well hello to everyone and welcome as you join us for the second of these group stage games
competition only a couple of match days old but there have been
already plenty of talking points much for us to scrutinize over the course of a fortnight or so
winners on day one no doubt now looking to cement their place in the latter stages as quickly as
possible
and we have in front of us this gloriously imposing
arena absolutely picture perfect for a game of this nature
so having one on opening day it's eyes forward on the missions that remain well peter there's a very
good chance they can play on after what was a good start and even if they have a wobble along the way
i think this team has a structure and a philosophy that's solidly in place
and i think they can rely on that so my advice would be
keep aiming high why not up for some swagger in parts at least i think they're capable of it
there's the whistle and here we go
jim which player is best equipped for this game yeah casemiro he gives them some real defensive
steel in the middle of the park peter what he's particularly good at is nipping opposition attacks
in the bud and preventing them from getting any real momentum going he's also a bit of a shooting
threat from long range too so opposing defenses will have to be aware of that and very much so
yeah i'd have picked him to no doubt the fans feel much the same way shapes to shoot
that was venomous
chill well looks to thread it through tried to play it through uh was too timid to make
it through the defense it'll be noted and improved upon i'm sure
pulisic
has
and it's a goal
ah a goal of real quality he made it look ridiculously easy well most of those go high
and wide because of their difficulty he made it look like he does it every
day
i doubt very much that this was in the script
just to point out peter that the fullbacks are quite high and what do they try to achieve
well it's obviously a move to push um the opposition wide men back and and
give them more to think about back into the middle ischool
it has got through to him
hardly anything between the sides and it's one nil pulisic to get it away
isco
real madrid disappointing in the end there they lack urgency
well it did look promising to start with but in the end they
were thwarted before they could even make it into the final third
sergio ramos
across the field it goes
and helps available out wide he's got away that looks a good ball knocks it away
looking for a decent ball in just brushed off the ball there he's played him through chance to shoot
and he's cut it out
sergio ramos and it's isco
crunching tackle
pulisic
there's the whistle for half time so there you have it a close sport half of football
but rather still had its moments but ultimately produced just one goal a more than decent game
please the fans i think they'll be looking to keep this intensity up now in the second half
leading a cagey game here it's had its moments and it's one nil at the break levantovsky
shoots
oh it was such a clever pass that plummets the defense and it could well be revisited this
he could have been in just needed a better final ball uh that was just poor decision
making and a weak execution tony kroos isco he's gone for goal a great save
real class isco simply didn't do anything wrong he was thwarted by brilliance and the balls come out
levantovsky is effectively being marked out of the game here yeah his instinct and the timing
of his runs have proven fruitful but they have to give him a harder time like that
and here's azar he gets past his man aimed him towards the center oh that is asking for trouble
well this is exactly the approach they have to take now peter
hope is just about the sum of it isn't it jim spot on peter
it's come loose
isco raphael baran ford it goes good challenge he just stood firm pulisic
and the through ball is intercepted
rafael varan tony kroos your impression so far jim well while the temptation's always
there peter i think it would be ill-advised of them to try settle for what they've got
oh real danger here
it's anyone's fault
real madrid are definitely not going down without a scrap
their attitude just come just a keeper to beat he's had a goal oh and that should have been two
pulisic really did let them off the hook they could have wrapped it all up
so now we're going to get those changes we have been expecting well you have to feel
a little for the player been taken off here i think he's been made the scapegoat after that
but i guess something had to be done i suppose it did need a little change hoists it forward
kante looks to clip it forward
clear it away yeah it's safe to say that they just need to manage this to secure the wind now
just a few and they've been caught out here
tony cross sergio ramos plays it
needed to be better than that and he knows it keeper sends it forward
and there goes the final whistle terrific contest it really might have tipped either
way the margins were tiny just a goal in it but that was enough your final thoughts jim