Endrick Scores On Debut, Mbappe Goalless! As Valverde Leads Real Madrid To 1st La Liga Win Of Season

Kylian Mbappe went goalless on his Santiago Bernabeu debut but Real Madrid bounced back from their shock draw to Mallorca by beating Real Valladolid 3-0 for first La Liga win of the season. 

Fede Valverde's long range strike in the second half and Brahim Diaz's composed finish handed Los Blancos all three points in their La Liga fixture in what was another scrappy display from the defending Champions. 

A dull first half performance 

Real Madrid were left frustrated in the first 30 minutes of the game as Real Valladolid defended deeper and deeper and was cutting down every Los Blancos attack. For all of their possession Real Madrid only ever threatened the Valladolid goal once in the first half an hour as Kylian Mbappe's volley from a difficult angle was saved by the goalie. 

Just like the game against Mallorca, the first half was filled with frustrations for Real Madrid as they failed to get past the defence. The midfield and the attack looked disjointed as they failed to find the final ball. 

On the other hand, Valladolid tried to counter but they were consistently denied by Fede Valverde and Eder Militao.

Fede Valverde's thunder strike 

In the Second half, Real Madrid came out with a purpose and turned up intensity. They attacked wave after wave and soon got their reward. Fede Valverde broke the deadlock for Real Madrid in the 50th minute by a spectacular goal long range effort from outside the box. 

Los Blancos had a freekick and Arda Guler and Rodrygo set up Valverde as he fired from outside the box and his shot got deflected and found the back of the net in the bottom left corner. 

Fede Valverde was named the man of the match for his performance throughout the game. 

Endrick shines on debut

While all the focus was on Kylian Mbappe it was Brazilian teenager Endrick who stole all the headlines on his Santiago Bernabeu debut. Endrick came on for Kylian Mbappe in the 86th minute of the game and proved why the 15-time Champions League winners went all out to sign him. 

In the 95th minute of stoppage time, Brahim Diaz found Endrick who turned away from the defenders and fired in a superb goal in the bottom right corner. 

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Kylian Mbappe and Madrid waste opportunities

Real Madrid had the chances to double their advantage in the next 10 minutes but midfield prodigy Arda Guler ended up missing two great opportunities inside the box. 

Vallodolid on the other hand had two opportunities to stun the Santiago Bernabeu but Thibaut Courtois pulled off a fantastic save. As the game progressed the home side was inching ever closer to the second goal but kept on squandering chances. 

Kylian Mbappe had another opportunity in the 80th minute but his effort was straight at the goalkeeper as the Frenchman continued to be frustrated in his first game as a Real Madrid player at the Santiago Bernabeu. 

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In the 85th minute, Mbappe had another opportunity when Fede Valverde sent him through on goal but Kylian squandered his chance and sent it wide. 

Brahim Diaz who came on as a substitute for Arda Guler scored in the 88th minute to make the score 2-0 before Endrick scored in the stoppage time to seal a 3-0 win. 

Real Madrid now have 4 points from 2 La Liga games after this win but both of their performances have been sluggish till now. They will now travel away to Las Palmas in their next La Liga game on Thursday.