Kairat Almaty made his first appearance in the Champions League after a difficult qualifying journey, defeating Olimpija Ljubljana, KuPS, Slovan Bratislava and defeating Celtic on penalties.
However, the hardship quickly came when they lost 1-4 to Sporting Lisbon in the opening match, the honorary goal belonged to Edmilson. However, the 3-1 victory over Zhenis immediately helped Rafael Urazbakhtin and his team regain their spirit before the trip to Bernabeu.
The match against Real Madrid was also the second time in the history of the Champions League that the Kazakhstan representative faced a Spanish team, after the Astana - Atletico group stage in 2015-2016. Kairat expects to recreate the resilience that helped them keep a clean sheet in all 4 home matches in the qualifying round.
Meanwhile, Real Madrid under Xabi Alonso started the exciting season with a series of 7 consecutive wins, including a 2-1 victory over Marseille in the Champions League. Los Blancos continued to maintain their form with 2 wins in La Liga before being stopped by Atletico Madrid.
Although Mbappe and Arda Guler scored to give Real a 2-1 lead, they still lost 2-5 at Metropolitano, thereby losing the starting position to Barcelona, the team that just narrowly beat Real Sociedad.
Alonso and his students will now find a way to turn their derby defeat into motivation when they head into the match against Kairat. History is in Real's favor, with 24 wins in the last 30 matches in the Champions League/European Cup C1 (3 draws, 3 losses).
However, one problem Real need to improve is their away form in the continental arena. They have won 3 and lost 4 of their 7 trips in the 2024-2025 season.
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