Bellingham Makes It 2-0

Rodrygo Opens the Scoring for Real Madrid

Obliged to win, even with a big score, and to rely on results from up to five matches, the current European champion, Real Madrid, visits Brest in search of an impossible outcome that will allow them to finish in the top eight of the league phase of the new Champions League format, in order to avoid a qualifying round before the Round of 16.

Three defeats—against Lille, Milan, and Liverpool—mark Real Madrid's first experience in the new Champions League. Victimized by their irregular start to the season, their final reaction with victories away at Atalanta banished ghosts, and the thrashing of Salzburg left them with a slim chance of securing direct access to the round of 16.