Real Madrid fans are not completely satisfied. The Bernabéu public booed his team a little at the start of the second half and some spectators even accompanied the replacement of Vinicius with boos. The Merengues began the Champions League with a difficult victory against Inter Milan (2-1), during the shock of the first evening of the first phase, thanks to goals from Kylian Mbappé and Federico Valverde.
The Nerazzurri gave the Merengues two goals in the first half. A loss of the ball from Curtis Jones and a non-existent clearance from Yann Bisseck allowed Mbappé to rush to goal to open the scoring (14th).
With this 71st goal in the Champions League, the top scorer in the last LDC (15 goals) takes the opportunity to equal Raul, legend of Casa Blanca, in 5th place among the best scorers in the C1 in history. Real’s number 10 is now aiming for 4th place from his former French teammate Karim Benzema, who has 90 goals in this competition which he has won five times.
Inter falls on Thibaut Courtois
Ten minutes later, it was the Inter goalkeeper, the Spaniard Josep Martinez, who gave Federico Valverde the break goal by trying to dribble past his goal (23rd). What a disaster! Upon returning from the locker room, Benjamin Pavard was unfortunately penalized by Christian Chivu by giving up his place to John Stones.
The concern for José Mourinho’s team is that Real almost never showed control in this home game, against an Italian champion who created numerous chances. After coming up against Thibaut Courtois several times (like Marcus Thuram), a cross from Lautaro Martinez taken by Carlos Augusto restarted the match before the last quarter of an hour of play (77th). This was insufficient for Inter, who only forced Courtois to make a final save.
