In what was Real Madrid’s 10th fixture against Scottish opposition, Carlo Ancelotti’s side recorded a sixth win by seeing off Celtic with a 5-1 victory on their second visit to the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, following the 3-0 win for Juanito and co. last time the Glaswegians visited in 1980.
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| Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti. Photo: @realmadriden |
Here are three stats that help to underline some of the highlights of the match. ⬇️
4 minutes, 9 seconds: Real Madrid’s quickest ever penalty in a Champions League game
This game got off to a strong start for Real Madrid thanks to two penalties which were duly converted by Luka Modrić and Rodrygo Goes inside the first 20 minutes. The first, on 4 minutes and 9 seconds, was actually the quickest Real Madrid penalty ever to be awarded in the Champions League.
This is beautiful – Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti emerged the manager with the “most wins in the history of Champions League” with “103 victories” ⬇️
🎖 @MrAncelotti is the coach with the most wins in @ChampionsLeague history!
🔝 103 victories! #UCL | #RealMadrid pic.twitter.com/EKPH6TZDpo
— Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) November 2, 2022
6th December 2017: The last time a starting front three not including Karim Benzema all scored for Real Madrid
With Rodrygo Goes, Marco Asensio and Vinícius Júnior all on the scoresheet, Real Madrid’s starting front three all scored. That’s not all too unusual, it happened on the opening day of the season against Celta Vigo too, but what is unusual is that it was an attacking trident which didn’t include Karim Benzema.
Stéphanie Frappart becomes the first female referee for a Real Madrid match
For the first time in 120 years of history, Real Madrid were refereed by a female official. French referee Stéphanie Frappart became the first to take charge of a Real Madrid game in the middle, and did so becoming the first woman to referee at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu in the process too.
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| French female referee Stéphanie Frappart. Photo: Mateo Villalba/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images via managingmadrid.com |
By awarding three penalties in the first half, she did not shy away from the big calls but got them all right. story:managingmadrid.com
