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Real Madrid opens Champions League campaign against Serie A champion Inter

Jose Mourinho begins his European campaign with Real Madrid against Inter, according to Al Jazeera.

The short version

  • Jose Mourinho is starting his second managerial stint at Real Madrid with a Champions League match against Inter at the Santiago Bernabeu.[Al Jazeera]
  • Real Madrid approaches the match after a 1-0 defeat to Real Betis, while Inter comes off a 3-2 comeback win against Napoli.[Al Jazeera]
  • Real Madrid will play without Eduardo Camavinga, Arda Guler, and Bernardo Silva due to suspensions, while Inter is missing Federico Dimarco.[Al Jazeera]
  • Statistical models from Opta favor Real Madrid with a 56 percent win probability against 22.3 percent for Inter.[Al Jazeera]

Key facts

  • Jose Mourinho is beginning his second term at Real Madrid as the club faces Inter at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday.[Al Jazeera]
  • Real Madrid suffered a 1-0 defeat to Real Betis following a missed stoppage-time penalty by Kylian Mbappe.[Al Jazeera]
  • Inter secured a 3-2 victory over Napoli after overcoming a two-goal deficit with a 91st-minute goal by Lautaro Martinez.[Al Jazeera]
  • Eduardo Camavinga, Arda Guler, and Bernardo Silva will miss the fixture for Real Madrid because of carried-over suspensions.[Al Jazeera]
  • The Opta supercomputer assigns Real Madrid a 56 percent probability of winning, compared to 22.3 percent for Inter.[Al Jazeera]

What remains uncertain

  • Whether Inter player Djed Spence will be fit to participate while recovering from an undisclosed injury remains unconfirmed.[Al Jazeera]

Sources

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