Mbappe Booed on Return as Real Madrid Beat Oviedo 2-0
Gonzalo García and Jude Bellingham scored as Madrid controlled 65% of possession and kept their late-season push near the top of La Liga on track.
- On Thursday, Real Madrid secured a 2-0 victory over Real Oviedo at the Santiago Bernabeu during La Liga Matchday 36, with goals from Gonzalo Garcia in the 43rd minute and Jude Bellingham in the 79th.
- Barcelona were crowned league champions last week, leaving Madrid to finish a second consecutive season without a major trophy after losing the Clasico at Camp Nou on Sunday.
- Kylian Mbappe returned from injury as a substitute in the 69th minute but faced whistles from Los Blancos fans unhappy at his recent holiday to Sardinia while recovering, despite scoring 41 goals this season.
- Addressing the crowd's reaction, Mbappe told reporters, "Footballers don't always have to understand, they have to accept and look forward and change the situation." The striker attempted to move past the criticism.
- Amid a tumultuous period for Madrid, president Florentino Perez called for elections this week while stewards removed fan banners reading "Florentino go now," signaling internal discord at the club.
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Kylian Mbappé among players jeered by Real Madrid fans at the Bernabeu in 2-0 win over Oviedo
Real Madrid fans have made their discontentment known by jeering players at the Santiago Bernabeu before a 2-0 win over already relegated Oviedo.
Mbappé Receives Massive Pifiadera in the Middle of Madrid Crisis: Crack Was Stoned by Merengues Fans
In the midst of a tense climate marked by the latest player scandals and, more recently, by a voracious press conference of its president Florentino Pérez, Real Madrid said goodbye to the league title and returned to the court with a triumph before the Real Oviedo, in which Kylian Mbappé was the target of the disapprovals. And it is that the Bernabéu spoke for himself. After leaving behind an injury and a controversial trip to Sardinia with his …
The night of the great discontent of Bernabéu, after Real Madrid lost the League in Camp Nou, after the fight of Tchouameni and Valverde, and the explosion of anger of Florentino Pérez in the press room with which he opened a surprising electoral process; that sad night in which they received a newly descended Real Oviedo, reached the height that sums up the feeling of end of the world when Kylian Mbappé, the best-paid footballer, the one who ha…
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