Mbappé makes his LaLiga debut with a brace! Real Madrid beat Betis 2-0

Kylian Mbappé made his debut as a goalscorer in LaLiga with a double that gave Real Madrid a 2-0 victory over Real Betis at the Santiago Bernabéu in matchday 4 of the Spanish league. A great performance by the French striker who, after three games without scoring, earned the applause of all the merengue fans and gave his team three valuable points for the championship.

For this match, Carlo Ancelotti made three changes to his starting eleven compared to the match against Las Palmas. Dani Carvajal came on for Lucas Vázquez, Dani Ceballos for Modric and Rodrygo for Brahim. For his part, Manuel Pellegrini made five changes compared to the team that took to the field on Thursday in the Conference League. Abde started due to his good performance, Ruibal as '9' and Vitor Roque, who arrived on loan from FC Barcelona, ​​was relegated to the bench.

A goalless first half

Before the match, a minute of silence was held for the deaths of Juan Izquierdo, Uruguayan footballer, and Sven Goran Eriksson, former England manager. Then the ball started to roll in a first half in which we saw no goals from either team. Madrid started the match with a lot of possession but without doing too much damage to the rival. Abde had the first clear chance for Betis in the 10th minute when his shot grazed the goal defended by Courtois.

In the 20th minute, Militao had the first clear chance for Real Madrid with a shot that was masterfully stopped by Rui Silva. Kylian Mbappé also tried his luck on goal without much success in a few minutes where the Betis goalkeeper was key to preventing his team from falling. Vinicius Jr was another who had a couple of opportunities, but the visiting team's defense was very attentive to break up any attempt by the Merengues to threaten.

Mbappé makes his debut with a brace in LaLiga

The second 45 minutes started very intensely with Mbappé missing the clearest chance of the match so far in the 50th minute. Vinicius hit the post and the Frenchman sent the ball over the crossbar in a play that was later condemned as offside. Still, it was the most interesting and proactive thing for Madrid so far. Five minutes later, Rui Silva punched away a shot at Rodrygo's goal.

In the 57th minute, Vitor Roque made his long-awaited debut in the green and white shirt. Three minutes later, the Brazilian had his first of the match when he headed a header into Courtois' area after a cross from Sabaly that was blocked by the Real Madrid goalkeeper. Kylian Mbappé's first goal in LaLiga came in the 67th minute of the match. It was the result of a great play by Rodrygo on the edge of the box, who found Valverde and the Uruguayan invented a back-heel pass to leave the Frenchman alone in front of the rival goal, who defined under the legs of Rui Silva to make his debut in the Spanish competition.

The second goal was also by Mbappé, this time in the 75th minute. Vinicius was brought down in the area and the merengue team asked for the penalty, which was awarded by the VAR and scored by the Frenchman for his first double in Spain. In the 89th minute Endrick came on and just a minute later he crashed what could have been the third goal into the chest of goalkeeper Silva, this being the last clear chance of the match that Real Madrid won. Ancelotti's men secured three valuable points to be second in LaLiga with 8 points, four behind Hansi Flick's FC Barcelona, ​​​​who are leaders with a perfect score.

Match details: Real Madrid 2-0 Betis

• Real Madrid: Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Rüdiger, Mendy (Francisco García, m.65); Tchouaméni, Valverde, Ceballos (Brahim, m.65); Rodrygo (Endrick, m.89), Vinicius, Mbappé (Modric, m.84).
• Betis: Rui Silva; Sabaly, Llorente, Natan, Perraud; William (Johnny Cardoso, m.57), Marc Roca; Rodri (Diao, m.72), Fornals (Iker Losada, m.83), Abde (Juanmi Jiménez, m.83) and Aitor Ruibal (Vitor Roque, m.57).
• Referee: Alberola Rojas
• Incidents: Match corresponding to Matchday 4 of LaLiga EA Sports 2024-25
• Goals in the match: 1-0, Kylian Mbappé (min.67); 2-0, Kylian Mbappé (min.75)