This Saturday evening, Real Madrid received Villarreal in Santiago Bernabéu for the eighth day of Liga. Kylian Mbappé highlighted in the twentieth minute of play, but his right shot was dismissed by the former goalkeeper of Paris Saint-Germain, Arnau Tenas.
Franco Mastanuono was dangerous several times during the first period. Particularly with two shoots from the left, the first being rejected by Renato Veiga, the second passing right next to the goal of “hears”.
From the start of the second period, Vinícius Júnior opened the scoring in favor of the Merengue club. International Auriverde was transplanting in the axis and armed law. Deviated by Francisco Comesaña, leather ended its race for the aim of visitors (1-0, 47th). The Brazilian star then obtained a penalty, which Kylian Mbappé let him shoot. Not without difficulty, since the ball was just under the body of Arnau Tenas (2-0, 69th).
Mbappé, a goal and an exit on injury
Villarreal took over a little hopes with the magnificent reduction in Georges Mikautadze's score of a grazing strike of the right (2-1, 73rd). However, the exclusion of De Mouriño (77th) and a flat right foot of Kylian Mbappé quickly sought them (3-1, 81st). The captain of the French team nevertheless came out on injury just after this achievement.
Thanks to this success (3-1), Real Madrid now is ahead of its five-point evening opponent in the standings. With 21 units, the Xabi Alonso team provisionally resumes the controls of the championship, with a step ahead of FC Barcelona. The Catalan club will have the opportunity to recover first place on Sunday, with a trip to Seville at 4:15 p.m.
