{"id":890,"date":"2025-08-25T16:54:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T08:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/?p=890"},"modified":"2025-08-25T16:54:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T08:54:26","slug":"mbappe-fires-madrid-to-victory-at-real-oviedo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/25\/mbappe-fires-madrid-to-victory-at-real-oviedo\/","title":{"rendered":"Mbappe fires Madrid to victory at Real Oviedo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"697\" src=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-36.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-36.png 1000w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-36-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-36-768x535.png 768w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-36-825x575.png 825w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-36-590x410.png 590w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kylian Mbappe was again on target for Real Madrid as they overcame Real Oviedo 3-0 in La Liga on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Oviedo, returning to Spain&#8217;s top flight after an absence of almost a quarter of a century, the arrival of the 15-time European champions was a gala occasion, and the Asturian fans made their presence heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Star turns Mbappe and Vinicius Junior made the difference in the north of Spain. The Frenchman notched a brace before the Brazilian slid in a late third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coach Xabi Alonso made a couple of notable changes to his starting line-up from Madrid&#8217;s opening 1-0 win against Osasuna, dropping Vinicius and Trent Alexander-Arnold for Rodrygo Goes and club captain Dani Carvajal, returning from injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the dropped Vinicius responded by producing an assist and a goal in his half-hour cameo. Argentinian teenage sensation Franco Mastantuono made his full debut in another change for Los Blancos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 18-year-old showed his explosive dribbling ability early on when he burst past two defenders into the Oviedo box before going down and looking appealingly at the uninterested referee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A rare foray forward by the hosts saw Leander Dendoncker run onto a throughball and try to catch Thibaut Courtois out with a chipped effort in the 23rd minute. The Belgian shotstopper beat a hasty retreat before easily plucking the ball from the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Madrid came close to forcing a breakthrough when Arda Guler drive from inside the box was excellently saved by goalkeeper Aaron Escandell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Contentious opener &#8211;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Turkish international turned provider as he drilled a pass into Mbappe&#8217;s feet on 37 minutes, which the Frenchman welcomed on the turn before firing across Escandell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The goal was met by furious protests from the home side after Madrid&#8217;s Aurelien Tchouameni seemed to follow through strongly on Dendoncker when winning possession back for his side in the build-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Madrid nearly doubled their lead five minutes into the second period when a defensive mix-up resulted in a clearance sliced straight into the hands of a grateful Escandell. Rodrygo and the lively Mastantuono made way for Vinicius and Brahim Diaz just after the hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Diaz immediately created a gilt-edged chance for the galloping Fede Valverde when his cushioned pass found the Uruguayan inside the box, but Escandell produced a fingertip save to keep the score at 1-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kwasi Sibo came within inches of sending the home support wild when, out of nowhere, he struck the post for Oviedo with Courtois rooted to the spot on 81 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That chance served to wake Madrid up. Vinicius won the ball two minutes later and drove forward towards the box before slipping a disguised pass to Mbappe who slotted home first time. The Brazilian then scored in the 93rd minute, when Diaz found him in space and he slipped home a composed finish.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.besoccer.com\/match\/real-oviedo\/real-madrid\/202621314\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kylian Mbappe was again on target for Real Madrid as they overcame Real Oviedo 3-0 in La Liga<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-890","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\/890","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=890"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":892,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890\/revisions\/892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}