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Almost six months had to pass, since that 1-0 against Atlético in LaLiga, for Real Madrid to taste the gall of defeat again.

From that irrelevant May 5 at the Metropolitan, to this disappointing, although rectifiable, stumble in Leipzig.

The power of the European champion, in whose winning inertia no one found a crack, crumbled at the Red Bull Arena.

Worth the thunderous gallop of

, author of the 3-1 assist, to explain the superiority of

's team .

After collecting the ball from the net at 2-0,

raged against the apathy of his defense.

"It can't be that we get two goals from two corner kicks. And that after the 1-0 we defended just as badly in the second. There was a lack of intensity and we can't miss that. We have to give 100% every second We have to wake up", lamented the Belgian goalkeeper, very critical of the tone of his team.

From his position, Courtois was the first to realize Leipzig's superiority, captured through revealing data.

At the break, the locals dominated in the disputes (18-11) against a rival that had only stopped the game with a sad foul.

"Sometimes it happens to us that we go out asleep and without aggressiveness. The coach had told us that they had scored a lot of goals in the last five games. Even so, we went wrong," added Courtois, author of three fabulous interventions when the blizzard was worst.

Quarter of an hour for Hazard

Another fact that was almost as devastating affected

, who would miss a couple of resounding approaches against

, a newcomer to the elite from Heracles Armelo.

alone in attack

.

Of course the absences of

,

and

weighed heavily , but that should not serve as an excuse for

.

The injection of energy, one of the coach's favorite arguments for the second parts, did include

this time .

The Belgian, far from the hostile environment of the Bernabéu, had that final quarter of an hour to at least try.

But not for those.

Carletto

, far from being frustrated by this first setback, was as slow as on the epic nights of last year.

"You can learn more from this defeat than from 10 wins in a row," said the white coach, aware that "sooner or later, a defeat had to come."

"It always hurts, but fortunately less than others, because we have another chance to finish first."

On November 2, the leadership of Group F goes through a victory at the Bernabéu against a Celtic already without Europa League options.

Nkunku's left foot for 2-0 in Leipzig.AFP

The last Real Madrid disappointment on German soil dated back to 2014, in the quarter-final second leg against Borussia Dortmund, the night Ancelotti had to use Casemiro, in the 73rd minute and already 2-0, to avoid disaster.

So the 45,228 spectators who filled the stands enjoyed from the minute of tribute to

, founder of Red Bull who died last Saturday, until

's final whistle .

Leipzig may not be the most passionate city for football in Europe, but the vertigo of this team, taking any risk like six weeks ago at the Bernabéu, can even shake a whole European champion.

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