Ramos pulls one back for Madrid in the 55th min, while Dennis celebrates his brace.
After suffering a 3-0 loss to PSG in their first Group A match, Real Madrid knew it would be walking the razor edge if it lost to visiting Club Brugge, who led 2-1 at half time. Defending Ballon D’or winner, Luka Modric had given the ball straight away to the Belgian side striker Dennis who broke away through the middle to score the second in the 39th min. Dennis had opened scoring for the visitors in the 9th min.
Shocked at Bernabeu, Madrid was forced to change keeper Courtois at the start of the beginning of the second half, for Areola. Marcelo replaced Nacho and the changes paid off in the 55th min, when a combination of Karim Benzema and Sergio Ramos yielded a goal, first contested by VAR, believing that scorer Ramos, unmarked, was caught off-side. Then in the 85th min, Casemiro with a Kroos assist made it two. With the win, Madrid secures a point to remain at the bottom table while, Brugge, which drew their opening game with Galatasaray, are second with 2 points.
The who teams have been sizing up each other in all their previous meetings:
Real Madrid and Bruges last met in the European Cup in 1976-77, with the Belgian side progressing 2-0 on aggregate
They played out a 0-0 draw at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in October 1976 in the European Cup – their only previous meeting in Madrid.
Real have won all three of their Champions League home matches against Belgian opposition by an aggregate score of 14-2.
Atalanta vs S/ Donetsk 1-1, through Zapata for the home side and Junior Moraes for the visitors. Atalanta missed a penalty in the 16th min. The visitors scored the winning goal in the 90+5 min, through Solomon.
