Welcome into the latest edition of ESPNFC, I'm Dan Thomas, joined by Craig Burley and

Annie Moreno as we kick things off in the Champions League, the big game today in Italy,

Natalie, taking on at Real Madrid and it's certainly lived up to expectations. Great

title chances of both sides to win, but in the end it was a long-range effort that proved

to be an own goal from Valverde, who'd give Real Madrid all three points and maintain

their perfect start to this Champions League campaign.

A Gamar Cotti is here, but before we get to his views from the Italian side of this

tie, Craig overall, this is fun one, it was a good game, both teams could actually

win it.

You saw with the stats here how even it was, Natalie, I think a little, what's the world

I'm looking for, a little laxadaisical and lacking in the now defensive late times and

in the middle of the part leaving themselves a little bit open for that great bailing

I'm run, the dealer ends of pass, obviously was a poor one from a very experienced international

footballer, but it was pounced upon, it was pounced upon and the difference was that Real

Madrid were clinical and obviously the Valverde strike was a tremendous, tremendous shot,

but once it comes off the bar it could go anywhere, it gets to goalkeeper because it's

a little slicey a lot there, but yeah, super game, I think you saw with Ancelotti's reaction

at the end, he was pretty chuffed with three points, and of course, there's a big story

again and it is what you guess who, Mr. Jude Bellingham, and I'll tell you what's interesting

Ali is obviously because the interest injury to Venetia's junior, we haven't seen those

two link up as much obviously because they haven't been on the pitch together, but when

you see them in full flow, this is going to be some attacking force.

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