{"id":868,"date":"2025-08-19T17:28:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T09:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/?p=868"},"modified":"2025-08-19T17:28:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T09:28:30","slug":"mastantuono-included-in-real-madrids-first-2025-26-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/19\/mastantuono-included-in-real-madrids-first-2025-26-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Mastantuono included in Real Madrid&#8217;s first 2025\/26 squad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-28.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-28.png 1000w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-28-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-28-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Real Madrid have unveiled Xabi Alonso&#8217;s squad for Tuesday&#8217;s LaLiga 2025\/26 opener against Osasuna, with Argentine prospect Franco Mastantuono making a surprise inclusion after just four days of training with the first team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fede Valverde also returns after recovering from a minor muscular overload, while injuries and suspension leave several key players unavailable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mastantuono, who recently turned 18, could make his La Liga debut in the team&#8217;s season curtain-raiser at the Santiago Bernabeu. Xabi Alonso will be without Jude Bellingham, Ferland Mendy, Eduardo Camavinga and Endrick due to injury, as well as Antonio Rudiger, who must serve a one-match suspension carried over from last season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The squad also features youth-team midfielder Thiago Pitarch, while new signings Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dean Huijsen and Alvaro Carreras could make their first appearances in white alongside Mastantuono.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Valverde returns after missing the pre-season friendly against Tirol in Innsbruck as a precaution following heavy training loads. Compared with that squad, Rudiger is absent due to suspension, but the remainder of the squad remains largely unchanged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Real Madrid&#8217;s squad for their La Liga opener against Osasuna<br>Goalkeepers: Courtois, Lunin and Sergio Mestre<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defenders: Carvajal, Militao, Alaba, Trent, Asensio, A. Carreras, Fran Garcia and Huijsen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Midfielders: Valverde, Tchouameni, Arda Guler, Ceballos and Thiago<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Forwards: Vinicius Jr, Mbappe, Rodrygo, Gonzalo, Brahim and Mastantuono<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid have unveiled Xabi Alonso&#8217;s squad for Tuesday&#8217;s LaLiga 2025\/26 opener against Osasuna, with Argentine prospect Franco<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":870,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions\/870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}