Real Madrid have been one of the most injured giants this season, but with Bellingham's excellent performance, the Galaxy not only won all six games in the Champions League to advance to the round of 16, but also topped La Liga. On this matchday, Real Madrid embarked on the road to defend their Copa del Rey title and traveled to face third-tier side Alandina. Bellingham, the 18-year-old Güller made his debut, Dias scored three goals and Rodrygo scored in stoppage time, Real Madrid easily advanced to the next round 3-1 and ushered in five consecutive wins in all competitions.
Considering the difference in quality between the two sides, and the semi-final of the Spanish Super Cup with Atletico Madrid in four days, Carlo Ancelotti chose to rotate the line-up, with Bellingham, Luka Modric, Valverde, Rodrygo and Carvajal on the bench, while Vinicius, Kroos and Rudiger simply rested and did not enter the squad.
In a 4-4-2 system, Kepa Arrizabalaga replaced Lunin as the starting goalkeeper, the 21-year-old made his senior debut, forming a defence with Nacho, Fran Garcia and Tobias, while the injury-plagued Gueller also made his debut in a midfield four alongside Camavinga, Ceballos and Nico Pass, with Dias and Joselu in attack.
After the game started, Real Madrid had no suspense to counter the guest and pressed the opponent to attack. In the first 45 minutes, Real Madrid had 82 per cent possession and had eight shots on goal compared to zero for their opponents. Among them, the most active performance is only 18-year-old Güler, in the opening 7 minutes, Dias broke through the cross from the left, Gülerer received in the middle, stopped the ball in one go, and hit the goal high.
In the 14th minute, Real Madrid played a fluent match on the right side, Tobias cut inside and passed through, Güller inserted a powerful shot into the bottom right corner of the goal, and Alandina's goalkeeper flew to keep the ball away. In the 18th minute, Ceballos was brought down at the edge of the penalty area, and Guler's direct free kick hit the goal, and the ball went straight to the top left corner, but unfortunately it bounced off the post.
In the 45th minute, Güller crossed from the right flank, with good power and landing points, but unfortunately Nico Paz shook his head and hit the goal high, and the two sides returned to the dressing room with a 0-0 score. However, after returning to the stadium, Real Madrid still pierced the window paper. In the 54th minute, Dias broke through with the ball on the left side, dribbled the ball into the penalty area 1V3, and then was put to the ground, the referee decisively awarded a penalty, Joselu hit it, 1-0!
This goal also hit Alandina's morale, 1 minute later Dias broke the ball to advance and instigated a counterattack, Joselu's cross from the front of the penalty area was blocked, Dias followed up with the volley, Real Madrid quickly established the advantage, 2-0! Dias returned to Real Madrid this season, only 9 starts in all competitions, handed over 6 goals and 2 assists, a good continuation of the firepower, become a veritable striker.
Seeing that the outcome of the game was not in suspense, Ancelotti also chose to make consecutive substitutions, and in the 59th minute, Rodrygo and Valverde came on, and Camavinga and Güller were replaced. Güller made a remarkable debut, with four shots, two on target, one on the woodwork, two dangerous shots, one goalscoring opportunity and two breakaways.
The rest of the time, Real Madrid firmly controlled the tempo, in the 91st minute, Valverde made a direct pass from the right to instigate a counterattack, Dias crossed from the bottom, Rodrygo volleyed, Real Madrid led 3-0. However, in the final moments of the game, Nacho scored an own goal and Real Madrid failed to keep a clean sheet.
Won 3-1 against Alandina, Real Madrid ushered in 5 consecutive wins in all competitions, but according to the team reporter, Camavinga did not sit on the bench after being replaced, but returned directly to the dressing room accompanied by the medical team.