Mbappe Stars To Maintain Real’s Winning Start

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Oviedo 0-3 Real Madrid

Real Madrid maintained their winning start to the LALIGA season with a 3-0 victory away to Oviedo on Saturday night.

Los Blancos coach Xabi Alonso surprisingly dropped both Vinicius Junior and Trent Alexander-Arnold, while Rodrygo was recalled to the starting line-up despite the speculation surrounding his future.

It took a while for the visitors to get going, but they broke the deadlock in the 37th minute when Kylian Mbappe collected a pass from Arda Guler before turning well and firing into the far corner.

Despite leading at the break, Alonso made a double change shortly after the halftime break as Rodrygo and Franco Mastantuono made way for Vinicius and Brahim Diaz to freshen up the attack.

Vinicius made the desired impact as he turned provider on 85 minutes to tee up Mbappe, who sent a first time finish beyond Aarón Escandell for his second goal of the night.

Vinicius rounded off the scoring for Los Blancos in second-half stoppage time with a composed finish into the bottom corner to open his account for the season.

Levante 2-3 FC Barcelona

Champions FC Barcelona maintained their winning start to the season after defeating Levante in a five-goal thriller on Saturday evening.

Manchester United loanee Marcus Rashford got his first start in the attack alongside Ferran Torres and Lamine Yamal.

The hosts raced into a two-goal lead in the first half thanks to strikes from Ivan Romero and Jose Luis Morales.

However, Pedri pulled a goal back for the Catalan giants four minutes after the break before Torres restored parity in the 52nd minute.

The game was seemingly headed for a draw until an own goal from Levante defender Unai Elgezabal handed Barcelona maximum points in second-half stoppage time.

Other results:

Real Betis 1-0 Alaves
Mallorca 1-1 Celta Vigo
Atletico Madrid 1-1 Elche
Osasuna 1-0 Valencia
Real Sociedad 2-2 Espanyol
Villarreal 5-0 Girona

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