Real Madrid faced Villarreal in the Spanish La Liga, a first. For the first time, a Spanish football player did not take part in 11 of the Magenta Whites.
Thibaut Courtois, Eder Militao, Antonio Rüdiger, David Alaba, Ferland Mendy, Aurelien Tchouameni, Toni Kroos, Luka Modric, Federico Valverde, Vinicius Junior and Karim Benzema started their away match against Real Madrid, Villarreal.