madrid need another half-chance as Vini Jr puts too much spice in his pass in the final third.
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30 mins: Valverde tries to make things go well for Madrid but there is no one in the box. Madrid are not very fast yet.
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27min: It’s the biggest since Madrid when Vini Jr slaloms some defenders before being blocked.
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24 mins: Leipzig returned disappointed by poor decision-making, as Henrichs’ pass was cut out on the edge of the box.
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20min: Schalger enters the book early and deserves it for a brutal performance by Vini Jr.
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16 mins: Leipzig have chances but, as in the first half, fail to find the target. Openda is the new culprit.
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14 mins: Simons looks to break through the Madrid defense as he runs towards goal, manages to shoot, which flies five meters wide, while Olmo shouts for the ball.
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12min: At the other end, Vini Jr miscontrols the ball and goes offside, but shouts that he has committed a foul. The referee didn’t have it.
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10min: Oh, Sesko, you’re so lucky to have the offside flag raised!
He runs towards the goal and two players ask him for the ball inside the box, but he goes alone. It would have been an open goal for any of the teammates. . . But he’s still offside.
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8min: So far, the game has largely been played in Madrid’s half, but the home defence has done well so far.
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4min: Leipzig sees the ball a lot, Sesko lively.
Also, the terrain seems a bit off-track. Lots of slideping.
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2min: Lively start for Leipzig, who look set to take the game to Madrid as they did in the first leg.
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1min: Let’s go!
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Here are the teams!
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It’s time for Madrid.
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Final preparation.
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A little less than an hour before the start.
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Preparations for tonight’s attack have been overshadowed by Spanish prosecutors who have asked Carlo Ancelotti to spend four years and nine months investigating allegations of tax evasion.
The 64-year-old Italian is accused of using shell companies to hide part of his source of income in his first stint as Los Blancos coach, when he was in charge of the team between 2013 and 2015.
On Wednesday, prosecutors filed their complaint about two tax fraud accounts worth €1,062,079 (£907,573).
Despite pointing to his prestige of tax residency as it was in Madrid for his first term as coach, Ancelotti is accused of failing to claim symbol rights as a source of income worth £330,259 in 2014 and an additional £577,615 in 2015.
Learn here.
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This fan already has a suitable souvenir (to be honest, they might sell it too).
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Real Madrid make a replacement, and he is a reserved replacement for head coach Carlo Ancelotti while defender Nacho starts ahead of striker Rodrygo.
Jude Bellingham is back and expected to play in a more complex position and Brahim Diaz, who scored the goal in the first leg, returns to the bench.
For RB Leipzig there are two changes. Xaver Schlager returns after a suspension and Lois Openda starts in the lead.
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RB Leipzig XI: Gulacsi; Henrichs, Lukeba, Orban, Raum; Dani Olmo, Haidara, Schlager, Xavi Simons; Openda, Sesko
Substitutes: Blaswich, Zingerle, Lenz, Bitshiabu, Elmas, Poulsen, Seiwald, Baumgartner, Jatta, Kampl
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. . . and visitors!
Starting XI for the stage?#RMARBL #UCL pic. twitter. com/rdyOTOkujB
– RB Leipzig English (@RBLeipzig_EN) March 6, 2024
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Real Madrid XI: Lunín; Carvajal, Rúdiger, Nacho, Mendy; Valverde, Tchouameni, Kroos, Camavinga; Bellingham; Vinícius Jr.
Substitutes: Kepa, Fran, Modric, Rodrygo, Joselu, Lucas Vázquez, Ceballos, Fran García, Brahim, Arda Güler
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Here we go!
?✅ Our XI! ? @RBLeipzig#UCL pic. twitter. com/Mv7MTcMFOp
— Real Madrid C. F. (@realmadrid) March 6, 2024
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The bookmakers are betting on Real Madrid tonight.
Real Madrid – 4/9
Draw – 13/5
RB Leipzig – 4/1
(Betfair odds)
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Real Madrid had their chance in the first leg and will continue to take it into account despite Leipzig in 2024, in a different and inconsistent way.
Carlo Ancelotti also has his team in much better shape than he was three weeks ago, so this deserves to be a win not unusual overall.
Real Madrid won 3-0 on aggregate.
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RB Leipzig will have to replace suspended defender Mohamed Simakan, but midfielder Xaver Schlager himself has served a suspension to be available.
Lois Openda receives Christoph Baumgartner’s soft green striker in attack.
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Jude Bellingham missed the first leg and will start in the second but is one yellow card away from suspension, as is Eduardo Camavinga.
David Alaba, Thibaut Courtois and Eder Militao are all long-term absentees, but Real Madrid are in good health.
Nacho is available and has a chance of starting.
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TV Channel: In the UK, the match will be broadcast on TNT Sports 2, with politics kicking off at 19:30 GMT before the 8pm kick-off time.
Live streaming: Subscribers can also watch the contest online through the Discovery app and website.
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Good evening and welcome to Standard’s policy of the Champions League circular of the 16-legged second leg between Real Madrid and RB Leipzig.
Madrid held a 1-0 lead in the first leg thanks to a fine goal from Brahim Diaz, but they didn’t do everything they were looking for in the match, and Leipzig peppered their goal with chances.
The match at the Santiago Bernabéu will be at 20:00. Stay with us!
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