Real Madrid players had little time to recover from Sunday’s Super Cup loss to Barcelona, returning from Saudi Arabia to take on Albacete on Wednesday.
For the first time, Madrid took to the field under newly-appointed head coach Álvaro Arbeloa, who took charge after Xabi Alonso‘s shock departure on Monday. Madrid were the overwhelming favorites against second division Albacete but it was the hosts who took the lead.
Shortly before halftime young midfielder Javi Villar opened the scoring for Albacete, notching his second-ever senior goal. Villar had previously spent time with Real Madrid Castilla and came back to haunt his former club.
Who was the first Real Madrid scorer?
Unsurprisingly, it did not take long for Madrid to draw level in the game. On the verge of halftime young star Franco Mastantuono made the score 1-1, becoming the first Real Madrid player to score during the Alvaro Arbeloa era.
Mastantuono, like Villar, was an unlikely candidate for goalscorer. He arrived from Argentina last summer with a reputation as one of the world’s most promising young attackers. However he has taken some time to adapt to life in Spain, scoring only once in his first 17 games for Madrid.
IkramNichari
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Good now what's the problem before that xabi was the problem but today he isn't the manager of team so who will be the responsible for this loss we thought the board of directors are very genius but trust me from few days we believe Madrid have on of the bad and we can say worst directors in history of football
zaheinstu
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Arbeloa era will be sorter than Xabi era coz Rbeloa did a terrible job in substitutions!!
ChiemezieJudah
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when did real Madrid lose to a second division team, to the problem not covering up the issue an average coach coming to coach my mighty team
Weybcklpty
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jamdikosuz
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The topic should be,The first loss of Abeloa era is from an unlikely source,