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Good afternoon and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the Spanish Liga fixture between Celta Vigo and Real Madrid. We'll bring you all the action as it happens at Balaidos. Kick off is at 16:00 GMT.

La Liga / Matchday 1
Estadio Abanca-Balaídos / 17.08.2019
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Marcus Foley

Updated 17/08/2019 at 17:57 GMT+1


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Impressive start to the league season from Real Madrid. They rode their luck at times in the second half, but quality shone through in the end. Marcelo, Benzema and Bale all played well for Real Madrid. Zidane's team already hold a three-point lead over Barcelona.
End of 2nd Half
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FULL TIME: Celta Vigo 1-3 Real Madrid
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Zidane will be irritated that his side haven't been able to keep a clean sheet, but that surely won't bother him too much. This has been a very positive start to the season from Real Madrid.
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GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Celta Vigo 1 (91 mins - Iker Losada) Real Madrid 3. It's a debut goal for Losada! Courtois' positioning was somewhat suspect there. He looked to have the angle covered, but Losada managed to find the far corner of the net with a low strike across goal. Celta Vigo have a consolation goal.
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Four minutes of stoppage time to be played at the end of the match.
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Losada checks in for his Celta Vigo debut and off comes Fernandez.
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Good save! That could have been a fourth goal for Real Madrid. It was Isco who got the shot away on goal, but Blanco denied the playmaker with a diving save to his right side.
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You have to wonder how many opportunities summer signing Jovic will get for Real Madrid this season when Benzema still appears to be so central to their play in the attacking third.
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Another change for the home side, but at this stage they are just going through the motions.
P. Cheikh
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F. Beltran
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Fouls2
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PICTURE: Kroos' strike has been the highlight of this match.
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Jovic comes on for his Real Madrid debut. He will get just under 10 minutes to make an impression.
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This has been an impressive start to the Liga season from Real Madrid. Celta Vigo had their chances, they have a man advantage, but the away side have been clinical. Three goals to the good.
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GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Celta Vigo 0 Real Madrid 3 (80 mins - Lucas Vazquez). And that will surely be the points in the bag for Real Madrid! That was a quality move from the away side. Marcelo played the pass into Benzema, who turned and set up Vazquez and the substitute made no mistake in firing a finish past Blanco! Good goal.
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As already mentioned, Barcelona lost their season opener against Athletic Club last night and Atletico Madrid face Getafe tomorrow evening. The title race could be very interesting.
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Celta Vigo also make a change with Sisto coming on for the final 10 minutes or so. Can he make the difference?
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Zidane makes his second change of the night and this time it's Bale who is withdrawn. Isco on in his place.
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G. Bale
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Real Madrid
Assists1
On target2
Fouls against1
Free Kicks1