Kylian Mbappe’s La Liga debut for Real Madrid
Kylian Mbappe’s La Liga debut for Real Madrid did not go well. The team drew. On the other hand, Manchester City lost to Chelsea in their first match in the Premier League.
Kylian Mbappe played his first match for Real Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup. He scored. The team also won. But Mbappe’s debut in La Liga was not good. Madrid drew 1-1 against Mallorca. Mbappe could not catch the eye. Manchester City, the other GK Premier League defending champions, made a good start. They beat Chelsea 2-0 in the first match.
Madrid went ahead after 13 minutes against Mallorca. Mbappe, Judd Bellingham, Vinicius Jr. play among themselves and pass the ball to Rodrigo. He did not make a mistake in scoring. But how rhythmless Madrid became after that. They could not create any more opportunities in the first half.
Madrid had to pay in the second half. Vedat Muriki scored after 53 minutes. The responsibility to stop him was on Mbap’s shoulders. But he topped the French footballer and scored. Mbappe could not do anything special in the whole match. Mallorca’s defense kept him in the eye. In the end, Madrid had to leave the field after losing the point.
Manchester City got full 3 points in the first match of the season despite Mbapera wasting points. The first match was against a team like Chelsea. City played fast football in the opponent’s field. They were aggressive from the start. After 8 minutes Bernardo Silva and 11 minutes Jeremy Doku could not score. But Arling Haaland scored the first goal for the team after 19 minutes. He did not make a mistake to score after receiving the ball from Silva.
City created a few more chances for the rest of the first half and from the start of the second half. But they could not use it. At times Chelsea were also attacking. Pep Guardiola could not rest assured as he was leading 1-0. Finally, Kovacic scored the second goal for City in the 85th minute. Chelsea could not return