Player Ratings: Schalke 0 – 3 Real Madrid<\/p>\n
Thibaut Courtois \u2014 7.5: Had almost nothing to do. Made one save on the only real test he faced. His distribution was very good, misplacing just one pass \u2014 a long ball.<\/p>\n
Trent Alexander-Arnold \u2014 7.5: Fantastic long-range passing throughout.<\/p>\n
Ibrahima Konat\u00e9 \u2014 7.5: Very strong cameo. Dominant in the air and cleaned up whenever the ball came near him. Very good with the ball at his feet.<\/p>\n
Dean Huijsen \u2014 8.5: Made nine clearances, scored a goal, and was unlucky not to score another header shortly after.<\/p>\n
\u00c1lvaro Carreras \u2014 8: Won four of his five aerial duels, read passing lanes well, and had a fantastic assist to Espi for Real Madrid\u2019s third goal.<\/p>\n
Bernardo Silva \u2014 6.5: Quieter than in his last match and lost possession deep in his own half once, but was still very good on the ball, played vertically, and misplaced just two passes all game. Briefly played as the team\u2019s No. 10 after Arda G\u00fcler was subbed off at half-time.<\/p>\n
Fede Valverde \u2014 7.5: Some great defensive reads and vertical passes today. Tired a little in the second half and got sloppy on the ball, but looked good overall.<\/p>\n
Brahim D\u00edaz \u2014 6.5: Played one incredible pass over the top to Mbapp\u00e9. Quiet relative to the others. Also took one unnecessary risk with his dribbling deep in his own half.<\/p>\n
Arda G\u00fcler \u2014 8.5: Only ended up with two key passes, but that\u2019s partly because he often played the vital line-breaking pass before the final ball, or because Mbapp\u00e9 was caught offside. He was surgical today and probably Real Madrid\u2019s best player.<\/p>\n
Vin\u00edcius Jr. \u2014 3: Couldn\u2019t get the better of Becker or Ljubicic on that wing. Clumsy on the ball. Lost possession 12 times and completed just one of his six dribble attempts. Still looks physically off the mark. Hopefully it\u2019s just a pre-season issue and doesn\u2019t linger into the official matches.<\/p>\n
Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 \u2014 8.5: Didn\u2019t look sluggish at all in his first game back. Scored within six minutes, looked explosive with his dribbling, and deserved an assist after setting up Vin\u00edcius with a great chance.<\/p>\n
Andriy Lunin \u2014 8: Made three saves and was quick off his line.<\/p>\n
Antonio R\u00fcdiger \u2014 6: Good distribution, but rash with his challenges.<\/p>\n
Eduardo Camavinga \u2014 7.5: Excellent cameo off the bench. Very good with his passing in all sorts of ways \u2014 short passes, long passes, switches \u2014 while also contributing with good interceptions and tackles.<\/p>\n
Carlos Espi \u2014 8.5: Fantastic header at the far post to put Real Madrid three goals up, great hold-up play, and deserved an assist after setting up Alexis Ciria for a point-blank chance.<\/p>\n
Marc Cucurella \u2014 6.5: Not much to note other than that it\u2019s great to finally see him make his debut. Mostly stayed in his own half.<\/p>\n
Denzel Dumfries \u2014 6: Quiet game off the bench. Still looks like he\u2019s going through the motions this pre-season.<\/p>\n
Jude Bellingham \u2014 7: Didn\u2019t misplace a single pass in his return, including a couple of really nice through balls to Vin\u00edcius and Espi, respectively.<\/p>\n
Yan Diomande \u2014 6.5: Another player making his debut. Nice to see him linking up with his teammates on the right wing. His speed and defensive tracking are a huge breath of fresh air.<\/p>\n
Jorge Cestero \u2014 7: Worked really hard defensively and had a crucial block in the box.<\/p>\n
Alexis Ciria \u2014 N\/A: Although he did miss a sitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Player Ratings: Schalke 0 – 3 Real Madrid Thibaut Courtois \u2014 7.5: Had almost nothing to do. Made…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":816075,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[55853,84439,403,99],"class_list":["post-816074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-real-madrid-cf-friendlies","tag-real-madrid-cf-players","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816074","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=816074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}