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He may not be the only one to blame for the defeat at Villarreal, but Ferland Mendy has not managed to defy critics who question his presence in Real ...

Mendy does not provide balance to the Real Madrid defence as he used to do in the past. However, Mendy was not the only player at fault. Antonio Rudiger has yet to impress at the back and opponents are making the most of Real Madrid's defensive frailties.

Real Madrid face Valencia in the semi-finals of the tournament being played in Riyadh (Wednesday 8 pm CET).

[European Super Cup](https://www.realmadrid.com/en/news/2022/08/15/clubs-fifth-uefa-super-cup-crown) this season, have won the Spanish Super Cup 12 times. [Spanish Super Champions](https://www.realmadrid.com/en/news/2022/01/16/0-2-spanish-super-cup-champions) title in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), which we won last season at the same venue. Real Madrid will get the competition underway on Wednesday against Valencia (8 pm CET).

Real Madrid Castilla began 2023 in style with a superb comeback victory. The academy side defeated Algeciras at the Alfredo Di Stéfano stadium to extend ...

But the Whites refused to give up and were rewarded five minutes later, as Álvaro Martín scored from inside the six-yard box, latching on to Aranda’s rebound. Raúl’s men took the game to Algeciras and got their reward with 60 minutes on the clock. The visitors took the lead in the 3rd minute, but Arribas equalised with a free-kick on the hour mark.

Real Madrid remain level on points with league leaders Barcelona, who next face Atletico Madrid. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Madrid travel to Saudi Arabia next to take part in the Spanish Super Cup – but first they face an anxious wait to see if Barcelona drop points in the capital. Ancelotti selected a Madrid starting line-up without a Spanish player in it for the first time in the club’s history, according to media reports in Spain. VILA-REAL, Spain - Real Madrid blew a chance to ramp up the pressure on La Liga leaders Barcelona in the title race as they fell 2-1 at Villarreal in a disjointed display on Saturday.

Real Madrid suffered a 2-1 defeat at Villarreal on Saturday (Jan 7) after a goal and assist from striker Gerard Moreno, giving leaders Barcelona a chance to ...

We should have done more." We tried to create but we were too open in midfield. Advertisement

Summary of the headlineReal Madrid scored from one penalty before conceding from another as they dropped points in the La Liga title race against a buoyant ...

Ferland Mendy gave the ball away with a lazy pass, and Gerard Moreno fed Yeremi Pino, who turned home past Courtois - via a deflection from the struggling Mendy. Gerard Moreno dutifully tucked away the ensuing penalty, sending the home side to a deserved three points. The referee swiftly, and somewhat harshly, pointed to the spot, with Villarreal's Gerard Moreno converting the ensuing penalty to give his side a 2-1 lead - one they wouldn't relinquish.

The Frenchman is struggling at Real Madrid, meaning the Bayern left-back has moved up the to-do list at the Bernabéu.

Hopefully for Madrid, the player has not renewed his deal and the German club become forced to negotiate instead of allowing him to go on a free, just as happened with Toni Kroos back in 2014. The French defender started the season with doubts circling overhead, knowing that his future at the 13-time European Champions was not 100% secure: after the signing of Rüdiger, the club decided they would listen to offers for Mendy and Ancelotti would move Alaba to a permanent role at left-back. No offers arrived for Mendy during the summer (something that was always seen as unlikely given his huge price tag when he arrived at Madrid: €48M), so the left-back stayed put and the squad now suffers from something of an asymmetry in his position: there is no direct substitute, only temporary cover. As reported before by AS, the chosen player is Alphonso Davies, the Canadian defender currently at Bayern Munich, whose contract finishes in 2025 and who Madrid will try to sign one year earlier. With the statistics in hand, Mendy’s game was quiet if not interesting: he completed 23/26 passes (88%), won 2/4 duels, recovered the ball 4 times and lost the ball another 4. The full-back gifted Villarreal’s opener and Ancelotti hooked him off after an hour, deciding to bring on Lucas Vázquez and switching Alaba out onto the left.

Alaba spoke on his former Bayern Munich teammate Robert Lewandowski, who has hit the ground running at Barcelona since joining from the German champions last ...

Alaba will look to add another honour to his Real Madrid catalogue when the squad take part in the Supercopa next week. Alaba is hopeful that he will renew, and believes that he is still a crucial part of the squad. He still has plenty of gas left in the tank, no doubt. He has a prominent role in the team, both on and off the field. He and his family love to get to know this new culture, the language. He has shown it as soon as he arrived in La Liga.

Real stay second, level on 38 points with Barca who visit fourth-placed Atletico Madrid on Sunday, while Villarreal's third straight league win moves them ...

We tried to create but we were too open in midfield. We should have done more." Juan Foyth appeared to have kept Villarreal ahead with a heroic goal-line block to deny Benzema in the 56th minute but, following a VAR intervention, the referee awarded Real a penalty for handball by the defender in the build-up to his block.

Yeremy Pino, Gerard Moreno score for Villarreal at Estadio de la Ceramica - Anadolu Agency.

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. There were no Spanish players in Real Madrid's starting lineup in the Villarreal match. Italian manager Carlo Ancelotti selected a Real Madrid starting lineup with no Spanish player, for the first time ever in their 120-year history.

They looked sluggish for most parts, and were saved by Thibaut Courtois' performance in goal. Ultimately, two late goals from Karim Benzema saved the day. A ...

Of course, he was world-class under the German’s management, but can he replicate that form at Santiago Bernabeu or even come close? Before the arrival of Thomas Tuchel, he was pretty much the fourth choice centre-back at Chelsea. Real Madrid’s defence on the day was particularly disappointing and that has been the case all season. Rudiger arrived in the summer as a free agent, with his contract running out at Chelsea. The display against Real Valladolid was nothing to write home about. Their dip in form before the World Cup break was put down to fatigue and injuries.

The Real Madrid forward has won one Champions League, two LaLiga titles, one Uefa Super Cup and two Spanish Super Cups.

The comeback against Manchester City in the semi-finals on the road to la Decimocuarta will always be in the memories of all Madrid fans. Rodrygo boasts a special fondness for the Champions League, with 13 of his 26 goals for Real Madrid coming in this competition. During this spell at the club, he has scored 26 goals in 130 games.

Guillermo Rai has been linked to Real Madrid since he was a child. Here, he explains how fate intervened in joining The Athletic.

I was to travel with the editors of the sports newspaper that I had started contributing to when I was still at school. Having come of age, he was already one of the side’s most exciting players and I was to catch him by surprise when he returned from his holiday in Brazil. I had the tickets, I had arranged the date and when they scored I was going to kiss her. It was there that I met Mario Cortegana, an older brother of sorts, who surprised me with his friendliness and impressed me with his commitment to his work. I had it all planned: I was going to go with the girl of my dreams to the Santiago Bernabeu to watch the final on big screens in the stadium. I still have a Real Madrid polo shirt signed by the four of them, which I treasure to this day.

Neither Perez nor Laporta are here to say anything, but to be seen offering joint support as Reichert claims the Super League is “not dead”, despite a European ...

Another anecdote has Rosell being insulted by Madrid fans near the Bernabeu’s VIP zone, and Perez arranging for those season-ticket holders involved to be moved permanently to another part of the stadium. Perez and Laporta also had cordial relations during their respective first terms, even as the tensions between fans, pundits and players intensified — for example, when Figo returned to Camp Nou as a Madrid player. [Manchester City](https://theathletic.com/football/team/manchester-city/) beat Real Madrid and Barcelona to top Deloitte’s Money League for the first time last year with a revenue of €644.9million in 2021 — up 17 per cent from 2020. [told The Athletic](https://theathletic.com/2424582/2021/03/08/they-are-looking-for-a-miracle-laporta-back-at-barcelona-and-what-it-means/) almost two years ago. Tebas’ mandate since his election in 2013 has been to protect the interests of smaller top-flight and second-tier clubs who historically felt pushed around by the big two. Barcelona instead did a similar standalone deal last summer, although with different financial details, with US financiers Sixth Street, which brought in €517million to fill holes in the club’s finances. At October’s club AGM he claimed the Super League would be “a more equal competition, an open league, based on meritocracy and respecting the state leagues” and predicted the European courts would decide UEFA is a monopoly which must be broken up. The Athletic was told the political situation meant no other European clubs would even play them in a friendly last summer. Figo’s betrayal caused anguish in Barcelona — symbolised by the pig’s head (and coins and golf balls) being thrown at the Portugal winger when he went back to Barca’s Camp Nou stadium as a Madrid player. But events have driven them together, and these two historic rivals have become intertwined in a new love story which has huge consequences for the future of Spanish and European football. The same idea was wrapped up in Barca’s ‘Mes que un club’ — More than a club — motto. Both sides seemed to revel in their differences — the liberal Catalan freedom fighters against Madrid’s protectors of conservative Spanish values.