00:00It is that special time of the year where everyone starts as equals.
00:12Far back in the distance, memories of last season, positions and points tallies on the last day.
00:18That's all now irrelevant.
00:20It is all about the ultimate prize that lies a long way ahead.
00:24That buoyant feeling is here.
00:25New start, fresh hope.
00:28Get the season off to a flyer.
00:29The fans are believing.
00:39It is a venue, this, which simply adds to the spectacle of the game it stages.
00:44One of the most impressive arenas in this part of the world.
00:59So everybody starts on nothing.
01:13Last season is in the past.
01:15We are all equals.
01:16Yes, Peter, and I believe that year on year the game is going from strength to strength.
01:22It's impossible for that not to happen because of the increasing wealth.
01:27That attracts the best talent and management and, of course, greater expectation.
01:31The boundaries have to continue being stretched and to the limit.
01:35Supporters have an insatiable appetite to want more excitement and entertainment.
01:40So, let the show begin.
01:43You're just joining us.
01:45We are already on the way.
01:50It's a throw in.
01:51That's just very well played.
02:04He can't hurt you with his back to goal and he didn't go for the backheel.
02:09So, new season and for so many, Jim, of course, that means new boss.
02:18It does indeed.
02:18No question.
02:19That's been a big talking point.
02:20Yeah, absolutely.
02:21The new man's certainly excited to talk about his vision ahead of the game.
02:27Messi.
02:28Yeah, that does look a foul.
02:30Messi's given a free kick.
02:31He gets the ticking off and needs to be very careful now.
02:44Well, he knew what he was taking on there, Peter, and special delivery from the ref.
03:01Tries to get it forward quickly.
03:12Felipe Anderson.
03:13That's inches away from being a really good ball.
03:16And it's played forward.
03:32He's made sure that that won't get through.
03:35Well, Kalyan plays it forward quickly.
03:41And no, that is pretty much the end of that.
03:46And it's Jorginho.
03:49Lobs it in gently.
03:58Pings it out wide.
04:08So, a third of the match or thereabouts gone.
04:11And we still await the first goal.
04:16And that's been leave it clear.
04:19A real chance to break.
04:22Dink's one in.
04:23And it's got through.
04:24Felipe Anderson.
04:36Cristiano Ronaldo.
04:41Cristiano Ronaldo.
04:44Firmly met.
04:46He's gone for it.
04:50Well, he should have done better.
04:51And he knows it.
04:53Oh, it's a very good effort.
04:54There wasn't much wrong with that at all.
04:56We're talking fine margins now.
04:58There wasn't much of it.
05:14There was no form.
05:16We can't do it.
05:17We can't do it.
05:18We can't do it.
05:19We can't do it.
05:20Cristiano Ronaldo.
05:22Stanislas
05:25Driving on now
05:29What can they conjure from here
05:30And he's going long
05:33And it's the goalkeeper's to claim
05:47And it's hoisted clear
05:49And it's Messi
05:59Florenzi is charging up
06:03On the overlap
06:03Oh he's in
06:15Messi
06:18He's come loose
06:21Whistle's gone
06:23That's a foul
06:23And the potential here
06:43For the first goal of the game
06:44He's had a crack
06:46That's a half decent try
06:50And more than decent attempt Peter
06:52He's looked long this time
07:00And helps available out wide
07:02Well it's a crossing feast here
07:10But I'd advise them to keep a variety in their play
07:13To avoid being found out and stopped
07:16Nobody's going to argue with that
07:18And here's Messi
07:24And it's Cristiano Ronaldo
07:26And it's Cristiano Ronaldo
07:26Benzema is fouled
07:29And the referee has shown him a yellow car
07:35The player is protesting furiously
07:38But there's little or no sympathy from the ref
07:40Yeah well they were exposed
07:42And vulnerable
07:43And he knew he had to do something
07:45To prevent a goal there
07:46This is a great chance to take a lead
07:51Messi
07:53With a real chance here
07:54Messi
07:55Sanchez is dead
08:12And a shot
08:13Oh just lacked a decent finish
08:17Quick thinking and quick control Peter
08:20That creates a little more working space
08:22Oh no that's not the ball he wanted
08:35Benzema
08:38It's Benzema
08:41Well I'm not quite sure he needed to hold up play
08:47Quite as much as he did then
08:48A couple of his teammates were
08:50Very annoyed
08:51Shot at goal
08:57Benzema
09:01Could move up a gear here
09:03Oh real danger here
09:06Messi
09:08A really good feat
09:10A chance to play it in
09:12Has a pop
09:13Oh what a wonderful stop
09:17Well as Tesco Peter
09:18The keeper has just received
09:20An A plus grade
09:21It's a clearance but not much of one
09:37Messi
09:43And he's looking at the referee
09:47But the referee is shaking his head
09:49Oh that looks a foul
09:51Yep referee's given it
09:52There's a long ball
09:56Oh well defended
09:58That had to be done
09:59And the half time whistle goes
10:03Both sides have drawn blanks
10:06And have toiled at times
10:07But it's not been a bad game
10:09By any means
10:10So you've used on the first half
10:13Well 0-0 is a little surprising
10:16And while initially
10:18They must have felt that
10:19They'd score from the many chances
10:21We saw
10:22They might now be thinking
10:24That this could
10:25He's had a go
10:26And that's
10:29Off target
10:30It was more possible than probable
10:32And the outcome backed it up
10:34Peter
10:34Now it's Cristiano Ronaldo
10:44Stanislas
10:47Forward it goes
10:49Strong challenge
10:52But well within the laws
10:53Trying to locate someone up front
11:02Florenti
11:04The referee's awarded a free kick
11:14And it's Florenti
11:20Sanchez
11:28Demonstrating fabulous determination
11:30He just will not be beaten
11:32Cristiano Ronaldo
11:44And here's Benzema
11:46Mr. A's
11:48Oh that is asking
11:49He's gone for it
11:50Away from immediate danger
11:53Stanislas
12:03Stanislas
12:07Hurtling down that right flank
12:09Jorginho
12:13Well it did look promising
12:16To start with
12:16But in the end
12:17They were thwarted
12:18Before they could even
12:19Make it into the final third
12:20He's on his way
12:23Battles to win it back
12:28And that's
12:30Surely a foul
12:30Free kick
12:31Stanislas
12:38It is a fantastic goal
12:42A finish of
12:44True class
12:45And he's produced
12:48A beauty
12:49Westham
12:59Hit themselves
13:00Into the lead
13:01The perfect display
13:03And the old saying
13:04Comes to mind
13:04When the going gets tough
13:06Etc
13:06That's what has to be done
13:10Now
13:10No question about it
13:11There's not too much
13:13Subtlety
13:14Or sophistication
13:15About this
13:15It really is a question
13:17Of needs must
13:18Spot on
13:19Peter
13:19Sanchez
13:31And the counter
13:35Is on
13:35Gets the better
13:37Of his man
13:38Neuer
13:41Claims it
13:42Well played
13:46He saw that coming
13:47Now it's
13:48Cristiano Ronaldo
13:49Now it's
13:50Benzema
13:51And Caglia gets it away
14:11Plays it out to the flank
14:14Who's full
14:16Who's going to get there
14:17And it's
14:22Azza
14:23And here's
14:27Messi
14:27And he's there
14:31To cut it out
14:32Looking to break out
14:40Here
14:41Tries to get it forward
14:45Quickly
14:45Face to face
14:47With the keeper
14:47Oh
14:48That's an home goal
14:49Oh
14:54It's an unusual turn
14:55Of events
14:55And it was an honest
14:57Attempt to help out
14:58And I suppose
14:59It can happen
14:59To anyone
15:00There's going to be
15:02Another change
15:03Here
15:03Fortuitous
15:08As it may have been
15:09They all count
15:10One
15:11Greenish
15:17Greenish
15:18Clips one through
15:19And that's been
15:39One straight back
15:40Lovely feet
15:45That's
15:51That's
15:51Benzema
15:57That's a
15:59Miss time tackle
16:00And it is
16:00A penalty
16:01So a
16:03Big
16:03Big chance
16:04Now
16:04From 12 yards
16:05Dealing with the
16:13Pressure
16:14Time for a cool head
16:35And that is
16:36Precisely what he showed
16:37Well the keeper
16:38Probably felt he could
16:39Need that
16:40But he's guessed
16:40Completely wrongly
16:41He's going to the other side
16:42We have caught ourselves a game here
16:52Well they've given themselves a chance here
16:54But now it's a case of getting the balance right between attack and defence and that's not easy
17:12And that's sprayed out wide
17:15There's a real appetite from them to finally put this game to bed
17:20But will they
17:21Zabaleta
17:28Zabaleta plays it forward
17:30This is good ball retention
17:33And it should be enough from here
17:35But they want to double their advantage
17:37Florenti drives it forward
17:43Keep calm
17:45And carry on
17:46That's the job in a nutshell now
17:48Well that's where he wants it
17:54Done very well to intervene
17:56And it's Sanchez
17:59He's through
18:01And a header
18:04And in it goes
18:07And there's the goal they've been looking for
18:12Great header
18:14Made it look easy
18:16Yeah I just thought he wanted that more than anyone else on the pitch
18:19And it was fully deserved
18:20He gave it everything he had
18:21Two up and very little time left
18:31Surely this is it
18:33Yeah looks very much like the final nail in the coffin for me I have to say
18:37It's an untidy challenge
18:41Free kick given
18:42Zabaleta
18:53Ogbonna
18:55Gets it upfield
18:58Well positioned to make that interception
19:01Grealish
19:04Benzema
19:05Benzema has a goal
19:07Oh fine stop from the keeper
19:11Well you can't ask for much more than that
19:14A difficult moment he simply had to deal with
19:16And that has been cleared
19:25And it's greenish
19:28Information that there will be four minutes stoppage time
19:32Cherish
19:35Plays it out to the wing
19:36Stanislas
19:39Hoist it forward
19:41Ball's gone out of play
19:44Keeper has beaten it away
19:52Out towards the flank
19:55He's been bundled over
19:58That is a foul
19:59And no surprise
20:03That's a booking
20:04The players are making their point
20:07But the ref clearly isn't interested
20:08He's waved them all away
20:10Up to meet it
20:15And with that
20:17The final whistle
20:19They have slumped to defeat
20:20It goes
20:22No Lopez
20:23To pitch
20:23So
20:24Unexpected
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