Mbappe crushes Athletic and prevents Xavi from reaching rock bottom in San Mames

Alonso picked an eleven without Arda and with Camavinga, which surprised almost no one. Xavi has chosen to die, or live, with the footballers who will also be placed on the main floor, and since mayonnaise does not mix with Goler and Billingham, he has placed Eduardo’s muscle. Suddenly, everything works. It wasn’t the what, but the how. In San Mamés, Real Madrid played and moved. The ball was fed up with the speed the white team gave it and the accuracy of the passes was as precise as a Harvard-educated surgeon.

Athletic had no chance even in the classic initial push. Five minutes later, Unai had already saved a goal from Mbappe and another from Fini. On the seventh he rode. Kylian received a cross from Trent in midfield, and all that happened next was a series of ‘The Coyote and the Roadrunner’, with Ronaldo Nazario’s aura soaring over San Mames. Mbappé sat the half-ball on Lekoy and finished him off, taking him five meters in two steps, then facing Laporte and returning his waist to Riyadh, and already at the top of the area he shot Unai.

The athlete was a puppet of the heavenly Madrid, but lions also roar when they sleep. In two errors when the White team released the ball, two goal scoring plays were created. They weren’t because they had the best goalkeeper of all time in front of them. In the 26th minute, Courtois sent a left-footed shot from Goruzeta into the corner, and in the 30th minute he hit a right-footed shot past Berenguer with the muscle of his left arm. It’s the AI ​​pauses.

Real Madrid did not blink an eye at that potential 2-1 result, which was not the case at all. They went into the break with a double lead. In the 33rd minute, Finney sent a shot from the side of the penalty area to the post, a corner that went beyond Onai’s exit. In 1938, he forgave the warning. He taught Simon a lot about hitting inside.

For the third time in a row, he took no prisoners. Great team play that ended with a cross from Trent, an assist from Mbappé with his header and from the far post, and a “thank you” from Camavinga, who shot it from the near post. 0-2.

The second half wasn’t at the same level, but Real Madrid didn’t need it either. Athletic started well, with a shot from Juriguezar from 30 meters that sent Courtois flying, and an attacking ambition to crush the score, but Mbappe added water to the fire with a score of 0-3 in the 58th minute. In an attack without apparent danger, Kylian raised his head and put the ball from a distance of 27 meters to Unai’s right post. Out of nowhere, goal 25, number 16 in the league.

The worst thing for Madrid is injuries. In the plural form. Shortly before Mbappe’s brace, Alexander-Arnold collapsed while executing a pass. He came off stiff and, unless the evidence suggests otherwise, looks like he won’t play again until 2026. A second muscle injury for the Englishman, who, just as he was finally getting up and running, tripped again on the same rock.

Camavinga was also injured. A kick from Berenguer injured his left ankle. He tried to continue but he couldn’t. He looks a little lighter than Trent, but we’ll see if he can get to Balaidos and City.

With the match decided, Xavi was smart and sat Mbappe and Vini, who gave his coach a warm hug. The Brazilian had stung the stands shortly before the change, sticking out three fingers in response to a torrent of insults in the corner. The Frenchman was also a bit hot. He hit Adama with a pipe when Gil Manzano stopped the game for a foul. Kylian apologized because he did not hear the referee’s whistle. Vinny came to his defense. It was not a night of trouble, but a night of celebration. Madrid Xavi returns again in San Mames.