Vinicius Junior and Kylian Mbappe led Real Madrid to an emphatic 6-1 win over Monaco in the Champions League at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday.

Real Madrid confirmed Federico Valverde’s muscle injury and his absence with Uruguay. His recovery time will depend on medical progress.

Federico Valverde and Rodrygo have scored to help Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid 2-1 in the Spanish Super Cup semifinals played in Saudi Arabia.

Courtois made another save from Sorloth at his near post before Madrid’s defence were plunged into more problems. Alonso substituted Antonio Rudiger — who was an injury doubt heading into the match — and Raul Asencio in the 69th minute, with the latter looking disappointed on the bench.

The calm start to the 2025–26 season for Real Madrid was disrupted by a heavy 5–2 defeat against Atletico Madrid in La Liga. That result set off alarm bells and raised questions, which not even a convincing win over Kairat Almaty in the UEFA Champions ...

Since joining Real Madrid in 2016, Federico Valverde took just one season to break into the first team. Since then, he has been pivotal to Los Blancos, one of the first names on the team sheet, and playing numerous positions to support the team when asked.