Real Madrid Win, Mbappe Fails to Score at Santiago Bernabeu

MADRID – Spanish Champion Real Madrid achieved a 3-0 victory over Real Valladolid in the second week of La Liga, Sunday (25/8/2024). However, Los Blancos’ new striker Kylian Mbappe yet to score in the opening game at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Carlo Ancelotti’s team performed mightily in front of their home fans and broke through Real Valladolid’s goal. However, Mbappe, the French striker, was very frustrated with Valladolid’s defense and has not been able to score a goal when playing at home.

Without the injured Jude Bellingham, Madrid created few chances in the first half. Madrid midfielder Fede Valverde opened the scoring after 50 minutes.

Los Blancos had plenty of attacking action after the break, with substitute Brahim Diaz and debutant Endrick scoring late on.

“We were too slow in the first half, in the second half we were much more active, there was more movement, much quicker with the ball,” Ancelotti was quoted as saying by SINDOnews from the sports.ndtv page, Monday (26/8/2024).

It was Real Madrid’s first win of the season, following a draw at Real Mallorca last week. Real Madrid are two points behind rivals Barcelona, ​​who beat Athletic Bilbao.

Real Valladolid looked to frustrate the champions in the summer heat and succeeded for 45 minutes.

Mbappe missed a golden chance to score when Vinicius played the ball into him, but Estonia goalkeeper Karl Hein was able to save well.