Reigning champions Real Madrid got their first win of the season in the league. Los Blancos won 3-0 at home against Valladolid on Sunday (August 25). Valverde, Diaz and Endrik scored for Real Madrid. Andric became the youngest player outside of Spain to score a goal in La Liga for Real Madrid.
No wonder why everyone calls him a ‘wonder boy’. Coach Darival Jr made his debut with a late goal against England last March to win over Brazil. Today, Endrik not only scored his debut match for Real Madrid, but also made history. His team also won by 3-0 against Valladolid in La Liga.
Real Madrid vs Valladolid match timeline
In the first half, Real’s attack was ineffective. However, in the second half of the match, the hosts were on fire. They scored three goals. Federico Valverde started the magic. In the 50th minute of the match, Valverde’s low free-kick bounced off the feet of one of the opponents and into the net.
Endrik found the address of the opponent’s net within 10 minutes of playing in Real’s jersey for the first time. At the age of 18 years and 35 days, the Brazilian is now Real’s youngest foreigner to score in La Liga history. Also, Endrik is now Los Blancos’ youngest goalscorer on his La Liga debut in the 21st century.
Endrik came on as a replacement for Kylian Mbappé in the 86th minute of the match at Santiago Bernabeu. He scored the historic goal in the sixth minute of added time after receiving the ball from a pass from Brahim Diaz on the edge of the box. Diaz himself scored 8 minutes before scoring through Endrik. Federico Valverde scored the first goal in 50 minutes.
Real Madrid bounced back from a 1-1 draw against Mallorca in their first match of the La Liga season to win today. After today’s victory, Real Madrid has risen to the third place in the table with 4 points.
Liverpool made a memorable comeback
Meanwhile, the debut match of new coach Arne Slot at Anfield was a success too. The goals of the match came from Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah which helped Liverpool beat Brentford by 2-0 in the English Premier League.
Liverpool also won their first match of the Premier League season by 2-0. However, that match was played at the opponent Ipswich Town’s ground. Today’s match was the first at Anfield for Slott, who replaced Jurgen Klopp as coach.
The stadium was heated by the roar of Liverpool fans, the ground is seen as a nightmare for opposing teams. Even as hosts, this ground puts a lot of pressure on the Liverpool coach. However, Slott said, he is not feeling any kind of nervous pressure.
Chelsea crushed Wolverhampton
Chelsea lost 2-0 to Manchester City in their first match of the new Premier League season. That team has turned around brilliantly today. The London club crushed Wolverhampton by 6-2 in their own field.
Noni Madueke scored his first hat-trick for Chelsea. The other three goals came from Nicholas Jackson, Cole Palmer and Joao Felix to start the second chapter at Chelsea. Matheus Cunha and Jørgen Strand Larsen scored twice for Wolves.
Chelsea scored 6 goals after 28 months in the league. The Blues last won by 6-0 at Southampton in April 2022. At that time the coach of the team was Thomas Tuchel. Today’s big win saw new coach Enzo Marseca achieve a new feat. As Chelsea’s first coach, he saw the team score 6 goals in his first match at the opponent’s field.
A few days ago, Palmer won the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Young Footballer of the Year award. The 22-year-old scored all three of Madueke’s goals. He is the first Chelsea player to have three or more assists in a single Premier League match and fifth in league history.
Bournemouth stopped Newcastle United
Bournemouth drew the score by 1-1 with Nottingham Forest in their first league match. Bournemouth also stopped Newcastle United at home today. The result of this match is 1-1.
Marcus Tavernier’s goal put the hosts ahead on the scoreboard in the 37th minute of the match at the Vitality Stadium. Anthony Gordon equalised the match by scoring for Newcastle in the 76th minute.
