The Real Madrid team renewed its hopes of qualifying for the price of the European Champions League final, after beating its Italian host Inter in the fourth round of Group Two of the group stage of the continental competition, which also witnessed the victory of Borussia Mönchengladbach, Germany, with a 4-0 victory over Shakhtar Donetsk.
Mönchengladbach continued to lead the group with 8 points, one point ahead of his closest followers, Real Madrid, while Shakhtar ranked third with 4 points, and Inter sank two points behind.
Royal challenged the absence of Benzema and Ramos and defeated Inter (Getty Images)
Real challenged the absence of its stars, French striker Karim Benzema and veteran defender Sergio Ramos, due to injury, to achieve his first victory in its history over Inter in Italian stadiums in European competitions.
The goals of the "Royal", the Belgian Eden Hazard (7 from a penalty kick), and the Moroccan Achraf Hakimi, the Inter player, scored by mistake in his team's goal (59).
The suffering of "Nerazzurri" doubled after he was forced to play with 10 players after his Chilean star Arturo Vidal was sent off in the 33rd minute.
This victory comes, as Real Madrid repeat their superiority over Inter, after they had previously defeated the Italian team 3-2 in the last round of the group in the Spanish capital Madrid.
Moenchengladbach tops Group B with 8 points (Reuters)
And at the "Borussia Park" stadium, Borussia Moenchengladbach won its second successive 4-0 victory over Shakhtar Donetsk with a 4-0 goal scored by Lars Stindel (17 from a penalty kick), Niko Ilvedi (34) and Brielle Imbolo in the first minute of the calculated time instead of lost for the first half. And Oscar Vendt (77).
In Group D, Atlanta increased its chances of reaching the final of the European Champions League, after beating Liverpool with two unanswered goals, which saw Ajax Amsterdam win 3-1 against Maitland of Denmark.
Atalanta raised its score to 7 points in third place, on goal difference behind second-placed Ajax with the same score, as they meet at the latter's stadium in the next round of the group stage.
Despite the loss, Liverpool are still top of Group D (Reuters)
On the other hand, Liverpool stuck at 9 points, but remained at the top of the standings, two points behind Ajax and Atlanta.
And the goals of Atalanta Josep Ilysic (60) and Robin Gossens (64) scored.
In the second match, Ajax goals were scored by Ryan Grafenberg (47), Nasir Mazrui (49) and Brazilian David Neres (66).
Before Uier Maple scored the goal to reduce the difference for the Danish team (80).
With this result, the Danish team bid farewell to continental competitions for the current season, as it ranks fourth last without a score of points, 7 points behind third-placed Atlanta and second-placed Ajax, and thus will not even be able to qualify for the knockout competitions in the European League.
Bayern Munich won the full worker (Reuters)
In turn, Bayern Munich decided to qualify for the price of the Champions League final after defeating Austrian Red Bull Salzburg 3-1 in the fourth round of Group A matches, which also witnessed Atletico Madrid's draw with their guest Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia negatively.
At the "Allianz Arena", the Bavarian team scored a hat-trick of Polish star Robert Lewandowski (35), Maximilian Woper of Red Bull Salzburg by mistake in his team's goal (53), and Leroy Sane (68), before Red Bull Salzburg responded with a goal scored by Mirjem Brescia (73).
Bayern Munich, the defending champion, raised its score to 12 points at the top of the group, deciding to qualify for the round of 16, while Red Bull Salzburg stuck at one point in the last fourth place.
As for Atletico Madrid, it fell into a goalless draw at home against Lokomotiv Moscow, raising its score to 5 points in second place, compared to 3 points for Lokomotiv Moscow in third place.