Overview

• Outlets disagreed on the final score, with reports listing either 2-1 or 3-1, though all confirmed a Madrid victory.
• Vinícius scored twice, including a penalty that Mbappé ceded, marking a confidence-boosting brace.
• Mbappé also found the net before being substituted around the 83rd minute after an ankle knock viewed as precautionary.
• The win was reported to return Madrid to the top of LaLiga with a two-point lead over Barcelona.
• Villarreal’s Georges Mikautadze pulled one back, and Santiago Mourino was sent off, affecting the match’s late rhythm.