Thibaut Courtois: 8. Only had to make one save, but it was an outstanding intervention to preserve the clean sheet.<\/p>\n
Trent Alexander-Arnold: 7. A quiet night statistically, but his advanced positioning consistently gave Bellingham, G\u00fcler, and Mbapp\u00e9 a valuable outlet on the right. Helped create several effective overloads.<\/p>\n
Ibrahima Konat\u00e9: 7. Had relatively little defensive work to do, with most of Racing\u2019s attacks coming down the opposite side. Solid on the ball throughout.<\/p>\n
Dean Huijsen: 8.5. Tremendous on the ball again. Played the vital pass out of Racing\u2019s press in the build-up to Bellingham\u2019s goal. Also recorded seven clearances and four blocked shots, including two crucial interventions \u2014 one in each half.<\/p>\n
Marc Cucurella: 8. Completely shut down Luque, Mantilla, and whoever else attacked his flank. Finished with four clearances, four tackles, and four interceptions in an excellent defensive display.<\/p>\n
Bernardo Silva: 6.5. Not his cleanest passing performance, and he switched off on a couple of occasions. Responded well at the start of the second half, however, when Racing began pressing more aggressively.<\/p>\n
Aur\u00e9lien Tchouam\u00e9ni: 7.5. Strong in his challenges and excellent at reading passing lanes. His six interceptions reflected how well he anticipated Racing\u2019s attempts to move the ball forward.<\/p>\n
Arda G\u00fcler: 8.5. A superb performance. Created six key passes \u2014 five in the first half \u2014 and registered an assist while completing 97.5% of his passes, including all eight long balls. Unfortunately, his shooting opportunities fell to his right foot; otherwise, he might well have added a goal.<\/p>\n
Jude Bellingham: 8.5. He\u2019s on a roll. His off-ball run and finish for Real Madrid\u2019s second goal were perfectly executed. His link-up play, pressing, and distribution in tight spaces were all excellent.<\/p>\n
Yan Diomande: 8.5. Unstoppable dribbling, dangerous link-up play, outstanding defensive work, and a golazo. A tremendous two-way performance.<\/p>\n
Kylian Mbapp\u00e9: 8.5. Thriving with this supporting cast. Made excellent off-ball runs, combined with teammates across the pitch, and opened the scoring. His hold-up play in the build-up to Bellingham\u2019s goal was another highlight.<\/p>\n
Brahim D\u00edaz: 6.5. A relatively quiet cameo. Had just 18 touches and often went without service when he made runs.<\/p>\n
Eduardo Camavinga: 6.5. Also relatively quiet, though he showed good ball-carrying and distribution during his time on the pitch.<\/p>\n
Endrick: N\/A. Nearly scored with an excellent effort from outside the box.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thibaut Courtois: 8. Only had to make one save, but it was an outstanding intervention to preserve the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":902892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[64725,84439,403,99],"class_list":["post-902891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-real-madrid-cf-la-liga","tag-real-madrid-cf-players","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902891","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=902891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/902892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=902891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=902891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=902891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}