Angel Di Maria the Jose Mourinho hero

ANGEL DI MARIA gave Jose Mourinho the perfect start to his new bid for Champions League glory with the second-half goal that gave Real Madrid a 1-0 victory over Dinamo Zagreb in Croatia.

Real Madrid's Angel Di Maria is challenged by Dinamo Zagreb's Milan Badelj

Argentina winger Di Maria, above, cashed in on Real's dominance but they finished with 10 men after Marcelo was sent off for a second bookable offence.

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Inter Milan, the 2010 champions under Mourinho, suffered a shock 1-0 home defeat by Trabzonspor. Ondrej Celustkas scored for the Turks, who are only in the competition because Fenerbahce were kicked out over a match-fixing scandal.

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