Bayer Leverkusen 3 - Real Madrid 0

Bayer: Butt; Schneider, Juan, Roque Junior, Placente; Freier (Bierofka 83'), Ramelow, Krzynowek; Ponte (Balitsch 80'); França (Babic 69'), Berbatov. 4-4-2.
Madrid: Casillas; Salgado, Samuel, Pavón, Roberto Carlos; Beckham, Iván Helguera; Figo (Celades 58'), Raúl, Zidane (Morientes 46'); Ronaldo (Solari 58'). 4-2-3-1.

Goals:
1-0. 39. Krzynowek. Long shot which hit the post and went in off back of Casillas.
2-0. 50. França. Took short pass from Krzynowek and bent shot past keeper.
3-0. 55. Berbatov. Tap in after Samuel touched França cross over Casillas.

Bayer Leverkusen got their revenge for their defeat in the 2002 final of the Champions' League, beating Real Madrid 3-0 in their opening match. The German side set out their stall early when Casillas had to save from a Freier header with less than a minute on the clock, and four minutes later Berbatov hit the post with the keeper beaten. Ronaldo crashed a shot against the bar on the half hour mark after Salgado put him through, but before the break Bayer were in front when Krzynowek's long shot came off the post and bounced in off the back of Casillas.

The visitors lost Zidane to a shoulder injury just before half time, but even with Morientes, Raúl and Ronaldo on the park they were unable to score. And within ten minutes of the restart Augenthaler's side had wrapped things up, França bending a shot past Casillas for the second goal and setting up the third himself, Samuel trying to cut out his cross but only succeeding in lifting it over the keeper to Berbatov, who had the easiest of tasks to turn it in to the empty net.

An angry Camacho took off Ronaldo and Figo, but still there was no place for Michael Owen. But Madrid's only scoring opportunity came when Raúl was brought down by Roque Junior in the area late on, referee Graham Poll turning down appeals for a penalty. It would not have made much of a difference though, and the Spaniards left the field a few minutes later with their heads hanging low. With disappointing performances in their opening league matches (despite two narrow wins) and Roma to come in two weeks' time, Camacho has some work to do.