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Jude Bellingham scored his first objective of the season to provide Actual Madrid all three factors after a closely-fought 1-0 victory over Juventus within the Champions League.
Bellingham struck shortly earlier than the hour-mark on the Bernabeu to open his account for the marketing campaign and keep Los Blancos’ 100% file within the competitors this season.
Nevertheless it was on no account an easy affair within the Spanish capital, with Juventus, who’re but to win in Europe this time period, squandering a number of good probabilities to grab a degree.
It was, nevertheless, the hosts who emerged victorious on this assembly between two footballing giants.
How the motion unfolded
Thibaut Courtois was making his three hundredth look for Los Blancos in all competitions, with Iker Casillas (725), Paco Buyo (456) and Miguel Ángel (346) the one Actual keepers to have performed extra video games.
Nevertheless, neither the towering Belgian nor his counterpart within the Juventus objective, Michele Di Gregorio, have been overly examined in a primary 45 that noticed the Serie A facet start brightly however fade, and the hosts fail to capitalise on their rising dominance.
Nevertheless, moments after the restart, and really a lot in opposition to the run of play, Juventus had a possibility to take a shock lead.
Dusan Vlahovic received the higher of Militao when racing for the ball and the Serbian unleashed a shot that required a significant cease from Courtois along with his leg.
Bellingham breaks the impasse
The possibility appeared to snap Madrid again into life, with Xabi Alonso’s males upping the tempo in quest of a breakthrough.
And positive sufficient, they discovered such a gap on 58 minutes courtesy of Bellingham.
The England man reacted quickest after Vincius Junior’s left-foot shot got here again off the publish and equipped the best of finishes to smash the ball dwelling from shut vary.
Madrid have been purring. Federico Valverde flashed a fierce volley off beam earlier than Di Gregorio produced an high quality double-stop to first deny Kylian Mbappe and thenBrahim Diaz.
Late on, Lois Openda discovered himself utterly free within the Madrid field with time to line up a shot. Nevertheless, the Juventus man’s effort was blocked splendidly by Raul Asencio.
The guests had a flurry of corners deep into stoppage time, however it proved too little too late and Actual held on to take care of their good begin within the Champions League.
