Argentine Nicolás Paz scored his first goal with the Real Madrid shirt, in the Champions League
The panorama of the European competition in the absence of a date for the group stage
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Argentine Nicolás Paz celebrates his goal, congratulated by Antonio Rudiger and Jude Bellingham; His first goal at Real Madrid helped defeat Napoli in the Champions League.
The fifth round of the Champions League is completed. To the eight games on Tuesday, the eight on Wednesday were added and some teams made their way to the round of 16. In addition, a great team was on the verge of elimination, two areas will face very uncertain outcomes and a young Argentine scored his first goal with the Real Madrid shirt: Nicolás Paz.
Group C is almost defined. Real Madrid came first by defeating Napoli 4-2 at the Santiago Bernabéu. The third Merengue goal was scored by Nico Paz, 19 years old, born in Tenerife but naturalized Argentine. Nicolás, son of Pablo (former defender of Banfield and the Argentine national team) and attacking midfielder, starred in his fourth game for the white team. And his first goal with the Real shirt was important, for the Champions League and to break a 2-2 against a tough opponent, the Italian champion, at 39 minutes into the second half.
“It was in automatic mode. “He didn’t even know what he was doing,” said Paz, with the freshness of his adolescence. Beyond that, another Argentine was the protagonist, but on the other side: Giovanni Simeone opened the scoring for Napoli. Despite the fall, the Italian team remаins second and the equality between Sporting Braga and Union Berlin favored it: the light blue team needs to add a unit against the Portuguese to access the next round.
Argentine Nico Paz’s goal for Real Madrid
The panorama in the absence of a date
On the other hand, after several clubs obtained their qualifications for the playoffs already on the previous date, the majority of those who will be in the next instance have now been defined. Manchester City and Leipzig left no surprises in group G. The last champion secured first place with this Tuesday’s victory against the Germans that had a defining goal from Julián Álvarez.
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Atlético de Madrid and Lazio also have their ticket secured, and on the last date they will define hand in hand in the Spanish capital which will take first place in zone E. Real Sociedad and Inter find themselves in the same situation. The Spanish team and the Italian team will be in the round of 16, but on Tuesday the 12th they will meet in Milan and it will be known which will win the group. This Wednesday, the Nerazzurri, with Lautaro Martínez among the substitutes, tied at 3 in a vibrant match during their visit to Benfica. João Mario scored the home team’s three goals, but his rival woke up and equalized. Nicolás Otamendi and Ángel Di María were starters for the Águilas team. On the other hand, Real Sociedad tied in Anoeta with Salzburg and leads zone D by goal difference.