Real Madrid began their league campaign of 2025-26 under Xabi Alonso with a 1\u20130 victory over Osasuna, built on a lot of possession rather than offensive precision.<\/p>\n
The team occupied nine of the top ten positions in pass completion, led by Brahim D\u00edaz at 100% and Aur\u00e9lien Tchouam\u00e9ni on 95.2%. Dean Huijsen and \u00c1lvaro Carreras delivered the most progressive passes with 28 and 26, respectively, while both topped the progressive carries chart with 15 each. In total touches, Carreras registered 123 and Huijsen 114, with Arda G\u00fcler the next closest on 92.<\/p>\n
Possession was met with territorial dominance. Carreras led touches in the final third with 61, closely followed by Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior on 60 and Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 on 58. Mbapp\u00e9 attempted eight take-ons, topping the dribbling metric, while delivering two key passes \u2014 tied with Huijsen, Carreras, G\u00fcler, Vin\u00edcius, and D\u00edaz.<\/p>\n
In ball recoveries, Osasuna\u2019s Valentin Rosier led the match with nine, but \u00c9der Milit\u00e3o posted seven for Real Madrid to highlight defensive security. In xT gain, Huijsen recorded 1.755, ahead of Carreras on 1.003.<\/p>\n
Huijsen produced a standout all-round display. The defender completed 93.8% of his passes, delivered 28 progressive passes, made 15 progressive carries, contributed two key passes, and generated a match-leading 1.755 xT gain. His 114 touches were second only to Carreras, while he ranked ninth for touches in the final third with 16, demonstrating his step-up contribution into advanced phases.<\/p>\n
Carreras delivered an equally influential performance on the left. He led the entire match in total touches with 123 and touches in the final third with 61. The full-back ranked second in progressive passes with 26, joint-first in progressive carries with 15, and contributed two key passes. His ball-recovery figure of four placed him fifth overall for that metric.<\/p>\n
Mbapp\u00e9 proved decisive in the match\u2019s only goal and featured heavily in attacking actions. He attempted eight take-ons \u2014 the highest in the match \u2014 registered two key passes, made 11 progressive carries, completed 89.4% of his passes, and recorded 58 touches in the final third. His 71 total touches were the highest among Real Madrid\u2019s attacking line, reflecting both involvement and availability across the forward zones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Real Madrid began their league campaign of 2025-26 under Xabi Alonso with a 1\u20130 victory over Osasuna, built…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,49440,561,82],"class_list":["post-82715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-real-madrid-cf-la-liga","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}