VIDEO: Three penalties in one half! Real Madrid scored two, Celtic missed two

Real Madrid challenged Celtic in their last Champions League group match and needed to secure first place by the same number of points as Leipzig and Shakhtar. The match was whistled by referee Stéphanie Frappart and she gave three penalty kicks in the first half.

The game started very rough. Real Madrid didn’t want to leave anything to chance and immediately went on the attack. In the fifth minute, referee Stéphanie Frappart pointed to the penalty spot for the first time after Moritz Jenze of Celtic had been sent off.

Today’s captain Luka Modric stepped up to the penalty spot, sent goalkeeper Joe Hart to his left and cleared the ball to the far post.

In the 19th minute, Modric sent a beautiful cross behind the defence to Asensio, who was still preparing the ball in front of an empty net for Vinícius. The latter missed in the slip, but play still continued, Rodryg’s shot hit Matthew O’Riley’s hand, Frappart initially remained unresponsive, but after consulting VAR she ordered a penalty.

This time it was Rodrygo who took the penalty and drew it himself. This time he sent the ball the other way from Modric, Hart also dived the other way, making it a 2-0 lead.

Then Celtic came to their senses. In the 35th minute, Ferland Mendy was not in time and slipped and hit an attacking player in the visitors’ penalty area, Frappart did not hesitate and pointed to the white dot again. The execution was taken by Josip Juranovic, who helped knock out Slavia for Legia Warsaw in the Europa League last season.

However, he was opposed in goal by the world’s best goalkeeper, Thibaut Courtois, and it showed. The Belgian long-man waited and converted Juranovic’s penalty.

Source: UEFA, La Liga