UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, September 8, 2026
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Real Madrid WWWWL 2
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Santiago Bernabéu · 74,858 att. · Paramount+

Match Report

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Real Madrid hold off Inter to win Champions League opener

Kylian Mbappé struck his fifth goal of the season to set Real Madrid on course for a nervy 2-1 win over Inter Milan in their Champions League opener.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
11
Corner Kicks
4
6
Saves
7
64.4
Possession
35.6
21
SHOTS
16
7
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
584
Accurate Passes
306
621
Passes
352
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
10
Accurate Crosses
2
30
Crosses
9
0.3
Cross %
0.2
31
Long Balls
38
23
Accurate Long Balls
10
0.7
Long Balls %
0.3
5
Blocked Shots
3
9
Effective Tackles
9
11
Tackles
14
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
7
Interceptions
6
16
Effective Clearances
33
16
Clearances
33

Highlights

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Head to Head

RMA leads series 5-0

Lineups

RMA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 4Dean HuijsenCD-L
  3. 16Ibrahima KonatéCD-R
  4. 17Marc CucurellaLB
  5. 24Denzel DumfriesRB
  6. 5Jude BellinghamAM
  7. 8Federico ValverdeLM
  8. 12Trent Alexander-ArnoldRM
  9. 10Kylian MbappéF
  10. 7Vinícius JúniorAM-L
  11. 21Brahim DíazAM-R

INT · 3-5-2

  1. 1Josep MartínezG
  2. 31Yann BisseckCD
  3. 95Alessandro BastoniCD-L
  4. 28Benjamin PavardCD-R
  5. 21Curtis JonesCM-L
  6. 23Nicolò BarellaCM-R
  7. 20Hakan ÇalhanogluAM
  8. 30Carlos AugustoLM
  9. 17Andy DioufRM
  10. 9Marcus ThuramCF-L
  11. 10Lautaro MartínezCF-R

Timeline

  1. 14' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Inter Milan 0. Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Brahim Díaz.
  2. 23' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Inter Milan 0. Federico Valverde (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  3. 32' Delay in match because of an injury Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid).
  4. 32'
  5. 34' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  6. 34'
  7. 39' Hakan Çalhanoglu (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 45' Substitution, Inter Milan. John Stones replaces Benjamin Pavard.
  9. 60' Substitution, Inter Milan. Petar Sucic replaces Nicolò Barella.
  10. 60' Substitution, Inter Milan. Piotr Zielinski replaces Hakan Çalhanoglu.
  11. 60' Substitution, Inter Milan. Ange-Yoan Bonny replaces Marcus Thuram.
  12. 72' Delay in match because of an injury Yann Bisseck (Inter Milan).
  13. 72'
  14. 73' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  15. 73'
  16. 77' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Inter Milan 1. Carlos Augusto (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lautaro Martínez.
  17. 79' Substitution, Real Madrid. Aurélien Tchouaméni replaces Trent Alexander-Arnold.
  18. 79' Substitution, Real Madrid. Yan Diomande replaces Brahim Díaz.
  19. 79' Dean Huijsen (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  20. 79' Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  21. 83' Substitution, Inter Milan. Henrikh Mkhitaryan replaces Carlos Augusto.
  22. 87' Substitution, Real Madrid. Álvaro Carreras replaces Vinícius Júnior.
  23. 90'+3' Substitution, Real Madrid. Carlos Espí replaces Kylian Mbappé.
  24. 90'+4' Yann Bisseck (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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