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Mbappe penalty hands Real win over stubborn Osasuna
Gulf Today
|August 21, 2025
Kylian Mbappe struck from the penalty spot as Real Madrid beat a dogged Osasuna 1-0 on Tuesday to make a winning start in La Liga under new coach Xabi Alonso.
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The France striker, last season's European Golden Shoe winner, scored early in the second half after he was fouled in the area by Osasuna defender Juan Cruz.
It was enough to seal the points in Alonso's first game in charge at the Santiago Bernabeu, with Madrid now unbeaten in their opening fixture of a league campaign since 2008.
"You can see that Kylian wants to do even more after this first year where he did great things," said Alonso.
Mbappe finished as La Liga's top scorer with 31 goals in his first season in Spain, and is now wearing the number 10 shirt vacated by Luka Modric after the Croatian left for AC Milan last month.
"I don't know if it's linked to the new number or not, or simply to his desire to win, but he wants to improve individual and collective performance and inspire his teammates," added Alonso. "You can see his desire every day. Today he created those decisive moments that enable us to win matches."
This story is from the August 21, 2025 edition of Gulf Today.
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