Real Madrid Player Ratings Vs. Juventus: Moment Of Magic Delivers Hard-fought Victory

Real Madrid secured a 1–0 triumph complete Juventus acknowledgment to a victor from Jude Bellingham to stay cleanable successful nan Champions League nether Xabi Alonso.

The Spanish giants person now won 11 of their 12 matches successful 2025–26, putting them apical of La Liga and successful nan Champions League. Real Madrid are 1 of only 5 teams to unafraid 3 victories successful 3 matches connected Europe’s biggest stage.

Alonso’s men were not astatine their champion connected Wednesday evening, but 1 dazzling infinitesimal from Vinícius Júnior successful nan 2nd half was nan only opening Bellingham needed to get his broadside connected nan scoresheet. The extremity was capable to cod each 3 points.

Next up for Real Madrid is El Clásico, wherever nan 15-time European champions will dream to extremity their four-game losing streak to arch rivals Barcelona.

Jude Bellingham (center) delivered 3 points for Real Madrid. / Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images

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GK: Thibaut Courtois—8.0: Delivered a vintage performance. Courtois’s heroics were nan only logic Real Madrid had a chance astatine 3 points.

RB: Federico Valverde—7.6: Needed nan thief of Asencio and Güler to support Kenan Yıldız quiet. Still, a coagulated outing retired of position for Valverde.

CB: Raúl Asencio—7.4: Reproved his worthy to Alonso pinch a gritty showing, though his fittingness will beryllium a interest aft nan Spanaird was forced to travel retired of nan crippled successful nan 88th minute.

CB: Éder Militão—8.0: Lost a fewer ft races to Vlahović, but otherwise, Militão dominated each clip he was called upon.

LB: Álvaro Carreras—8.2: A connection performance. Carreras completed nan astir passes, won nan astir duels and had nan astir tackles successful nan match.

DM: Aurélien Tchouaméni—7.2: Lively successful nan onslaught and ever a threat connected group pieces. Tchouaméni besides did good to capable successful astatine halfway backmost and sphere his side’s lead erstwhile Asencio near nan game.

AM: Jude Bellingham—8.6: Took a infinitesimal to find his bearings playing alongside Güler, but his changeless runs into nan container group him isolated from nan Türkiye international. Bellingham’s relentless unit was rewarded pinch a goal.

AM: Arda Güler—8.6: A awesome capacity that won’t beryllium reflected connected nan scoresheet. Güler was Los Blancos’ astir inventive player, providing Luka Modrić-esque work until he came disconnected nan pitch.

RW: Brahim Díaz—7.4: Boasted an admirable activity rate, but lacked nan productivity needed to utilization specified a disciplined defense. Díaz posed virtually nary threat down nan correct flank.

ST: Kylian Mbappé—8.3: A lackluster capacity by his standards, but nan Frenchman still had moments of brilliance successful nan last third; Mbappé conscionable could not find nan backmost of nan net, ending his goalscoring streak astatine 11 consecutive games.

LW: Vinícius Júnior—7.7: Fell level successful nan first half, but produced 1 dazzling infinitesimal that secured nan victory. The Brazilian’s dribbling is 2nd to none.

Subs not used: Andriy Lunin (GK), Fran González (GK), Ferland Mendy, Thiago Pitarch, Endrick, Rodrygo.

Juventus (3-4-2-1)

Starting XI: Michele Di Gregorio; Federico Gatti, Daniele Rugani, Lloyd Kelly; Pierre Kalulu, Teun Koopmeiners, Khéphren Thuram, Andrea Cambiaso; Weston McKennie, Kenan Yıldız; Dušan Vlahović.

Subs used: Francisco Conceição, Manuel Locatelli, Jonathan David, Loïs Openda, Filip Kostić.

Player of nan Match: Jude Bellingham

Real Madrid 1–0 Juventus—How It Unfolded astatine nan Santiago Bernabéu

Vinícius Júnior created nan victor for Real Madrid. / Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images

Juventus came into nan fixture connected a six-game winless streak, yet it looked for illustration Real Madrid were nan squad struggling for shape erstwhile nan opening whistle sounded. Alonso’s men sewage disconnected to a sluggish commencement astatine nan Santiago Bernabéu, possibly already looking up to this weekend’s El Clásico.

The visitors sent a fewer chances nan measurement of Thibaut Courtois successful nan opening 10 minutes, forcing cardinal saves from nan Belgian to support his side, which struggled to grasp immoderate semblance of possession, successful nan game.

Real Madrid weathered nan storm, though, and soon recovered their footing, forcing nan Old Lady to driblet into a relentless debased block. The Spanish giants created a fewer half-chances from nan 9 corners they won successful nan first half, but nary that genuinely threatened their opponents.

Kylian Mbappé mustered nan champion infinitesimal of a frustrating 45 minutes for Los Blancos erstwhile he collapsed free successful modulation connected nan brink of halftime. The Frenchman had capable clip and abstraction to occurrence a left-footed onslaught nan measurement of Michele Di Gregorio, who made a awesome prevention to support nan guardant disconnected nan scoresheet.

The 2nd half was a much unfastened affair, pinch Juventus eager to onslaught connected nan antagonistic attack. After getting nan amended of Éder Militão, Dušan Vlahović recovered himself done connected extremity successful nan 49th minute. A gaping extremity beckoned, but Courtois made a spectacular prevention pinch his ft to contradict nan Serbian.

A breakthrough for Real Madrid was only ever going to travel from Mbappé aliases Vinícius Júnior, and this time, it was nan second who created different infinitesimal of magic astatine nan Santiago Bernabéu. The Brazil world took connected 3 defenders successful nan container to carve retired capable abstraction to firearm a powerful changeable disconnected nan crossbar.

The shot fell correct to Bellingham, who poked location nan go-ahead goal. The England world has officially opened his relationship successful 2025–26.

Real Madrid tried to find an security extremity successful nan ensuing 33 minutes of nan game, but they were missing nan extremity merchandise successful nan last 3rd to hit Di Gregorio for a 2nd time. In nan end, 1 extremity was capable to cod each 3 points for nan hosts.

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