Real Madrid 1-0 Union Berlin: Late Jude Bellingham winner beats Champions League debutants

Jude Bellingham scored an injury-time tap-in as Real Madrid left it late to beat Champions League debutants Union Berlin on the Santiago Bernabeu.

Federico Valverde’s 94th-minute strike deflected into the trail of the England midfield who tapped into an empty internet.

Union, of their first Champion League match, had been unable to reply with only one minute remaining.

Real Madrid had been deserved winners, having twice hit the put up within the second half, though Union regarded set for a fairytale draw on the residence of the file 14-time winners.

The hosts, semi-finalists in final season’s competitors, began brightly as Joselu headed Bellingham’s teasing cross over the bar.

But Carlo Ancelotti’s facet did not kick on within the first interval, though they themselves had been not often threatened by the guests.

In the second half, Real had been a group remodeled as Lucas Vazquez crossed for Rodrygo who struck the skin of the put up within the 51st minute with an acrobatic effort.

Nine minutes later, Union keeper Frederik Ronnow tipped Joselu’s header on to the woodwork.

Ronnow additionally made a sequence of wonderful saves to maintain out Rodrygo and Luka Modric, whereas Joselu poked a late volley narrowly vast.

But, within the last minute of damage time, Union Berlin did not cope with a brief nook and Valverde’s hopeful shot ricocheted into the trail of Bellingham, who rolled the ball in from six yards out.

Union, who 5 years in the past had been taking part in within the second tier of German soccer, will hope to bounce again after they host Sporting Braga of their subsequent Champions League Group C match in 13 days’ time.

Real Madrid journey to face Napoli on the identical day.

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