Mourinho and City start successfully in the Champions League, Mbappé brother sees red

José Mourinho made a successful start to the new Champions League season with Real Madrid. Portugal's star coach and the Royals won 2-1 (2-0) against Inter Milan at the start. Manchester City also remained unscathed at the start and deservedly won 2-0 (0-0) at Portuguese champions FC Porto thanks to Erling Haaland. The most spectacular game of the evening was in Lille, where hosts OSC lost 2:3 (2:1) to Betis Sevilla despite leading twice.

Kylian Mbappé (14th minute) and Fede Valverde (23rd) gave Real an early lead after a blatant goalkeeper error. After the break, Inter pushed for the next goal against the Spaniards and scored it through Carlos Augusto (77th). But it wasn't enough for the Italians.

In Porto, City had everything under control for long stretches and Haaland once again provided the goals. First the Norwegian headed a cross into the opponent's goal (47'), then shortly before the end he put his foot into the far corner after a flat cross (90'+1).

Red for Mbappé brother after elbow strike

It was also successful for Betis, where a brace from ex-Dortmunder Marc Bartra (33rd/49th) and a goal from Troy Parrott (53rd) turned the game around for the Spaniards. They also benefited from a sending off against Lille: Ethan Mbappé, younger brother of superstar Kylian Mbappé, was shown the red card (56th) after an attack. He had elbowed his opponent. Ayase Ueda (12th) and Alexsandro (36th) had previously scored for Lille.