Olympiakos vs. Real Madrid, 2025 Champions League
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Real Madrid enters its Champions League trip to Greece with one unsettling storyline hanging over the build-up: Thibaut Courtois is not playing against Olympiacos, and the timing could not be worse for a side still searching for rhythm after a difficult run.
Matchday 5 of the UEFA Champions League is now complete and one team sits alone in first place, as Arsenal's 3-1 win over Bayern Munich left them as the only team to claim five wins out of five in the competition.
Xabi Alonso faces a defensive crisis in Athens, fielding a largely untested Real Madrid lineup without Thibaut Courtois and several starters.
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