Real Madrid vs Dortmund LIVE SCORE: RMA 0-0 BVB, UEFA Champions League Updates

Mbappe gets the ball along the right after consecutive corner kicks. He tries to set up a teammate on the far post but Sule heads the ball out of danger.

Real Madrid tries to attack with a free-kick, taken by Modric. Sule tries to clear it but the ball falls for Mbappe, whose shot on the volley goes out for a corner after a deflection.

Vazquez, Mbappe and Rodrygo try to find the breakthrough around the right side of the box but Dortmund manages to clear the ball out of danger.

Real Madrid is enjoying fair bit of possession early on in the match but Nmecha stelas the ball and Brandt gets the ball into the final third, crosses to Malen, who then sets up Guirassy.

The forward keeps the ball on target but Courtois makes a regulation save. First shot of the game on target.

Vinicius junior gets a through ball along the left and makes a run into the final third, tries to beat his marker and ultimately, gets a corner. The corner is too high for Bellingham.

Nmecha tries to build an attack but Courtois makes a timely run to get to the ball before any opponent, putting that attack to bed.

The match begins with Real Madrid in its signature white shirts and Dortmund, also in its recognisable black-and-yellow. The visitors start the match, playing from right to left while Los Blancos start from the other end.

Pleasantries exchanged in the technical area. The players shake hands and take their positions on the field. A repeat fixture if the previous UCL final, a guaranteed high-voltage clash. 

The players queue up in the tunnel as the Real Madrid anthem harmonises with the home fans at the Spanish capital. The players are ready, so are the fans.

It’s the best in Spain against German football royalty in the latest round of games in the Champions League.

A rematch of last season’s final between Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund is the headliner on Tuesday, before Barcelona hosts Bayern Munich on Wednesday in the next chapter of what has been a fairly one-sided rivalry in Europe’s top club competition. 

All four teams have been European champions inside the last 30 years and they’ve made mixed starts to this season’s revamped format.

Dortmund has won both of their opening matches — 3-0 at Club Brugge and 7-1 at home to Celtic — to be the early leader and top scorer of the league stage, which sees all 36 teams play eight matches: four at home and four away.

Just like last season when reaching the Champions League final against the odds before losing to Madrid, Dortmund has been far more impressive in Europe than in the Bundesliga. Indeed, after thrashing Celtic, Dortmund lost at Union Berlin four days later. 

Madrid, meanwhile, is coming off a surprising 1-0 loss at Lille, the defending champions’ first defeat in the competition since the semifinals in the 2022-23 season.

(From AP)