Real Madrid advanced, but not without unnecessary drama. A rotated side showed quality in possession and attacking moments, yet nearly let the game slip due to poor game management and a worrying lack of intensity from some late substitutes.<\/p>\n
Andriy Lunin \u2014 8
Made two outstanding saves, including a crucial stop in the final moments to prevent extra time.<\/p>\n
David Jim\u00e9nez \u2014 7
A solid debut. Delivered a couple of quality balls into the box and showed composure on the ball. Not at fault for the goal conceded, as he was left tracking two attackers on his own.<\/p>\n
Dean Huijsen \u2014 7.5
Strong ball progression from the back and confident stepping into midfield. Gave possession away cheaply on a few occasions, but overall a decent performance.<\/p>\n
\u00c1lvaro Carreras \u2014 6.5
Tidy in possession and comfortable building play. Struggled defensively late on as Talavera increased their intensity.<\/p>\n
Fran Garc\u00eda \u2014 5.5
Allowed a run in behind for the first goal conceded and was dispossessed too easily at times. A mixed night defensively.<\/p>\n
Franco Mastantuono \u2014 6
Showed flashes of quality with his dribbling but lacked end product. Had a bizarre moment handling the ball in open play, escaped punishment, and was promptly substituted by Xabi Alonso.<\/p>\n
Dani Ceballos \u2014 7.5
Dictated tempo and controlled the game from deep for long stretches. Played 86 minutes, and his absence coincided with Madrid losing control.<\/p>\n
Arda G\u00fcler \u2014 8
Key to Madrid\u2019s possession play, consistently vertical, and dangerous from set pieces throughout the night. One of the most reliable performers.<\/p>\n
Endrick \u2014 8
Arguably Madrid\u2019s best player. Created two excellent chances for Mbapp\u00e9 with beautiful passes that deserved assists. Sharp, intelligent, and constantly involved.<\/p>\n
Gonzalo Garc\u00eda \u2014 7
Strong link-up and hold-up play. Got on the end of two good crosses but failed to convert either chance.<\/p>\n
Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 \u2014 8
Missed two point-blank chances that should have killed the game, yet still impossible to rate him lower. Involved in all three goals and ultimately decisive.<\/p>\n
Rodrygo Goes \u2014 6
Showed quality immediately with a sharp turn on his first touch, but spent most of his time pinned deep on the right wing.<\/p>\n
Aur\u00e9lien Tchouam\u00e9ni \u2014 4
Disappointing cameo. Showed poor intensity despite fresh legs and failed to track back properly on the first goal conceded.<\/p>\n
Jude Bellingham \u2014 4
Looked disinterested and lacked urgency. Committed a needless foul that directly led to Talavera\u2019s second goal.<\/p>\n
Jorge Cestero \u2014 N\/A
Not on long enough to be fairly assessed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Real Madrid advanced, but not without unnecessary drama. A rotated side showed quality in possession and attacking moments,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[84439,403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-355662","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-real-madrid-cf-players","9":"tag-soccer","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}