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Commentary
LACAZETTE nutmegged BUENDIA but blasted the ball into the arms of the Independiente 'keeper.
A shot from MEZA was smothered by the 'keeper.
22¹ARMANI did well to hold onto a powerful strike from CHRISTENSEN.
26¹The 'keeper dived to his left to save an accurate drive from Independiente's MEZA.
26¹A tame strike from BUENDIA bounced agonisingly wide.
30¹SALVIO beat FABIÁN and drilled the ball to MEZA who dragged his effort wide.
31¹FABIÁN worked the ball to GABRIEL JESUS, LACAZETTE gathered his cross and headed the ball within easy reach of the Independiente 'keeper.
33¹GOAL!! A curling outswinging corner was nodded in at the near post by DI MARÍA. (1-0 Real Madrid)
37¹MEZA rasped the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
42¹MADDISON drilled a left foot shot over the bar from twenty yards out.
A penalty box scramble resulted in MEZA cracking the ball wide.
ALEIX cautioned by the referee.
DI MARÍA kicked the ball wide from just outside the area.
A cross from MEZA left ALEIX in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
A pin-point pass fell to GABRIEL JESUS and his right foot shot floated narrowly over.
10²DI MARÍA booked.
10²BUENDIA ran onto a great ball from MEZA but hit his shot wide.
17²The motionless Independiente 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from PAREDES fell just wide.
27²An exceptional strike from DI MARÍA was dealt with by a good block from the 'keeper.
29²MEZA's shot beat the Real Madrid 'keeper but rebounded off the Real Madrid upright.
31²PEZZELLA scuffed an easy chance.
41²A lovely pass from SALVIO was tapped goalbound by BASSEY only for the 'keeper to block.

 
Real Madrid
 
League position: 8
Home league form: WXW-
Overall league form: LWXWXLWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Gerónimo RULLI1Franco ARMANI(c)
Juan FOYTH2Gabriel MERCADO
Ben CHILWELL3Calvin BASSEY
FABIÁN Ruiz4Leandro PAREDES
Éric GARCÍA5Germán PEZZELLA
Andreas CHRISTENSEN6Alan FRANCO
BRAHIM Abdelkader7Emiliano BUENDIA
(c)Ángel DI MARÍA8Maximiliano MEZA
(p)Alexandre LACAZETTE9Giovanni SIMEONE(p)
(f)James MADDISON10ALEIX García(f)
GABRIEL Fernando JESUS11Eduardo SALVIO
Manager
Iñaki WILLIAMS  12  Roberto PEREYRA
Odysseas VLACHODIMOS  13  Leandro BREY
RICHARLISON de Andrade  14  Rodrigo GARRO
Noussair MAZRAOUI  15  Franco CERVI
Emil FORSBERG  16  Alan SOÑORA
 
Independiente
 
League position: 11
Away league form: LLLX
Overall league form: LWLWLWOX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Real Madrid 1 Independiente 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 55,637, Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu, Referee: James McCluskey 5½)

di María 33¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
  
  
di María 10²Aleix 1²
25
95
24
75
77
1412
65
57%43%
Man of the match: Leandro Paredes