Frenchman Karim Benzema scored the double in the victory over Shakhtar.
With a Karim Benzema’s decisive double, Real Madrid took another step towards the round of 16 by beating Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 at home, this Wednesday in the 4th day of group D of the Champions League.
The French striker was the undisputed star of the match with the two goals for the white team (minutes 14 and 61). Then he was replaced in ’79, apparently with a small physical problem.
Between their two goals, Shakhtar had provisionally equalized through Brazilian Fernando (39).
In group D, Real Madrid take the lead with 9 points, now ahead of Moldovan Sheriff Tiraspol (2nd, 6 points), who started the day leading and who receives Inter Milan (3rd, 4 points) in the separatist region of Transnistria.
Shakhtar continues at the bottom, with just one point out of a possible twelve.
The Ukrainian team was the perfect victim for Real Madrid to put out the fire that caused the unexpected loss at home to Sheriff Tiraspol on matchday two. On the third date, Carlo Ancelotti’s team had already beaten Shakhtar in Ukraine, in that case by a resounding 5-0.
Benzema had scored the fifth goal in that match at the Kiev Olympics on October 19. In this Champions League he already has 4 goals, still far from the top scorer of the tournament so far, the Polish Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), who has 8 goals.
The French star, with the first of his goals this Wednesday, also made history by scoring the 1,000th goal for Real Madrid in its award-winning history in the top European competition (the current Champions League, formerly the European Cup). (D)
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