Liga: With a double from Kylian Mbappé, Real Madrid wins against Betis

Real Madrid is already in a hurry. Since Kylian Mbappé arrived at the biggest club in the world, the latter has been struggling. In line with the gloomy performances of the French international, who is not lacking in good intentions, the Merengues have had a complicated start to the season. Although winners of the European Super Cup, the club from the Iberian capital are struggling in La Liga with only one victory in three games. Real are also coming off a frustrating draw against Las Palmas on Thursday (1-1). Already seven points behind FC Barcelona before the evening’s match, Carlo Ancelotti’s men had to win. And if possible with a goal from Kylian Mbappé.

Motivated, the top scorer in PSG’s history was keen to achieve this. From the seventh minute, the Bondynois showed his legs and had his first chance. The Andalusian response was not long in coming but Ez Abde’s header was not on target (9th). Finally, the Merengues maintained their domination, but were too messy to open the scoring. Eager to open his account in La Liga, Kylian Mbappé continued to be threatening. After missing his recovery (22nd), the former Monaco player crossed his attempt too much a few moments later (25th). In the game, the 25-year-old striker also showed improvement like this beautiful construction with Vinicius (39th). Finally still too technically weak in the last move, Real had to settle for a draw at half-time.

Kylian Mbappé opens his account with Real Madrid in La Liga

In the second half, both teams came back with better intentions. Still eager to score his first goal in La Liga, the Madrid number 9 saw his shot fly off target after a nice shot from Vinicius hit the post (50th), before Rodrygo suffered the same fate six minutes later (56th). And even after Vitor Roque threatened with a header (61st), we could feel that Real Madrid were seriously accelerating. And as if symbolically, the solution came from Kylian Mbappé. At the end of a well-constructed move, Federico Valverde was found at the edge of the area. Skillfully, the Uruguayan slipped a perfect ball for the Frenchman behind his leg. The latter did not need to be asked twice to finish with his left foot (1-0, 70th). Freed, the Madrid players continued to accelerate and Vinicius made a nice breakthrough before hitting the Betis goalkeeper.

Finally, not in an offside position, the Brazilian was rewarded with a logical penalty. Classy, ​​the latter decided to give it to Kylian Mbappé. On cloud nine after scoring his first goal in La Liga a few minutes before, the captain of the French team deceived Rui Silva with a perfect counterattack (2-0, 76th). Reinvigorated since the decisive entry of Brahim Díaz, the Madrilenians tried to score a third goal, but did not succeed with the exit of Kylian Mbappé in the 87th minute. By filling up with confidence, Real Madrid secured their second victory of the season and return to four points behind the leader, FC Barcelona. In another measure, just as important, Kylian Mbappé silenced his detractors with a double that will surely allow him to officially launch his adventure in Madrid.