Footage Emerges Of Real Madrid’s Comically Bad Defending For First Goal In 2-0 Defeat To Shakhtar Donetsk

Real Madrid suffered a horror-show display of defending in Shakhtar Donetsk's opening goal in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Los Blancos are on the verge of a shock exit from Europe's top-tier club competition after a 2-0 defeat to the Ukrainian side.

Brazilian forward Dentinho opened the scoring in the 57th minute as Viktor Kovalenko drilled a low ball into the box and Ferland Mendy failed to clear the ball.

The ball bounced back in the danger area and Madrid's defensive nightmare continued as Raphael Varane left the ball, only for Dentinho to charge into the box and slam the ball past Thibaut Courtois.

Footage has now emerged to show how bad Madrid's defending really was in the build-up to Dentinho's opener at the NSC Olimpiyskiy.

Five Madrid players, including Martin Odegaard and Rodrygo, were clustered together on the pitch and watched on as Shakhtar took the lead.

Manor Solomon slammed home Shakhtar's second goal in the 82nd minute to condemn Los Blancos to defeat in the Champions League.

Zinedine Zidane's men are now third in Group B in the Champions League on seven points.

Madrid are level on points with Shakhtar, with Borussia Monchengladbach leading both sides by one point.

Zidane, who is in his second spell with Madrid as manager, has refused to resign as pressure mounts on his position following his side's defeat to Shakhtar.

The 48-year-old Frenchman said: "I am not going to resign, not at all.

"We are always going to have difficult moments, and we are on a bad run, but we need to keep going.

"I have the strength needed to turn the situation around and I am going to give everything to do that. So are the players.

"We played well and we deserved more. We just need to lift our heads up and think about the next game."

Los Blancos will return to Champions League action on 9th December when they welcome Monchengladbach to the Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano.

Topics: Los Blancos, Football News, UEFA Champions League, Football, UEFA, Champions League, Shakhtar Donetsk, Real Madrid, La Liga

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