REAL MADRID starting XI (4-3-1-2): Lunin, Vazquez, Rüdiger, Militao, Mendy (subbed for Fran Garcia), Valverde (subbed for Camavinga), Modric (subbed for Ceballos), Tchouameni (subbed for Diaz), Bellingham (subbed for Rodrygo), Mbappé, Vinicius Junior
Bench: Gonzalez, Mestre, Vallejo, Güler, Endrick
Goals: Vinicius Junior 23’ (Pen)
AC MILAN starting XI (4-2-3-1): Maignan, E. Royal (subbed for Calabria), Thiaw, Tomori, Hernandez, Fofana, Reijnders, Musah (subbed for Pavlovic), Pulisic (subbed for Loftus-Cheek), Leao (subbed for Okafor), Morata (subbed for Abraham)
Bench: Sportiello, Torriani, Terracciano, Camarda, Chukwueze
Goals: Thiaw 12’, Morata 39’, Reijnders 73’
Christian Pulisic sent in a corner for Malick Thiaw to head Milan into a 12th-minute lead, ensuring Madrid trailed in a third straight game in the Champions League this season.
Vinicius Junior equalised from the penalty spot in the 23rd after he’d been tripped, but Alvaro Morata pounced on the rebound after Andriy Lunin saved Rafael Leao’s shot to restore the visitors’ lead against his former club.
Morata had already been given a hostile reception from the home fans, who evidently remember the goal he scored to take Juventus through to the 2015 final at their team’s expense.
Tijjani Reijnders scored Milan’s third goal as the home fans made their frustrations known at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.
AAP
