Real Madrid’s Copa del Rey round of 32 clash against Talavera will be remembered not only for the result, but for the deeply emotional moments it delivered for the club’s academy. For two young

Real Madrid’s 2025–26 Copa del Rey campaign begins with a trip to Talavera de la Reina on Wednesday evening. Xabi Alonso’s men have had a rough six weeks, dropping points in six of their last nine matches across all competitions.

Kylian Mbappe scored two and set up another as Real Madrid unconvincingly saw off Spanish third-tier side Talavera 3-2 to reach the last-16 of the Copa del Rey. The 26-year-old converted a penalty, forced the hosts into an own-goal,

Real Madrid really should have put the game against Talavera to bed far before proceedings got complicated, for they had chances to go 3-0 and even 4-0 up on the night.Yet, they stayed put after

Madrid recovered Mbappe and Huijsen but still did not have Militao, Camavinga and Alaba, while striker Endrick was also missing through suspension after his red card from the bench against Celta. It led to Alonso giving 19-year-old Victor Valdepenas his senior debut at left-back.

Kylian Mbappé is chasing another Real Madrid goalscoring record set by Cristiano Ronaldo, but the Frenchman only has one more week to etch his name above the legend in the club’s history books.

Real Madrid head coach Xabi Alonso has thrown his full weight behind Florentino Perez in the ongoing war over the Negreira case, insisting that the lack of punishment for Barcelona is viewed with total shock across the rest of Europe.

There is still a great deal of pressure on Real Madrid's manager, after an unconvincing 2-1 win at Alaves on Sunday

Real Madrid are always aware of younger players that have been making waves across Europe or South America, and this was the case with a certain Lennart Karl. Prior to his breakthrough at Bayern