Real Madrid recovered from conceding an early goal to beat promoted Almeria 2-1 to get the defence of their La Liga title up and running on Sunday.
Carlo Ancelotti made five changes to the team that beat Eintracht Frankfurt in Wednesday's Uefa Super Cup final, with debuts for new signings Antonio Rudiger and Aurelien Tchouameni.
Almeria were in no mood to bow down to the Spanish and European champions though and took a sixth-minute lead through striker Largie Ramazani.
Vinicius Jr was involved in his own personal fuel with Fernando Martinez with the Almeria goalkeeper making three crucial stops from close range to deny Real's Brazilian forward.
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