Overview
- Real Madrid scored four goals to Rayo Vallecano’s one at the Santiago Bernabéu, with Kylian Mbappé, Álvaro Carreras and Jude Bellingham among the scorers.
- Álvaro Carreras said his strike was his first of the year and credited the team’s intensity from the opening minute, adding that Mourinho brought on Marc Cucurella late to help him defensively.
- Bernardo Silva described his adaptation to the side and said the match exposed the team’s offensive strength and chance-creation at home.
- The game was a response to an earlier dropped result against Real Betis and showed Mourinho’s rotation and minute management still shaping lineups and late substitutions.
- The win should boost Real’s momentum in the early LaLiga race and gives Mourinho a selection and confidence lift ahead of an important away match in a few days.