Overview
- Kylian Mbappé opened his Champions League campaign at the Santiago Bernabéu with a goal that took him to 71 UCL strikes, a total Opta says places him level with Raúl among the competition's top scorers.
- Ethan Mbappé created Lille's opener with a cross in the 12th minute but was later sent off after VAR reviewed footage of him elbowing Betis defender Natan during Lille's 3-2 defeat on Tuesday.
- Opta recorded Ethan as the youngest player representing a French club to be dismissed in the Champions League and noted it was his first career red card and Lille's first straight red in the competition.
- Ethan posted an apology on his Instagram Story accepting responsibility for the incident, while Archivo VAR's technical review showed the elbow after a verbal exchange and Real Betis' official X account posted a mocking message.
- Both matches were opening fixtures of the group stage, a night that boosted Real Madrid's start and left Lille with an immediate disciplinary issue to manage and a tougher task in their group run.