Real Madrid overcame Olympique Marseille in their Champions League opener, and after the match, Fede Valverde had this to say: “We had a great game. It happened to us the other day; sometimes a sending-off can knock you off your stride. We didn’t play the second half as we wanted to, but we did much better in the first. We’ve started with a win, which is the most important thing.”

“The opposition made it difficult for us to maintain our level of play throughout the 90 minutes. It's also our fault for getting complacent when things are going well and thinking we've already won the match, when that's not the case. We need to keep improving in that area and continue to improve our attitude. We need to maintain it for much longer than we did today so that we can enjoy the matches more and play with greater composure.”

Carvajal’s sending-off
“I'm not going to comment on that because we're still in the heat of the moment and we could say anything. We need to think calmly, watch the replays and then reflect. I don't like to talk about referees, I focus on my team. We need to keep improving. The goals that went in were very well taken.”

Mbappé, 50 goals
“It's great to see him continuing to score and feeling comfortable. Our job is to get the ball to him a bit more. To give him more options than he's currently getting. We have to focus on doing better as midfielders so that he has more chances than he's getting now.”