Mbappé Leads Real Madrid to Victory Against Inter Milan

Kylian Mbappé has started the new season like a man in a hurry. Five games, five goals, and now a place alongside one of Real Madrid’s own legends in the Champions League record books.

On a sharp, tense night in Europe, the Frenchman needed just 14 minutes to tilt Real Madrid’s opener against Inter Milan in his team’s favour. One loose touch from Curtis Jones was all the invitation he required. Brahim Díaz pounced on the mistake and slipped the ball into Mbappé’s path.

The finish was ruthless. First time, low, past Josep Martínez before the Inter goalkeeper could even set himself. A flash of movement, a clean strike, and Real were in front.

That goal carried more weight than just the 1-0 lead. It was Mbappé’s 71st in the Champions League, pulling him level with Raúl on the all-time list and into the top five scorers in the competition’s history. Raúl built his legend in this tournament; Mbappé is now striding into that territory wearing the same white shirt.

He is still chasing distant figures. Cristiano Ronaldo sits far ahead at the summit with 140 Champions League goals, amassed across his years at Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus. For now, Mbappé’s job is not to catch ghosts from the past, but to keep Real moving in the present.

The early strike settled Madrid and rattled Inter. The Italian side tried to play out, tried to calm the tempo, but the pressure kept coming. Nine minutes after Mbappé’s opener, it cracked them again.

This time, Martínez was the one punished. The Inter goalkeeper misjudged his touch under pressure and Federico Valverde was on him in a heartbeat, stretching out a boot to poke the ball away and over the line. No elegance, no build-up, just pure opportunism and a 2-0 lead.

From there, Real Madrid leaned on their experience. The 15-time European champions have seen enough Champions League nights to know that control can be as valuable as chaos. They managed the ball, slowed the rhythm when needed, absorbed Inter’s attempts to claw their way back.

Inter, though, refused to disappear. The Italian side pushed harder in the closing stages and finally found a late goal to make it 2-1, turning the final minutes into a test of nerve rather than style. Real bent, but they did not break.

The whistle went with Madrid holding on, three points secured, a familiar storyline already emerging. Mbappé scoring. Real Madrid winning in Europe. And a new season beginning with the sense that one of the game’s great modern forwards is not just chasing records, but ready to rewrite them.