Real Madrid Hangs on for Victory

ESPN FC

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4.2 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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The FC crew discusses Real Madrid's 1-0 win over Juventus. The guys also talk about Liverpool finally snapping their 4 game losing streak in all competitions with a 5-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt. Lastly, they dive into Chelsea's win over Ajax and Arsenal's current win streak in their last 6 games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.5	Hello, welcome into the latest edition of ESPNFC, K-Murie, Craig Burley and Stevie Nicol here in the studio.
0:40.2	More Champions League action to get you through today, kicking things off with Real Madrid taking on Juventus.
0:46.2	It was a game that would finish 1-0.
0:48.4	Didn't see too much in the first half, certainly in terms of goals.
0:52.4	In the second half, though, there was a big moment, Stevie, when Teboworkot would deny Duce and Vlaavich. Yeah, Vlaevich got through on a, on basically a clearance, it wasn't a pass to him. He outstripped Militelle, but once again, Courtois to the rescue. And then after that, we saw Vinny Jr. dribbling into the box. He take the shot himself but it hit the post and then it came back out Jude Bellingham there for the rebound. One-0 it would finish to Real Madrid. It makes it three straight in the Champions League for the victory. For more on this, let's welcome in Nadeh Manua. It's in the end though it did come down to that one goal. Vinnie and Jude combining Real Madrid with the 1-0 win, Craig. Yeah, and funny enough, the Bellingham goal came at a time when UV, although with less possession, we're starting to be looking at a much more dangerous side. We saw the Vlaits chance. There was a couple of other instances where
1:44.5	Real Madrid were playing this. It wasn't a high line. They had basically squeezed UV just outside
1:50.3	their own penalty area and Stevie mentioned it. It wasn't even a pass. It was more of a clearance
1:55.0	that got Vlaavich in, but he had 70 yards to run. Now, they did that a couple of times, which,
2:00.2	you know, it was a little
2:01.7	concerning from a Real Madrid perspective. So UV were better in the second half. They did create
2:07.2	some more chances. You saw some in the highlights. Real Madrid had their own. I think going
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