Sunday's match away at Rangers was technically Real Madrid's third friendly of this pre-season, after training ground clashes with Fuenlabrada and Rayo Vallecano, but it was the first to be played in front of fans and televised and that makes Rodrygo's seventh minute goal the first that we've seen in the Carlo Ancelotti 2.0 era.
Rangers started intensely and brightly, but Martin Odegaard was able to launch a counter attack that culminated with the Brazilian turning past two defenders, benefitting from a slightly fortunate bounce, and then coolly finishing into the far corner.
With Rodrygo to turn 21 this season, 2021/22 will be a huge year in his career. He showed flashes of supreme genius under Zinedine Zidane, but will now look to become a regular starter under Ancelotti.