Evening all and welcome to Madrid's second consecutive defence of their Champions League title. Can they cement their place amongst the greats with a third win in a row?

So, thanks for your company, and see you again soon. Night-night.

So, easy as you like for Madrid who are still very good. It'll take a good side to beat them.

Full-time: Real Madrid 3-0 Apoel

Kroos breaks through midfield and slides a ball out to Ronaldo who bears down into the box and slides into the middle for Mayoral to tap home ... but had strayed offside. Presumably he heard the whistle, as that was most out of character.

There shall be three added minutes.

Farias slides in and gets a bit of the top of the ball, but a bit of the bottom of Marcelo, and is booked. I'm not sure that was necessary.

We've been winding down for 20 minutes; we still are.

Modric lifts in another cross, this time to the back post, where Casemiro turns up for reasons unclear. He nods back, but can't quite find Ronaldo.

*Snigger*. Modric slides a cross over to Ronaldo and he slips home, but he was offside by a yard or so. And completely unnecessarily.

Pote replaces De Camargo.

Mayoral is on for Bale.

By all accounts, Spurs-Dortmund is a belter. Wembley must be struggling how to process such an oddity.

Madrid haven't exactly declared, but they're not busting arses.

Sevilla have equalised at Anfield. That Liverpool defence is rubbish.

Aloneftis runs down the left and moves inside, bundling through Nacho and forcing the ball into the swing of De Camargo. But with Ramos in tight, he can only send the ball wide of the near post.

Carvajal crosses from the right and Ronaldo gets to it, but only impart sufficient glance to take the ball across the face of goal.

I wonder where and when Ceballos will get to play. Those in front of him are just so very, very good.

And a change for Apoel: Zahid replaces Ebecilio

Change for Madrid: Ceballos replaces Isco, which should be fun.