Game day has arrived in Madrid. Falcons supporters marched to the Santiago Bernabéu on the Dirty Birds Fan Walk, Joe Burrow, Bijan Robinson and Michael Penix Jr. walked in for the Bengals-Falcons game, and both clubs posted their first looks at the dressed stadium. Kickoff is 15:30 in Madrid and 16:30 in Cairo.
The Dirty Birds take over the streets
The Fan Walk from Mira Miranda at Plaza Pablo Ruiz Picasso, flagged in our day-six story for 13:00 Madrid time (14:00 in Cairo), is now on video from the club. The Falcons’ clip shows a crowd in red and black waving team flags under autumn trees, drummers, Freddie Falcon in the middle of the march and the procession arriving outside the Bernabéu.
The Dirty Birds Fan Walk reaches the Bernabéu on Sunday. Video by the Falcons.
Arrivals: Burrow, Bijan and Penix walk in
Cincinnati posted Burrow’s arrival down the tunnel carpet in a tan jacket. Atlanta answered with Robinson stepping off in a Real Madrid shirt, a nod to the host club that the league account reshared, and a hallway clip of quarterback Penix wheeling his suitcase past the Madrid game backdrop.
Joe Burrow arrives at the Bernabéu on Sunday. Video by the Bengals.
Bijan Robinson arrives in a Real Madrid shirt.
Michael Penix Jr. arrives for the Madrid game.
The stadium and the locker room
The Falcons are the designated home team. Their morning photo of the bowl showed the Real Madrid lettering in the stands and the field painted for the game. A pregame post had Freddie Falcon on the turf holding a Spanish flag under the 2026 NFL Madrid Game board.
The Bernabéu set for Sunday’s game. Photo by the Falcons.
Freddie Falcon on the Bernabéu field before the game.
Cincinnati’s “Madrid edition” set showed the Madrid game patch on the chest of the white jerseys, a Burrow nameplate and the visiting locker room laid out with orange helmets. The club then posted players, Burrow among them, warming up on the Bernabéu field.
The Madrid game patch and the Bengals’ locker room. Photos by the Bengals.
Bengals warming up inside the Bernabéu.
The rest of Sunday’s Week 9 slate in Cairo time is in our Week 9 schedule. Photos and videos in this story come from the Bengals’ and Falcons’ own Sunday posts.
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