18-year-old Vitor Roque made his debut in Barcelona’s 2-1 win over Las Palmas
Only Barcelona have more game-winning goals in the final 15 minutes of games than Girona in Europe’s top five leagues this season
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Real Madrid have conceded 11 La Liga goals this season—only Inter and Nice have conceded fewer in Europe’s top 10 leagues.
Their record is wild when you consider:
Backup GKs Kepa and Andriy Lunin have been in goal all season after Thibaut Courtois tore his ACL in August
Éder Militão and David Alaba both tore their ACLs
Midfielders Eduardo Camavinga and Aurélien Tchouaméni have had to line up in defense
Andreas Christensen has the best pass success rate (95.9%) in Europe’s top five leagues this season (1000+ attempted)
Arda Güler 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 made his Real Madrid debut in their 3-1 Copa del Rey win over Arandina
Three separate injuries kept him sidelined since joining the club in July.
João Félix’s wage during his loan at Barcelona has been increased by 900% “for fair play” after he was initially registered on a low salary in the summer so they could complete his move from Atlético.
[Source: @MailSport]
Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid will face each other THREE times in the next month:
January 10: Spanish Super Cup semifinal
January 17: Copa del Rey round of 16
February 4: La Liga
Bring on the Madrid derbies
In the last 10 years, Real Madrid have:
Beaten Atlético in two Champions League finals
Knocked them out of the UCL twice in the knockout rounds
Knocked them out of the Spanish Super Cup twice
Knocked them out of the Copa del Rey once
Real Madrid beat rivals Atlético 5-3 after extra-time to advance to the Spanish Super Cup final on Cristiano Ronaldo’s home turf
Carvajal — 1 goal, 1 assist
Mendy — 1 goal
Rudiger — 1 goal
Brahim Díaz — 1 goal
Modric — 1 assist
Joselu — 1 assist
Carvajal — Man of the Match
What a performance from Real Madrid!