Austrian David Alaba, Real Madrid’s defender, apologized for the team’s fall into the trap of defeat for the first time this season, losing 3-2 at the hands of Leipzig, Germany, in the Champions League
Alaba said his team “lacked intensity from the start of the match” but did not want to justify the loss
He explained, “We lacked intensity from the beginning, Leipzig is a team that has a lot of intensity, and it is quick in transfers from defense to attack, it made us fall backwards
Commenting on the absence of players of the size of French Karim Benzema from the match, he stressed, “Of course we suffered because we lacked important players, they have a global sale, but despite that we have the quality to compensate them, as we have shown in the past, we had to play the match better
Leipzig came close to ensuring its qualification to the round of 16 of the tournament, accompanied by Real Madrid, after raising its score with this victory to nine points, one point behind Real, to compete for the top of the group in the last round, while Shakhtar is third with six points, then Celtic in fourth place with two points
