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They won the Champions League two seasons ago and he scored in the final!

Real Madrid peppered in the shots but very few of them were actually that good.

Sporting never had a shot on target, although they came closest when a header came off the underside of the bar and bounced on the line.

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Real Madrid slip up on the first day - the only ones of the 'big three' not to win.

Not a great start for Rafael Benitez's reign.

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Cristiano Ronaldo drives the free-kick into the wall. And the rebound is wide too, although Real want a corner they're not getting.

Real Madrid on the attack and Marcelo goes down. Free-kick in a dangerous position...

Nacho Cases goes down injured and is in no rush to get up. Several Real Madrid players, including Gareth Bale, not too happy with this.

Of course Real players would never do that.

We're into the last minute. Sporting's fans are making plenty of noise. Can their heroes hang on?

Cristiano Ronaldo heads another effort over for Real Madrid. Frustration is the name of the game here.

Three minutes to go. Real need a goal or else they'll have lost ground on Barcelona and Atletico Madrid already.

Both sides make a change. Real Madrid make a switch at right-back, Dani Carvajal coming on for Danilo.

Rachid Ait-Atmane replaces Carlos Carmona in midfield for Sporting.

It's taken 84 minutes for Real Madrid to have a shot that really tests the keeper. Cristiano Ronaldo lines up a powerful shot from just outside the box which Ivan Cuellar tips over. 

The corner ends up with Luka Modric outside the box but he fires wide.

For all of my criticism for Real Madrid here, Sporting Gijon have defended fantastically. This is their first La Liga game in four seasons.

Cristiano Ronaldo forces a save from an angle and Marcelo heads the rebound well over.

But yet again their shot was straight at Ivan Cuellar.

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Sporting bring on Alex Menendez for Jony.

Real Madrid right-back Danilo plays a ball across to Cristiano Ronaldo, who somehow fails to turn it in at the far post. Perhaps luckily for him, he was offside anyway.