Kylian Mbappe He scored Real Madrid’s first goal in five games as the champions defeated Leganes 3-0 in La Liga on Sunday. wedding ring with Valverde jude bellingham Madrid also scored this goal, moving them into second place, four points behind leaders Barcelona, with a game remaining. After Barcelona’s draw with Celta Vigo on Saturday, Los Blancos improved their form with a straight-sets win over 14th-placed Leganes. Madrid will face Liverpool at Anfield in the Champions League on Wednesday. This is an important match for the Spanish team, who lost two of their first four matches in Europe and finished the preliminaries with a solid performance.
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti said: “The team was able to control the good feeling we had (in the 4-0 win against Osasuna last time) and we confirmed that today.”
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Ancelotti was without a long-term absentee. Dani Carvajal and I will We had Militao and others, but we were able to bring in a goalkeeper. Thibaut Courtois We returned to visit Butarque, a suburb of Madrid.
Mbappe started in his favored left wing position, a change in strategy after Ancelotti appointed him. Vinicius Junior who has been there till now.
It paid off as the forward scored his second goal in his last eight games despite having a strike earlier ruled out for offside.
“We changed the forward position and put Mbappe on the outside, but he did just as well as Vinicius on the inside,” Ancelotti said.
Mbappé was left out of the France squad for the second time in recent months during the recent international break and has been plagued by off-field issues that could affect his start to life at Madrid following his move from Paris Saint-Germain. There is.
Guler grabbed Madrid’s first chance, but Marko Domitrovich The midfielder cut in from the right and then deflected the shot.
Just before half-time, Mbappé broke the deadlock and Vinicius took advantage of some confusion in Leganes’ defense to kick the ball into the post.
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Valverde, captaining Madrid for the first time and playing out of position as a right-back, scored his team’s second goal from a free kick in the 66th minute.
Dmitrovic thwarted Mbappé’s powerful attack and the French forward looked set to score the second goal and seal Madrid’s victory.
In the end, England star Bellingham scored his second goal of the season, heading home a rebound from close range at the end of the game. Brahim DiazThe deflected shot hit the crossbar.
Leganes defender Sergio Gonzalez admitted: “In the first half we were very comfortable and played the game we wanted to play, but conceding after a mistake…it hurt more. We got away because of the mistake.” Ta.
“The team gave it their all and punished us in every little chance they had.”
Ancelotti was pleased with the performance of 21-year-old centre-back Asensio, who was making his first start for the club.
“I was surprised in that he was a mature player, always positioned well, positioned himself very well. That means the youth academy did a good job with him.” the official said.
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