im loving the passion already, but one thing that caught my eye is how Villarreal was all over Madrid in the second half. 14 shots is a lot, and Courtois really bailed them out. its gonna be a fun season if teams are gonna push Real like that
I was quite surprised by what Villareal showed in this match, they were even able to take the lead over Real Madrid right in the 7th minute through a goal scored by J. Foyth. Although in the end the goal had to be replied by Mbappe who managed to score 2 goals right in the 17th and 23rd minutes.
and considering the time is still quite long, I think Mbappe will score another hat-trick in this match, but it is very unfortunate that all Real Madrid can do is maintain their lead until the match ends. Because as you said that for the second half, Villareal continued to press Real Madrid's defense, but fortunately Real Madrid's defense did not waver and the score did not change until the match ended.
Considering how the previous games ended here, 2-1 is a great result for Real. The last time Real won here was when Ronaldo and Bale were at the club. The main problem today was the lack of rest for Real players - after the game with Atletico, which lasted 120 minutes, they had less than 72 hours to recover. Ancelotti even threatened that if something like this happens again, they simply won’t go out to play.