"Chiquinho bent into the bottom-left corner to open the scoring after a slick move from Olympiacos, but Mbappe restored parity when he drilled past Konstantinos Tzolakis from Vinicius Junior's throughball. Mbappe had a second when he met Arda Guler's floated right-wing cross with a thumping header at the back post, and completed his hat-trick in the 29th minute with a cool finish from Eduardo Camavinga's defence-splitting pass."
"Vinicius was denied by VAR before the break, with Mbappe ruled to be offside in the build-up, and Aurelien Tchouameni also crashed an effort against the crossbar. Olympiacos struck back six minutes into the second half when Taremi met Santiago Hezze's cross with an emphatic header into the bottom-right corner but Mbappe poked in a fourth just before the hour."
Kylian Mbappé scored four goals, including a first-half hat-trick within seven minutes, as Real Madrid beat Olympiacos 4-3 in the Champions League. Chiquinho opened the scoring in the eighth minute before Mbappé equalised from Vinicius Junior's throughball, headed in a second from Arda Guler's cross, and completed the hat-trick from Eduardo Camavinga's defence-splitting pass. Vinicius had a goal ruled out by VAR for an offside in the build-up and Aurelien Tchouameni struck the crossbar. Mehdi Taremi reduced the deficit early in the second half, Mbappé added a fourth before the hour, and Ayoub El Kaabi's 81st-minute header set up a tense finish that Madrid held to remain fifth in their group. Mbappé's first-half xG was 0.64 with five opening-period shots.
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