The Real Madrid Sentinel
Squad5 Apr 2027
Kylian Mbappé damages knee ligaments — 94 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 94 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match3 Apr 2027
Nobody wins at Real Madrid
19 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Thibaut Courtois decides it from twelve yards
2 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.
Match31 Mar 2027
Real Madrid through in the cup
A 0‑0 win over Villarreal, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Kylian Mbappé is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.74 with 22 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Match3 Apr 2027
No mercy from Real Madrid
Alavés will want this one forgotten quickly: 4‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Real Madrid were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Match5 Apr 2027
Real Madrid are top
80 points and nobody above them. The word is not being said around the ground yet, and it is being thought in every seat.
Player ratings5 Apr 2027
Both of them Marcus Thuram's — 9.10
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.10, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Player ratings5 Apr 2027
Both of them Jude Bellingham's — 8.46
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.46, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
In brief
- Squad Getting past Thibaut Courtois has become the hardest job in the division
- The dugout Octavio Vázquez: that is not what I was promised
- Market Federico Valverde has his eye on Europe