Kylian Mbappé ends his goalless streak in the Primera División in the fourth game. The French star striker scores his first two goals on the fourth matchday of the Spanish football championship and leads Real Madrid to a home victory over Real Betis Sevilla.
Superstar Kylian Mbappé was overjoyed after scoring his first goal for Real Madrid. “This is a great moment,” said the 25-year-old proudly. He had “really hoped to score at the Bernabeu, in this legendary stadium, the best in the world. But the most important thing was to win.” The new star signing responded impressively to the criticism and concern of the media, who had already asked whether everything was OK with him.
The Frenchman was the man to be celebrated for the Royals in the 2-0 (0-0) win against the still winless Betis Sevilla. With his eighth shot on goal, Mbappé put Real in the lead (67th minute). A little later, Betis goalkeeper Rui Silva brought down Vini Junior and Mbappé safely converted the penalty (75th minute). At the fourth attempt, he broke his spell in the league and put Real on track.
“We are Real, and in the end we win”
However, they are already four points behind arch-rivals FC Barcelona, who started the season perfectly with four wins under coach Hansi Flick. After two draws against Mallorca and Las Palmas, Real at least avoided losing another point and are now second. “After the game against Las Palmas, we knew we had to win. And we did that in a difficult game. We are Real, and in the end we win, and with style,” emphasized Mbappé.
Coach Carlo Ancelotti was delighted with his new star’s first goals. However, Real “never put pressure on Mbappé to score goals,” said the Italian, and followed up with praise: “He was very efficient in the penalty area, he had a lot of chances. I think it’s important for him to score goals, but we’re more evaluating the collective work.” Ancelotti had questioned many things after the game against Las Palmas, including his plan. “I have to bring a clearer strategy onto the field to give the players more clarity.”
It didn’t really work out again. Real struggled for a long time again, and Mbappé only had half-chances. In the middle of the second half, Fede Valverde set up the Frenchman with a backheel, Mbappé ran after the ball and shot straight away. The 25-year-old had fulfilled a childhood dream in the summer when he moved from Paris Saint-Germain to Madrid, and things got off to a good start for the superstar: In the European Supercup against Atalanta Bergamo, Mbappé scored the final goal to make it 2-0 for the Champions League winners. In La Liga, however, Mbappé was the face of a false start – until he scored twice against Betis.
