Kicking off the season with a victory and a goal from Kylian Mbappe , it felt like nothing changed from last season for Real Madrid , but that's where the similarities ended. Xabi Alonso is at the helm in charge of an almost entirely new look backline that held Osasuna to only two shots, none of which were on target, but struggles still remained.

At home at the Santiago Bernabeu, Real Madrid are supposed to dominate and make things look easy, which didn't happen opening the season. From a new manager to transfers and coming off a long season with the Club World Cup, there are plenty of reasons for that, but Los Blancos can't afford to slip up as their LaLiga matches get harder. Rodrygo's potential transfer away is looming over the club, while Vinicius Junior still wasn't at his be

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