A severely undermanned Real Madrid side secured a 2–0 victory over Valencia at the Mestalla on Sunday night thanks to goals from Álvaro Carreras and Kylian Mbappé.
Without Vinicius Junior, Jude Bellingham and Rodrygo available, Los Blancos’ makeshift attack struggled to get much of anything going for much of the La Liga clash in Valencia. A goalless and rather underwhelming opening 45 minutes soon spilled over into the second half before an individual moment from Carreras got the visitors on the scoresheet in the 65th minute.
