Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos summed up the results of his team's yesterday's match against Shakhtar Donetsk (1:1) in the 4th round of the Champions League group stage.
“The opponent made conclusions after the first game with us. As a result, the second match turned out to be much more difficult for us. Shakhtar played really well, proved that they work well with the ball. We started the second half very unsuccessfully and lost 0:1.
However, as always, Real Madrid fought to the very end. We deserved to level the score, although the game, I repeat, was extremely difficult. Without a doubt, we played flawlessly. Unacceptably often lost the ball, quickly gave it to the opponent. In addition, our combinational actions and one-on-one play were not up to par.
What to do, such matches happen. The main thing is that we managed to get a very important point, ”Kroos was quoted as saying by the official website of Real Madrid.