Real Madrid claimed a 3-0 La Liga win at promoted Real Oviedo on Sunday, with Kylian Mbappé scoring in each half before Vinícius Júnior added a late third to seal the match.
Mbappé put Real ahead in the 37th minute after Aurélien Tchouaméni won the ball off Leander Dendoncker in midfield and quickly fed Arda Guler. He slipped a pass to the Frenchman who turned sharply on the edge of the box and drilled a low shot into the net.
The resilient hosts nearly snatched an equaliser when Kwasi Sibo’s low drive struck the post and bounced out. Instead, it was Real who struck in the 83rd minute, once again regaining possession in midfield. Substitute Vinícius slipped the ball through to Mbappé, who finished coolly to double the lead.
Deep into stoppage time, Vinícius found himself unmarked in the box and calmly picked out the far corner to add Real’s third and final goal.
Juventus opened their Serie A campaign with a 2-0 home win over Parma on Sunday, sealed by debutant Jonathan David’s opener and a late tap-in from Dusan Vlahovic.
There were few chances for either side in the first half and Juve’s Francisco Conceição went closest early on with a diving header that forced Parma goalkeeper Zion Suzuki into a full-stretch save to keep it out.
Parma came out sharper after the break and nearly struck within minutes. Mateo Pellegrino broke through only to be denied by a superb last-ditch block from Gleison Bremer that kept Juve level. The scare seemed to jolt the hosts into life and they soon piled on the pressure.
Kenan Yildiz and Conceição repeatedly found space on the wings, creating several chances for Juve early in the second half, with Conceicao rattling the bar with a deflected strike. In the 59th minute, Yildiz burst free down the flank and whipped in a pinpoint pass to David, who stole a step on his marker and coolly finished with the outside of his boot to put Juve ahead. Yildiz could have doubled Juve’s lead minutes before the end, but his half-volley was kept out by Suzuki, who reacted sharply to palm it away from the bottom corner.
Andrea Cambiaso was sent off following a tussle with Mathias Fjortoft Lovik in the 83rd minute that ended with the Italian seemingly striking Parma’s Norwegian defender. A minute later, Juve capitalised with a swift counter as Yildiz drove into the box and squared for substitute Vlahovic, who tapped in to seal the match.
Atalanta, under new coach Ivan Juric, opened with a 1-1 home draw against promoted Pisa, as Isak Hien’s first-half own goal put the visitors ahead but the lead was cancelled out by Gianluca Scamacca five minutes after the restart.
Hamburg returned from a seven-year absence and emerged from its first game back in the Bundesliga with a 0-0 draw at Borussia Mönchengladbach.
The promoted side spent much of Sunday’s game defending, with goalkeeper Daniel Heuer Fernandes diving well to deny Gladbach captain Rocco Reitz among other saves.
“We knew we were coming up against a strong team that would have many people in midfield, so we kept it tight in the centre and tried to hit on counterattacks,” Heuer Fernandes said. “Of course you never know where you stand after such a [difficult] pre-season, but I think everyone saw today how we can take on the league and that’s exactly how it should go.”
Hamburg were the last surviving member of the Bundesliga to have played every season since its formation in 1963, earning the nickname “der Dino,” until it was finally relegated in 2018 after several close shaves.
Cologne marked their return as second-division champion with a 1-0 win at Mainz, who had Paul Nebel sent off on the hour for a tactical foul to stop Jakub Kaminski going through on goal. The sending off provided encouragement for Cologne, who had been primarily defending up to then, and Kaminski’s strike partner Marius Bülter headed the winner in the final minute.
