People often talk about Friday the 13th as a black and lucky day, but for Real Madrid fans, a new concept, a new milestone of black and lucky is Wednesday, October 2.
The Royal team surprisingly lost on the pitch to LOSC Lille, and this can be shared by Atletico Madrid - the team lost 0-4 at Benfica, and Bayern Munich - the team lost 0-1 at Aston Villa.
In the early morning of October 3 (Vietnam time), Real Madrid visited France in the second match of the league stage of the 2024-2025 Champions League. Of course, when Lille is placed next to a name like Los Blancos, people understand how big the gap is.
But the Champions League has always known how to create shocks. The French team beat the 15-time European champions 1-0 and had their 8th win in their last 9 home matches in the European Cup.
Real Madrid had a good start to their title defence with a 3-1 win over Stuttgart and were expected to win their second consecutive match. But it seems that coach Carlo Ancelotti has somewhat misjudged his opponents.
Although Kylian Mbappe has recovered quickly, the Italian coach did not put him in the starting lineup. He also did not use Rodrygo Goes - Real Madrid's talent in many Champions League matches, but arranged Endrick to start with Vinnicius Junior in a 4-4-2 formation.
In midfield, Eduardo Camavinga made his first appearance this season after recovering from injury, playing alongside Aurelien Tchouameni. The defense was strong enough with Dani Carvajal, Antonio Rudiger, Eder Militao, Ferland Mendy defending Andriy Lunin.
Maybe Ancelotti is subjective, or his players may fall and have a bad day.
In terms of statistics, Real Madrid were still better, starting with Vinicius being blocked by goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier in the 5th minute. But the home team was not too inferior, when Jonathan David even made Lunin have to save twice in a row.
Next, Benjamin Andre's bad pass made it difficult for Lunin, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out.
Los Blancos' luck ended there, because Edon Zhegrova's free kick hit Camavinga's hand in the penalty area. David took responsibility from the penalty spot and scored the opening goal in the 45+3 minute.
Even after the break, while the "White Vultures" wanted to create crazy pressure, the opposite was still a clear opportunity for the home team, when they almost doubled the advantage with Zhegrova's comeback shot just a few cm from the post.
With less than an hour of play, Ancelotti had to bring both Luka Modric and Mbappe onto the field. But until the 85th minute, the white team did not even have a shot on target in the second half.
In the final period, new opportunities came continuously, but even though Rudiger, Bellingham or Vinicius headed from close range, all were not difficult enough to beat goalkeeper Chevalier.
The score of 1-0 was kept unchanged until the end of the match, Real Madrid broke their unbeaten streak in the Champions League at the 22-match mark. In the next round, Real Madrid will play at home, against Dortmund at 02:00 on October 23.
In the 2023-2024 season, Jude Bellingham scored 6 goals in the first 6 matches of the season. In the 2024-2025 season, he has not scored any goals after 6 matches.
