The poster for the first evening of the Champions League this season between Real Madrid and Inter Milan kept its promises on Tuesday at the Bernabéu. The Nerazzurri undermined the Merengues from the start and Thibaut Courtois had to save his team three times. Except that the Italian champion then gave two goals to Kylian Mbappé and his teammates!
At the end of the first quarter of an hour of play in the Spanish capital, Yann Bisseck, aligned in the axis of the three-way defense by Christian Chivu, got confused under pressure from Mbappé. Brahim Diaz directly launched his French teammate, who opened the scoring strongly (14th).
Josep Martinez weighs down Inter
Less than ten minutes later, it was Federico Valverde who doubled the lead after a terrible blunder by the goalkeeper, Josep Martinez, promoted to number 1 this summer with the departure of Yann Sommer. After a pass from Benjamin Pavard, the Spanish goalkeeper, just in front of his goal, attempted a hook with the sole under pressure from Valverde. It was blocked and the ball went straight into the back of the net.
Recruited in 2023 at Genoa, Martinez, a player who failed from the Barça training center before going to Las Palmas, will have nightmares about his third C1 match in his career.
