UEFA Champions League

Real Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund, 2024-25 UEFA Champions League, League Phase

· UEFA Champions League
Real Madrid
  • 60': Antonio Rüdiger
  • 62': Vinícius Júnior
  • 83': Lucas Vázquez
  • 86': Vinícius Júnior
  • 90'+3': Vinícius Júnior
FT
5 - 2
Borussia Dortmund
  • 30': Donyell Malen
  • 34': Jamie Gittens
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Vini Jr. nets superb hat trick as Real Madrid crush Dortmund

Real Madrid fought back from two goals down as Vinícius Júnior grabbed a hat trick in a thrilling 5-2 win over visitors Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 4': Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Julian Ryerson.
  • 6': Attempt saved. Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Donyell Malen with a cross.
  • 7': Foul by Marcel Sabitzer (Borussia Dortmund).
  • 7': Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 7': Attempt blocked. Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Vázquez with a cross.
  • 8': Foul by Felix Nmecha (Borussia Dortmund).
  • 8': Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 8': Attempt blocked. Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
  • 8': Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Felix Nmecha.
  • 9': Attempt blocked. Federico Valverde (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Vinícius Júnior.
  • 9': Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Marcel Sabitzer.
  • 10': Attempt blocked. Rodrygo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Federico Valverde.
  • 14': Attempt missed. Jamie Gittens (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Julian Brandt.
  • 14': Attempt missed. Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
  • 15': Foul by Julian Ryerson (Borussia Dortmund).
  • 15': Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 16': Foul by Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid).
  • 16': Ramy Bensebaini (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 27': Felix Nmecha (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 27': Foul by Ferland Mendy (Real Madrid).
  • 30': Goal! Real Madrid 0, Borussia Dortmund 1. Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Serhou Guirassy with a through ball.
  • 31': Foul by Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund).
  • 31': Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 34': Goal! Real Madrid 0, Borussia Dortmund 2. Jamie Gittens (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Donyell Malen.
  • 36': Attempt saved. Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Vinícius Júnior with a through ball.
  • 37': Rodrygo (Real Madrid) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Antonio Rüdiger with a through ball.
  • 37': Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box.
  • 37': Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Gregor Kobel.
  • 39': Attempt saved. Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Donyell Malen.
  • 39': Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Thibaut Courtois.
  • 39': Hand ball by Felix Nmecha (Borussia Dortmund).
  • 40': Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Felix Nmecha.
  • 40': Attempt missed. Rodrygo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lucas Vázquez with a headed pass following a corner.
  • 41': Attempt saved. Jamie Gittens (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nico Schlotterbeck.
  • 41': Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Thibaut Courtois.
  • 43': Foul by Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund).
  • 43': Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 44': Felix Nmecha (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 44': Foul by Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid).
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Ferland Mendy (Real Madrid).
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Real Madrid 0, Borussia Dortmund 2.
  • 45': Second Half begins Real Madrid 0, Borussia Dortmund 2.
  • 46': Attempt missed. Federico Valverde (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jude Bellingham.
  • 47': Attempt missed. Éder Militão (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 48': Foul by Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund).
  • 48': Éder Militão (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 48': Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 48': Foul by Luka Modric (Real Madrid).
  • 49': Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Luka Modric.
  • 50': Felix Nmecha (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 50': Foul by Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid).
  • 52': Foul by Éder Militão (Real Madrid).
  • 52': Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 53': Attempt saved. Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 53': Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Gregor Kobel.
  • 53': Attempt blocked. Federico Valverde (Real Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luka Modric.
  • 53': Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Julian Brandt.
  • 53': Attempt saved. Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luka Modric.
  • 55': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Waldemar Anton replaces Jamie Gittens.
  • 56': Attempt blocked. Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
  • 56': Attempt missed. Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 57': Attempt saved. Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Marcel Sabitzer.
  • 57': Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Thibaut Courtois.
  • 59': Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Waldemar Anton.
  • 59': Attempt blocked. Rodrygo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 60': Attempt blocked. Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Éder Militão.
  • 60': Goal! Real Madrid 1, Borussia Dortmund 2. Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé with a cross following a corner.
  • 62': Goal! Real Madrid 2, Borussia Dortmund 2. Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  • 63': VAR Decision: Goal Real Madrid 2-2 Borussia Dortmund (Vinícius Júnior).
  • 64': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Pascal Groß replaces Donyell Malen.
  • 64': Foul by Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid).
  • 64': Nico Schlotterbeck (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 67': Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Niklas Süle.
  • 68': Foul by Julian Ryerson (Borussia Dortmund).
  • 68': Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 69': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Rodrygo.
  • 71': Substitution, Real Madrid. Eduardo Camavinga replaces Luka Modric.
  • 73': Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Nico Schlotterbeck.
  • 73': Foul by Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid).
  • 73': Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 76': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Emre Can replaces Julian Ryerson.
  • 76': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Maximilian Beier replaces Felix Nmecha.
  • 77': Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 77': Foul by Maximilian Beier (Borussia Dortmund).
  • 77': Foul by Emre Can (Borussia Dortmund).
  • 77': Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 78': Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Waldemar Anton.
  • 80': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Eduardo Camavinga.
  • 81': Attempt missed. Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) header from very close range is too high.
  • 82': Attempt saved. Maximilian Beier (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Julian Brandt.
  • 83': Goal! Real Madrid 3, Borussia Dortmund 2. Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom left corner.
  • 85': Substitution, Real Madrid. Aurélien Tchouaméni replaces Rodrygo.
  • 86': Goal! Real Madrid 4, Borussia Dortmund 2. Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jude Bellingham following a fast break.
  • 86': Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  • 88': Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88': Foul by Maximilian Beier (Borussia Dortmund).
  • 89': Emre Can (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 89': Foul by Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid).
  • 90': Substitution, Real Madrid. Dani Ceballos replaces Kylian Mbappé.
  • 90': Substitution, Real Madrid. Arda Güler replaces Jude Bellingham.
  • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+3': Goal! Real Madrid 5, Borussia Dortmund 2. Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Real Madrid 5, Borussia Dortmund 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Real Madrid 5, Borussia Dortmund 2.

Statistics

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11 Fouls 10
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 0
4 Corner Kicks 11
6 Saves 5
48.5 Possession 51.5
8 SHOTS 26
7 ON GOAL 10
0.9 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
441 Accurate Passes 467
500 Passes 516
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
1 Accurate Crosses 4
7 Crosses 24
0.1 Cross % 0.2
34 Long Balls 33
20 Accurate Long Balls 19
0.6 Long Balls % 0.6
0 Blocked Shots 8
13 Effective Tackles 4
23 Tackles 7
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
9 Interceptions 8
26 Effective Clearances 8
26 Clearances 8

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Santiago Bernabéu
Location: Madrid, Spain
Attendance: 74,642

UEFA Champions League Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Liverpool 8 +12 21
2 Barcelona 8 +15 19
3 Arsenal 8 +13 19
4 Internazionale 8 +10 19
Full Standings

Line-Ups

RMA Real Madrid (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Thibaut Courtois (GK)
22 Antonio Rüdiger
3 Éder Militão
23 Ferland Mendy
17 Lucas Vázquez
8 Federico Valverde
10 Luka Modric
5 Jude Bellingham
9 Kylian Mbappé
7 Vinícius Júnior
11 Rodrygo
Real Madrid Substitutes:
Fran González, Endrick, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Arda Güler, Fran García, Jesús Vallejo, Eduardo Camavinga, Andriy Lunin, Dani Ceballos.

DOR Borussia Dortmund (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Gregor Kobel (GK)
4 Nico Schlotterbeck
25 Niklas Süle
5 Ramy Bensebaini
26 Julian Ryerson
10 Julian Brandt
8 Felix Nmecha
20 Marcel Sabitzer
9 Serhou Guirassy
43 Jamie Gittens
21 Donyell Malen
Borussia Dortmund Substitutes:
Pascal Groß, Ayman Azhil, Cole Campbell, Almugera Kabar, Marcel Lotka, Alexander Meyer, Filippo Mané, Maximilian Beier, Emre Can, Waldemar Anton, Kjell-Arik Wätjen.

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