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Real Madrid — Inter: 2:1, UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League
Real Madrid W30 Aug · Home Malaga · 4:0L4 Sep · Away Real Betis · 0:1W8 Sep · Home Inter · 2:1W12 Sep · Home Rayo Vallecano · 4:1W15 Sep · Away Elche · 3:2L20 Sep · Away Atlético Madrid · 1:2
2:1
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Inter W22 Aug · Home Monza · 4:1W30 Aug · Away Cagliari · 1:0W5 Sep · Home Napoli · 3:2L8 Sep · Away Real Madrid · 1:2W14 Sep · Home Udinese · 5:3D19 Sep · Away AS Roma · 2:2
Venue: Santiago Bernabéu City: Madrid

In the UEFA Champions League game on 8 September 2026, Real Madrid beat Inter 2:1. Match numbers: shots on target 8:7, corners 4:11.

Match report

Real Madrid beat Inter 2:1 in the first League Stage match of the Champions League on Monday evening. The hosts took an early lead through Kylian Mbappé in the fourteenth minute before Federico Valverde doubled their advantage shortly after. Inter's Carlos Augusto pulled one back late on, but the visitors could not find an equaliser.

By then Real Madrid had already established control of the tempo. Mbappé's opener came from a swift transition, and Valverde's strike in the twenty-third minute gave the home side confidence. Inter tried to respond with width but struggled to cut through the defence. To be fair, the visitors kept possession and moved the ball, but the final pass often lacked precision.

Substitutions began around the hour mark as Inter brought on Nicolò Barella, Hakan Çalhanoğlu and Marcus Thuram. Real Madrid responded with Trent Alexander-Arnold and Brahim Díaz in the seventy-ninth minute. Carlos Augusto came on himself before being replaced in the eighty-third. The game opened up as both sides sought a winner.

Real Madrid created more clear-cut opportunities despite having less of the ball. They registered 2.91 expected goals compared with Inter's 1.78, and eight shots on target against seven. The visitors dominated possession at 64 per cent and completed 584 passes, but their shot accuracy of 33 per cent told the story. Big chances created also reflected the difference — eight for Madrid, four for Inter.

The result gives Real Madrid three points from their first match. Inter remain on zero points after one game. Both sides have played once, so the table tells us little beyond that. What matters now is the momentum each team carries forward.

Prepared from match data

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Key numbers

Possession, % 36 – 64
Shots on target 8 – 7
Shots off target 5 – 9
Expected goals 2.91 – 1.78

Match events

  1. 14' 1:0 Real Madrid Goal Kylian Mbappé assist: Brahim Díaz
  2. 23' 2:0 Real Madrid Goal Federico Valverde
  3. 39' 2:0 Inter Yellow card Hakan Çalhanoğlu
  4. 45' 2:0 Inter Substitution Benjamin Pavard off: John Stones
  5. 60' 2:0 Inter Substitution Nicolò Barella off: Petar Sučić
  6. 60' 2:0 Inter Substitution Hakan Çalhanoğlu off: Piotr Zieliński
  7. 60' 2:0 Inter Substitution Marcus Thuram off: Ange-Yoan Bonny
  8. 77' 2:1 Inter Goal Carlos Augusto assist: Lautaro Martínez
  9. 79' 2:1 Real Madrid Substitution Trent Alexander-Arnold off: Aurelien Tchouameni
  10. 79' 2:1 Real Madrid Substitution Brahim Díaz off: Yan Diomande
  11. 79' 2:1 Real Madrid Yellow card Dean Huijsen
  12. 79' 2:1 Inter Yellow card Lautaro Martínez
  13. 83' 2:1 Inter Substitution Carlos Augusto off: Henrikh Mkhitaryan
  14. 87' 2:1 Real Madrid Substitution Vinícius off: Álvaro Fernández Carreras
  15. 90+3' 2:1 Real Madrid Substitution Kylian Mbappé off: Carlos Espí
  16. 90+4' 2:1 Inter Yellow card Yann Bisseck

Statistics

36 Possession, % 64
8 Shots on target 7
5 Shots off target 9
2.91 Expected goals 1.78
8 Big chances 4
4 Corners 11
12 Fouls 10
10 Free kicks 11
2 Offsides 4
1 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
10 Goal kicks 5
15 Throw-ins 16
All statistics
8/1747% Aerial duels 9/1753%
46 Backward passes 85
3 Blocked shots 5
33 Clearances 16
2/922% Crosses 10/3033%
5/863% Dribbles 9/1182%
1.58 Expected assists 2.24
47 Failed passes 37
7 Goalkeeper saves 6
6 Interceptions 7
8 Key passes 17
10/3826% Long passes 23/3174%
69 Passes into the final third 246
184 Passes in the opposition half 422
177 Passes in own half 229
0.50 Shot accuracy 0.33
2 Shots from outside the box 6
14 Shots inside the box 15
9/1464% Tackles 9/1090%
352 Total passes 621

Line-ups

Real Madrid

Starting XI
# Player number
1 Thibaut Nicolas Marc Courtois 1
4 Dean Donny Huijsen 4
16 Ibrahima Konaté 16
17 Marc Cucurella Saseta 17
24 Denzel Justus Morris Dumfries 24
5 Jude Victor William Bellingham 5
8 Federico Santiago Valverde Dipetta 8
12 Trent John Alexander-Arnold 12
7 Vinícius José Paixão de Oliveira Júnior 7
10 Kylian Mbappé Lottin 10
21 Brahim Abdelkader Díaz 21
Substitutes
# Player number
13 Andriy Lunin 13
26 Sergio Mestre 26
18 Álvaro Fernández Carreras 18
22 Antonio Rüdiger 22
33 M. Rivas 33
14 Aurélien Tchouaméni 14
27 Thiago Pitarca 27
29 Jorge Cestero 29
9 Endrick 9
19 K. Espee 19
25 I. Diomande 25
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Inter

Starting XI
# Player number
1 Josep Martínez Riera 1
28 B. Pavard 28
31 Yann Aurel Ludger Bisseck 31
95 A. Bastoni 95
17 A. Diouf 17
20 Hakan Çalhanoğlu 20
21 Curtis Jones 21
23 N. Barella 23
30 Carlos Augusto 30
9 Marcus Thuram 9
10 Lautaro Javier Martínez 10
Substitutes
# Player number
12 Raffaele Di Gennaro 12
49 Ivan Provedel 49
6 John Stones 6
25 Manuel Akanji 25
5 Aleksandar Stanković 5
7 Piotr Sebastian Zieliński 7
8 Petar Sučić 8
22 H. Mkhitaryan 22
11 Luis Henrique Tomaz de Lima 11
14 A. Bonny 14
94 F. Esposito 94
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