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Real Madrid 3-1 Villarreal (Vinícius Júnior x2 & Kylian Mbappé). Back to winning ways… This is my quick reaction. Coming up: Player ratings, press conferences and another podcast. Fans were still hurting from the heavy derby defeat, and Villarreal would make sure that the road ahead would be no less bumpy for Los Blancos. Dean Huijsen returned, and…

Real Madrid have published their starting lineup for the upcoming match against Villarreal. Real Madrid starting XI: Courtois, Valverde, Militao, Huijsen, Carreras, Tchouameni, Ceballos, Güler, Mastantuono, Vinicius, Mbappé. Villarreal starting XI (TBC): Junior, Mouriño, Marin, Veiga, Cardona, Thomas, Gueye, Buchanan, Comesaña, Pepe, Mikautadze. Just as expected, Valverde, Carreras and Militao are returning to the starting…

Real Madrid held their first training session on Thursday as they turned their focus toward Saturday’s LaLiga clash against Villarreal at the Santiago Bernabéu (9:00 p.m. CEST). The biggest news from Valdebebas was the return of Éder Militao, who rejoined the group after sitting out the midweek Champions League win over Kairat Almaty. The Brazilian…

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Dani Carvajal was shown a straight red card in the opening Champions League group-stage clash against Olympique de Marseille after losing his composure in an altercation with goalkeeper Gerónimo Rulli. The veteran right-back was dismissed for a headbutt late in the match, leaving Madrid to finish the game with 10 men. UEFA has now confirmed…

Real Madrid visit Kazakhstan in what’s expected to be a tough away game for Los Blancos just a handful of days after their discouraging 5-2 loss to Atlético de Madrid in the Madrid Derby. Xabi Alonso will almost certainly make some rotations, as Real Madrid will also face Villarreal in La Liga on Saturday, so…

Losing narrowly to a rival of equal stature is tolerable, even inevitable. What is harder to accept is Madrid’s habit of disappearing entirely on the games that matter most. It was evident in last season’s Clásicos, in the Club World Cup semi-final against Paris Saint-Germain, and again in the humiliation at the Metropolitano last weekend….

AUDIO: View Link VIDEO: On this episode of the Churros y Tácticas Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani and Diego Lorijn discuss five things that went wrong for Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid in the Derby, and also talk about Xabi Alonso’s line-up, subs, “intensity”, Jude Bellingham, Franco Mastantuono, Fede Valverde, Arda Güler, Alvaro Carreras, and more. Did…

Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso spoke to the media before their game against Kairat Almaty on Tuesday. He was asked about the Atletico match and how many conversations there were after it, to which he said:  “I haven’t seen a lack of conversations; I’ve seen that there are some. And they’re essential for building a…

Real Madrid midfielder Fede Valverde spoke to the media ahead of their match against Kairat Almaty on Tuesday. He was asked about the way he was playing, to which he said: “I’m a little frustrated. I’m aware of how I’m playing; I’m the first to know when things aren’t going my way. Players know firsthand…