Real Madrid beat Inter Milan as Mbappe goal sets Mourinho’s men on way

Kylian Mbappe opens the scoring but Real Madrid fail to convince in 2-1 Champions League win against Inter Milan.Published On 8 Sep 20268 Sep 2026Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid secured a narrow 2-1 victory over his former side, Inter Milan, in a high-octane Champions League opener on Tuesday.The record 15-time European champions took a two-goal lead through Kylian Mbappe and Fede Valverde thanks to two Inter errors in the first half.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Aryna Sabalenka beats Linda Noskova to reach US Open semifinalslist 2 of 4Lights, camera, action: Irksome influencers at the US Open are here to staylist 3 of 4‘Life became too hard’: Egypt’s vanishing wrestlers and a sport in crisislist 4 of 4Sabalenka interrupts US Open match against Rakhimova over cannabis smellend of listCarlos Augusto smashed home for Cristian Chivu’s team in the second half but they could not find an equaliser at the Santiago Bernabeu.Madrid coach Mourinho led the Italian side to Champions League glory in 2010 at the same stadium, the last time either they or he managed to lift the trophy, a few days before joining Los Blancos for his first stint at the helm.After two seasons without a ma...