He also didn't hesitate to substitute left back Marcelo, who was leaving far too much space behind his back in the Montilivi Stadium.

Meanwhile summer arrival Vinicius Jr was relegated to Real Madrid's B-team, showing the coach is not intimidated by the 18-year-old 45 million euro price tag.

How much this will impress club President Florentino Perez remains to be seen, but so far Lopetegui has shown he is very much his own man.

3, No change at the Wanda

Antoine Griezmann scores from a set piece, Jan Oblak makes a series of fine saves to maintain the lead ...How many times have we read that script with Atletico Madrid in recent years?

Hopes after the European Supercup and their 1-1 draw in Valencia in matchday 1 that Atletico Madrid would use a more expansive style of football this season to better exploit the skill of Thomas Lemar and Gelson Martins look to be unfounded as they slipped back to their traditional defensive style against a newly promoted rival.

It's worked well in the past, but with the players available to them, at times you wish Simeone would change the script and go on the attack.

4, Beware the smartphone

Even though they don't play their game until Monday night, Athletic Club Bilbao players Inaki Williams and Artiz Aduriz have made headlines following incidents during the annual 'Fiestas' in Bilbao.

Williams was filmed having an argument with his girlfriend in the early hours of the morning, while Aduriz was recorded for posterity jumping up and down and singing the club song with a group of fans in an 'animated' state, a day after he was ruled out of action for 3 weeks with a hamstring injury.

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