it's very much a temple of football the santiago bernabeu right here on the spanish capital madrid
i'm derek ray joined for commentary by the former arsenal defender lee dixon and this is where it
all starts in the uefa champions league the group stage and match day one my goodness so much to
look forward to it's real madrid against paris yeah it's very important that you're
not playing catch up in the group stages match day one imperative you get off to a good start
and the starting players for real madrid thibault courtois is in goal tony cross
plays with casimiro in the center of the pitch and beginning the game up front today karine benzema
so
introducing the pani sergio man starters
kayla navas is the goalkeeper marquinhos place alongside fresnel kim pembe at the back idrisa
plays alongside marco verratti in the engine room and leading the line today is cristiano
ronaldo it's the opening match day champions league group stage match day one underway
nacho fernandes mandy has it alaba the ball with lucas vasquez
oh that's an interesting pass
well you get the feeling so many in attendance here have come just to see this man killian
and vape well when i look at a player i'm playing against the first thing i look at is how quick is
he and if he is quick if he's got pace i have to play him a certain way that's my first objective
stopping getting the ball so he can use that pace
and unable to keep possession
versi
florenzy
and then fine goalkeeping well he came off his line
knew what the player was going to do great save
idris okay ferrazzi now
padedes and now gay not getting anxious when they have the ball
versi he read the situation defensively and did his job
benzema
and now vasquez
casimiro karim benzema
just
well here's the replay it's a lovely time pass over a static
event and bang it doesn't need a second invitation beautiful strike to finish
well he's delighted isn't he we can see that calm is needed just to consolidate this lead
cool heads the opening goal of the game
then
positive magnificent defending
well as you can see real madrid haven't had too much of the ball
but they won't mind they're winning this game and why because their counter attack is absolutely
fantastic well he'd love to have that header back in fairness he was being closely watched
no lock keeping possession
tony cause
mandy has it benzema
lucas vasquez benzema waiting what the pass he had in mind
he was flirting with trouble but the referee has decided not to hand out a yellow card
and the spot kick is converted as corey as you like
well here we can see it again he's giving the keeper the eyes
sent him completely the wrong way and it makes for a relatively simple finish in the end good penalty
it's going their way two-nil
madrid and the electronic board showing one additional minute
and he was in the right place to intercept
and the first half is in the history books here at the bernabeu
well how often do we say this cristiano ronaldo has struggled to get into the game
not really making much of an impact late well he needs something to change
his impact on the game has been negligible his team down need him to spark into life quickly and
so the second half of this champions league group stage match day one contest commences
marquinhos
what can they do from here
keep coming no stopping them today
well here's the replay and the simplicity of the one-two is there for all to see
and how strong was he here incredible to hold off the defenders and get his shots away lovely goal
well they've been poor all day derek can you sense
there's going to be a rollicking in that dressing room after the game
so on they go again and every indication that real are going to stroll to victory
here
cristiano ronaldo it's with paredes
on and on he goes
superbly read and executed and breaking at pace with menace
mendy
over the touchline for a throw-in
difficult to stop him ferrari oh surely but it can't get through but he made that interception
look routine in truth it wasn't this might be the perfect counter-attacking opportunity
benicious jr and someone get on the end of this
but it looked highly promising but it came to nothing in the end cristiano ronaldo
now what can paddy said your man do from this position and a goal kick given
psg are going to switch things around on the personnel front
casimiro lost the ball
a really effective shielding under pressure
lorenzo
splendor defending and it needed to be
on to herrera maria
modric given away by real madrid
verasie
and five minutes to go offside it is and space for them here on the flank
crossing possibilities cluttered away
and over comes the corner what's an important piece of defending
and he's fired over the corner making sure nothing untoward happened
well he couldn't quite keep it on target just wide
and cleared away and that's it for tonight's full time and an encouraging start for them three
points from the initial fixture league yeah really really strong start that's what you need but with
five games to go very important you stay in the now one game at a time derek bit of a cliche
i think there was always going to be a pretty good chance we would reflect on
killian and baffe and his performance let's do that lee well that was a really really
good performance from the lad and a goal to boot really delighted with that goal i'm sure he is