Real Madrid began their Hamdan Bin Mohammed International Football Championship under-17 campaign with a win over Dubai-based Al Ahli to go second in Group B after the first set of fixtures.

The Spanish giants beat their UAE counterparts 5-1 on Saturday, while Internacional defeated Al Nasr by a similar scoreline, 5-0, in the group’s other fixture.

The Whites face Al Nasr on Monday and Internacional take on Ah Ahli in a reverse of the fixtures.