LIVE – Real Madrid-Pachuca: Mbappé and his team double the stakes on a new individual feat

Beautiful cross from Bautista on the right headed by Rondon who gets the better of Tchouaméni. The ball goes over the goals.

The second scorer of the evening Rodrygo gives way to Modric.

Beautiful movement from Bellingham full axis which finds Vinicius, the Brazilian attempts a chained shot which goes just wide.

From a distance, Rondon attempts a direct free kick which he hits hard. Courtois is forced to make another save on this shot on target.

Discreet but goalscorer, Mbappé gives way to Diaz, Ceballos enters in place of Camavinga.

Another innocuous shot which turns out to be dangerous, with the various counterattacks, this shot from Idrissi at ground level takes a particular trajectory which forces Courtois to make the save.

After watching the replays, the referee confirms his decision. Bellingham offside does not play on Rodrygo’s shot and does not disturb the goalkeeper.

Another hell of a festival to unlock Real. Vinicius on the first and now Rodrygo. Full axis, the Brazilian makes the defenders dance before sending a ball into the top corner.

Carbon copy of the first period so far. Real have the ball but do nothing with it and increase technical inaccuracies.

Trailing, the Mexicans move forward with Bautista attempting a cross. A vigilant Garcia pushes him away.

Pachuca kicks off this second period.

Real Madrid are in the lead after 45 minutes thanks to a feat from Vinicius. Apart from this brilliant move, the two teams did not deliver a real show during the first act with numerous technical inaccuracies and a permanent false rhythm.

We will play an extra minute.

Good attack from Pachuca before the break on the right side, the last full-axis pass is taken by Camavinga who burst out.

Real finished their first period well, Vinicius alerted Valverde launched on the right, the Uruguayan tried his luck but missed the target.

He can thank the genius of Vinicius, on one of his first accelerations, the Brazilian gets rid of all of Pachuca’s defense and dribbles the goalkeeper before giving the ball to Mbappé who just has to push the ball into the nets.

In a two-on-two situation, Rondon does not attempt a duel with Tchouaméni and prefers to strike. Crushed shot easily captured by Courtois.

New change of pace for Real and new difference, Vazquez at the conclusion addresses a too axial cross that Moreno catches in the air.

On a rejected corner, Bautista lands the ball. Without a solution, the Pachuca winger tries his luck from afar but misses the target.

Served with his back to the goal, the Tricolor striker is close to getting out. With a Nice acceleration he gets rid of a player but is caught by the second.

The rhythm does not change, Real plays movingly and is close to being punished. Mbappé looks for Tchouaméni in the axis and sends him a pass which lacks power, Rondon is close to intercepting it to go alone at goal.

As soon as they accelerate, spaces are created, Mbappé and Rodrygo exchange in one touch, the Brazilian finishing with a shot pushed back by Micolta for a corner.

Nice feint from Vinicius who lets Fran Garcia pass deep on the left, the Real side’s low cross is pushed back by Barreto.

He had found the opening on his left side but the Brazilian Vinicius missed his cross for Bellingham. New loss of the ball for Real on a technical error.

Another high recovery concluded by a strike from Idrissi, his shot was repelled by Tchouaméni in touch.

There was an idea, Fran Garcia saw Mbappé’s call and tried to serve it behind the defense, the ball was too powerful, the Pachuca goalkeeper took it.

They are asleep, new breakthrough from Pachuca this time on the left concluded by a cross shot from Idrissi, Courtois must again work to push back.

Another high recovery from Pachuca, Bautista is thrown deep, if the winger passes Rudiger on the run, Courtois springs at his feet to recover the ball.

Quite risky strike from the right side Rodriguez from afar after a loss of the ball from Garcia, his rebound shot is dangerous, Courtois has to dive to push back for a corner.

After 4 minutes of play, possession is essentially Madrid’s but the Pachuca players continue to press high.

First duel won by Eduardo Camavinga, in the middle the former Rennais allows his team to cut off a placed attack from Pachuca.

He starts strong, first acceleration from Vincius Jr on the left and first player cleared, with a nice little bridge the Brazilian makes a difference before being stopped.

Real Madrid kicks off this match.

The two teams enter the pitch, kick-off imminent.

2 years after his hat-trick in the World Cup final (during the Blues’ defeat against Argentina), Kylian Mbappé returns to the same Lusail stadium in Doha, Qatar with the hope of achieving another great performance.

4-2-3-1 also for Pachuca, an 11 players mainly from the Mexican championship with the exception of the scorer is captain Rondon who trained in England at Everton or Newcastle.

Meringues are not there to joke around. secondary competition or not, Real is there to win. Carlo Ancelotti lines up a 4-2-3-1 with the infernal quartet Rodrygo-Bellingham-Vinicius-Mbappé. In the middle, the Valverde-Camavinga pair is associated, Aurélien Tchouaméni will start in the axis of defense.

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