Mbappé still missing! Madrid beat Valladolid 3-0 without the help of their star player

Real Madrid achieved their first victory in the 2024/25 LaLiga season by beating Valladolid 3-0 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. Carlo Ancelotti's team knew how to win through individualities, however, despite the victory, the most notable thing was that Kylian Mbappé was unable to score for the second consecutive game in the Spanish tournament.

For this match, the Italian coach started with his traditional 4-3-3 that he modified due to the suspension of Ferland Mendy, who was sent off in Mallorca. Jude Bellingham was also absent due to an injury that will keep him off the pitch for at least a month, so Fran García played at left back and Arda Güler changed positions to midfield. Paulo Pezzolano used his best pieces in a match that was complicated for Valladolid.

Madrid won but did not please

Ancelotti's team once again showed for the second consecutive game that they have several problems. In the first half, they did not meet expectations for this match, going into the break 0-0 against an opponent who looked quite inferior, especially given the big stars they have in Madrid. Mbappé only got one shot in 45 minutes after a long pass from Rüdiger that was stopped by the goalkeeper.

The Merengue team was disconnected again without a key piece that was capable of linking the defense with the attack, where the forwards were quite passive and were not seen reaching the final lines on the sides. The disappointment of the Merengue fans was such that the players were booed at halftime. The match began to be resolved in the 50th minute when Federico Valverde took a free kick that was deflected and eventually entered the left post of Karl Hein's goal.

The visitors were close to equalizing but failed to convert their opportunities. This led to the 2-0 for the Merengue team after Brahim Díaz outwitted the defenders and crossed in front of the Valladolid goalkeeper. In extra time, Endrick, who came on to replace Mbappé, scored his first goal of the campaign with a right-footed shot to seal the final score.

Mbappé still without a score in LaLiga

It is quite worrying that the star signing of the summer in Europe, Kylian Mbappé, has yet to score in the first two games in LaLiga. Especially if we take into account that they have been two rivals who have been quite accessible for the Merengues. The fact that the young Brazilian has come in his place and scored first must be a hard blow to digest.

Without a doubt, this is good news for FC Barcelona and Robert Lewandowski, who is the top scorer of the tournament so far with three goals. Two of them were scored in his debut against Valencia and he also scored the winning goal against Athletic Bilbao. The lone leader is followed by Arnaut Danjuma (Villarreal), Iago Aspas (Celta) and Oihan Sancet (Athletic) with two each. The lone leader is followed by Arnaut Danjuma (Villarreal), Iago Aspas (Celta) and Oihan Sancet (Athletic) with two each. The culé team is second in the table with 6 out of 6 possible points, Madrid is third with 4 units, temporarily, waiting for the end of the second matchday. Mbappé will have to turn on from the next few days, because there are already four players from the white team who have scored in Spain this season and none of them is him.

Match details: Real Madrid 3-0 Valladolid

• Real Madrid: Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Rüdiger, Fran García; Tchouaméni, Fede Valverde, Güler; Rodrygo, Vinícius (Dani Ceballos, m.85), Mbappé (Endrick, m.86)
• Valladolid: Hein; Luis Pérez, Comert, Boyomo, Lucas Rosa; Ivan Sánchez, Juric, Kike Pérez, Marcos André, Meseguer, Machís.
• Referee: Víctor García Verdura
• Incidents: Match corresponding to Matchday 2 of LaLiga EA Sports 2024-25
• Goals of the match: 1-0, Federico Valverde (min.50); ​​2-0, Brahim Díaz (min.88); 3-0 Endrick (min.90+6)