Real Madrid were in fine scoring form, as they gear up for the start of their 2025/26 campaign. Goals by Militão and Mbappé in the first half set them on the way to victory, before the Frenchman doubled his tally after the break, and Rodrygo rounded off a fine madridista display at Innsbruck’s Tivoli Stadion. Carreras played from the start, making his Madrid debut.
The team flew out the blocks in dominant fashion and Mbappé fired off an early warning shot, when he struck across goal and forced the hosts’ goalkeeper to punch clear (8’). Shortly afterwards, Arda Güler could have opened the scoring when his left-footed drive from the edge of the box smashed off the crossbar. Madrid were relentless in their attacking play and, following two decent shots on goal by Tchouameni that were kept out by Turkish international Stejskal, Militão broke the deadlock on 10′ with a superb header from Brahim’s cross.
Total dominance
The second was not long in coming, either. Three minutes later, Arda Güler threaded a lovely pass into the box for Mbappé, who brought the ball masterfully under his spell and beat the goalkeeper with a powerful left-footed effort. With 20 minutes played, Brahim came within a whisker of making it three, when his shot from the right-hand side skimmed wide of the post. The minutes ticked by, and our team were still dominating the ball, despite the Austrian outfit presenting a slightly greater threat in opposition territory.
Mbappé at the double
Four minutes after the restart, the impressive Arda Güler curled a beautifully measured left-footed free-kick towards goal, only to see it come back off the bar once more. With the hour-mark ticking around, Mbappé notched up the third goal of the evening. Tchouameni’s deep ball in behind found his compatriot, who stepped sweetly around the onrushing goalkeeper to stroke into an empty net.
At 0-3, Xabi Alonso brought on Lunin, Carvajal, Rodrygo, Gonzalo, Alaba, Rüdiger and Fran García. Gonzalo could have put his name on the scoresheet just moments after coming on, but his header from Güler’s cross failed to find the target (68’). A minute later, WSG Tirol enjoyed their best chance of the game, from the boots of Anselm, but Lunin came out on top in the one-on-one, showing some sublime reflexes. Eckmayr then did brilliantly to deny Mbappé his hat-trick, keeping out his rasping strike, before Asencio and Yáñez came off the bench. With 78 minutes on the clock, Mbappé once again forced the keeper into a good diving stop, but the madridista insistence did finally bear fruit on 81’, thanks to Rodrygo. Linking up nicely with Mbappé, the Brazilian unleashed that fierce right foot to make it 0-4. In the closing stages, our coach handed debuts to Thiago, who came close to getting a goal, and Roberto Martín. Xabi Alonso’s boys now turn their attentions to their LaLiga opener, set for Tuesday, 19 August, against Osasuna at the Bernabéu (9:00pm CEST).