Yassine Bounou's stop-time Penalty Save made sure that a spicy Al Hilal Saudi Real Madrid held a 1-1 draw in this group H Opener of the FIFA Club World Cup in the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, ending in the perfect record of Los Blancos).
This was the start of a new era for Real in Miami, where Xabi Alonso made his debut in the Dugout, while Dean Huijsen and Trent Alexander-Arnold made their first outings in the famous whole white strip.
It has also been a summer of change for Al Hilal, with former Inter Milan -Baas Simone Inzaghi taking the lead for the first time.
The Italian is said to have been encouraged by the start of his side, because the shot of Sergej Milinkovic-Savic was tipped on the back by Thibaut Courtois.
Real still had to wake up, and the Saudi Pro League side turned off a golden opportunity when Marcos Leonardo widely shot from Salem Al-Dawsari's cuts.
It seemed that former Atlético Madrid Renan Lodi de Riyadh -Outfit had given the lead with a clinical finish, but Real's blushes were spared by the flag of the linesman.
The Alonso team was in the ropes and they were not lucky to do a goal when Hassan Al-Tambakki widely went from a corner of Ruben Neves.
Real, however, took the lead against the game at the end of a sizzling break when Gonzalo GarcÃa slid a finish along Yassine Bounou by Rodrygo's sublime ball over the box.
But Al-Hilal recovered the parity for the break when Raúl Asencio was punished for the removal of Leonardo, allowing Neves to convert from the place.
That turned out to be the last and destructive act of the Asencio match, with Alonso chosen to bring Arda Guler before the start of the second half.
The Turkish Starlet almost had an immediate impact when he was noticed by Vinicius Junior, who weighed his strike. Vinicius then shoots Garcia with a teasing cross, but the latter was refused by Bono.
Just when it seemed as if Al-Hilal had done enough, referee Facundo Tello pointed to the spot after a long VAR review, where Mohammed Al-Qahtani was punished for an elevated hand against Fran Garcia.
It seemed that Real would steal the points at death, but Bono made an excellent salvation to deny Federico Valverde, giving the blue waves a well -deserved share of the loot.