Spanish La Liga side, Real Madrid, came from the back twice to clinch a slim 3-2 victory over Greek Super League side, AEK Athens, in the League Phase match of the Uefa Champions League 2026/27 on Wednesday 4 November, 2026 at OPAP Arena, Nea Filadelfeia, Greece.
The hard-fought win means Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid have successfully maintained their 100% kick off to this season’s Champions League.
The Los Blancos were behind with fifteen (15) minutes remaining, but, French forward, Kylian Mbappe, found the leveller, and, Federico Valverde sealed the win for Real Madrid with the third.
In the 12th minute, Aboubakary Koita netted for AEK Athens as the Greek side took the lead over their opponents, who are 15-time Champions of Europe. The Mauritania national team winger drove in a strong finish to stun their visitors.
Twenty (20) minutes later, Jude Bellingham converted Marc Cucurella’s assist to restore parity; the former Borussia Dortmund midfielder finely back-heeled the ball to find the net.
But, AEK Athens kept fighting and finally reclaimed their lead in the 72nd minute through Stavros Pilios. The goal looked decisive as the home side were on course to defeating the Spanish giants on home turf.
The visitors were stunned after falling behind once again, but, they remained undeterred and found the leveller in the 78th minute through Mbappe with an assist from Dutch right-back Denzel Dumfries.
And in the 2nd minute of additional time, Brahimi Diaz provided for Valverde, who netted the winner for Real Madrid to complete the Spanish side’s comeback win.
Koita, goalscorer for AEK Athens, was sent off in the 5th minute of additional time.
