At 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on September 18th, the 1st round of the Champions League ushered in a key duel, Real Madrid hosted the Bernabeu Stadium to face Stuttgart. In this game, Real Madrid with Mbappe's flash breakthrough, Rüdiger's two header breakthrough and Ndrick's world wave in the stoppage time, finally beat Stuttgart with a score of 3-1, and harvested the opening red of the new season of the Champions League.
In the first half, Real Madrid's goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was the center of attention as he made a number of brilliant saves to keep the goal intact. In the 34th minute, there was a controversial scene on the field, Rüdiger fell to the ground when he was scrambling with Stuttgart's Mittelstadt in the penalty area, and the referee awarded a penalty kick at the first time. However, after VAR intervention and the referee watching the replay himself, the penalty was canceled and Real Madrid escaped.
At the changeover, Real Madrid quickly got into the game. In the 46th minute, Joan Armeni sent a sublime long pass straight through the Stuttgart defense. Rodrigo received the ball on the right side and drove into the penalty area, and unselfishly passed the ball to Mbappe who followed up in the center. Mbappe easily parried the ball into the empty net to open the scoring for Real Madrid.
However, Stuttgart did not give up. In the 68th minute, they took advantage of a corner kick to equalize with a header by Wondorf. But Real Madrid soon took the lead again. In the 83rd minute, Modric kicked a corner kick and Rüdiger jumped up high in the penalty area to score a header, helping Real Madrid to take the lead again 2-1.
The game went into extra time and Real Madrid didn't give Stuttgart any chance to fight back. In the 90th+5th minute, Ndelic started at the back and then broke into the penalty area with the ball and hit a super world wave straight into the corner of the net, sealing the win for Real Madrid. In the end, Real Madrid beat Stuttgart 3-1 to open the new Champions League season.
