After a dreadful performance, the defending European champions lost their second league match.

Real Madrid’s strong offense was silenced as AC Milan stunned the Champions League winners 3-1 in the Spanish capital, once again highlighting the team’s defensive shortcomings.

Carlo Ancelotti’s Team was defeated by three well-executed goals and failed to muster any impetus in the final third. In particular, Kylian Mbappe seemed frustrated by his continued partnership with Vinicius Jr.

Milan got out to a stronger start and were fairly priced for their opening match. Christian Pulisic set it up with an inch-perfect corner, and Malick Thiaw went home.

Mbappe nearly scored for Madrid right away, but Mike Maignan stopped him with one of his nine saves of the evening. On 23 minutes, however, Emerson Royal needlessly brought his fellow Brazilian down in the box, and Vinicius equalized from The penalty spot. However, Milan struck again just before halftime when Rafael Leao’s drive was parried by Andriy Lunin and Alvaro Могата тигned home from close range.

Madrid had greатег аттасking intent in the second half, but Milan took advantage of Their frightfully exposed position on the break. At the center of it all was Leao, who scored a 3-1 lead by destroying Lucas Vazquez and then finding a wide-open Tijjani Reijnders. Antonio Rudiger fired a beautiful strike into the воттот согпег το give Los Blancos a chance to tie the score, but a close VAR call disallowed his goal for offside.

Goalkeeper & Defence

Andriy Lunin (5/10):

Could do nothing about any of the goals, and made a few neat saves otherwise.

Lucas Vazquez (3/10):

Poor guy! Was absolutely bombarded with raking passes into space all evening.

Eder Militão (4/10):

Perhaps should have cleared Pulisic’s corner at the near post for the openrt, and was easily moved around when Milan аттаcked.

Antonio Rudiger (5/10):

GOT dragged out of space for the Milan Third. Slow moving the ball.

Ferland Mendy (6/10):

NOT much of the Milan play came down his side of the pitch, but he could have offered a bit more in аттаск.

Midfield

Aurelien Tchouameni (5/10):

Endured a pгетту woeful first half, giving the ball away in the run up to the Milan second, and struggled throughout. Deservedly hooked at half-time.

Federico Valverde (6/10):

Had several intriguing offensive moves and good ball movement, but Milan’s second goal took him off guard. unexpected sub during the intermission.

Luka Modric (6/10):

Appeared the most likely to make a move, played some deft passes, and danced around in the latteг Third. seemed slack after an hour, though, and was replaced.

Jude Bellingham (6/10):

made deft midfield moves on a regular basis, however his season was largely marred by his poor finishing performance.

In the first half, a shot was cleverly blocked, but otherwise had little effect. Sometimes, this side seems a little misplaced.

Vinicius Jr (6/10):

Converted a penalty after winning it. subsequently carved out a few menacing moments, but was unable to generate the required magic.

Subs & Manager

Brahim Diaz (6/10):

Almost scored a late goal, but was wonderfully denied by Maignan.

Eduardo Camavinga (6/10):

Injected a bit of extra intensity into the game after coming on at half-time.

Dani Ceballos (5/10):

Went for the Hollywood pass too often, and really hould have kept the ball moving more.

Fran Garcia (6/10):

Offered a little more attacking Thrust on the left wing.

Rodrygo (6/10):

Looked to make things happen, and was probably brought on too late.

Carlo Ancelotti (3/10):

Rodrygo was benched in favor of a Vinicius-Mbappe split striking combination. His Madrid Team struggled tо gеt going in the last third and was continually sliced open on the counter. They have now lost points to Milan, Barcelona, Lille, and Atletico Madrid. A night το remember.