Kylian Mbappe scored twice in three minutes and teen Franco Mastantuono made his scoring debut with Real Madrid in a 4-1 win in Levante in La Liga on Tuesday, a result that the winning start of the club to the season expanded.
Vinicius Junior also scored for Madrid when this season it earned his sixth straight league victory.
«We played a very complete game,» said Madrid -Coach Xabi Alonso. «We have to keep this momentum. This is just the beginning and we want to continue to compete well.»
Mbappe scored Madrid’s third goal by converting a panenka-style-nadat for a 64th minute he was polluted in the area.
The French International added the fourth in the 66th after he had passed the goalkeeper and had just found it open. The goals were Mbappe’s eighth and ninth in seven games with Madrid this season. He also scored twice in two games with the national team of France.
The 18-year-old Mastantuono, signed from the river plate in the summer, scored in the 38th with a shot from the area in the upper corner. The Argentina Vooruit made its fifth start for Madrid.
«I was waiting for this goal,» he said. «It helps me to get even more confidence within the team.»
Vinicius Junior, who had complained about replacing Alonso in the previous game of the team, had made Madrid ahead with a neat strike in the far corner in the 28th. The Brazilian attacker had not scored in his last three games.
«He had a decisive performance,» said Alonso about Vinícius Júnior.
Levante went closer with a header from close by Etta Eyong in the 54th in what the team’s first attempt was on target.
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Madrid is the only team that has already won its six league games this season. It also won his Champions League opener against Marseille.
The last victory increased Madrid’s lead to five points on defending champion Barcelona, which Visits promoted Oviedo on Thursday. Madrid then visits Atletico Madrid in the City Derby.
Levante, also promoted to the top division this season, was Winless in the first four games, but came from a 4-0 win in Girona in the previous round.
Madrid and Levante carried sweaters with their names in the fingers of alphabet to celebrate the international day of sign language.
Athletic Bilbao and Girona were unable to manage more than a 1-1 draw to expand their Winless streaks.
Mikel Jauregizar scored a 48th -minute equalizer for athletics after Azzedine Ounahi had opened the score in the ninth minute for Girona, who should not win in six games this season.
The Catalan club immediately lost four to start his campaign and then attracted two of the last three games. It has been exceeded with 16-3 so far.
Athletic started with three straight victories, but then lost three in a row that entered the home game against Girona. One of the losses was against Arsenal in the competition phase of the Champions League.
Valencia was on his way to his third victory in four league games when it gave a goal in a 2-2 draw at Espanyol in a stop time.
Javi Puado scored six minutes in added time for Espanyol.
Leandro Cabrera had scored the other goal for the hosts in the 59th, while Valencia came on the board with Arnaut Danjuma in the 15th and Hugo Duro in the 62nd.
Valencia came home from a 2-0 win against Athletic. Espanyol had won three of the first four games, but lost 2-0 to Real Madrid in his previous game.
The third place Villarreal won 2-1 in Seville for his second victory in a row. Manor Solomon scored the winner of Villarreal in the 86th.
Published on September 24, 2025
