MALLORCA, Spain -- It's the 36th minute at the Son Moix Stadium, and Real Madrid -- already 1-0 up, away from home, on their LaLiga debut for the 2024-25 season -- were enjoying themselves. Camped inside the Mallorca box, the Spanish champions, one of the most exciting attacking line-ups assembled in recent memory, wanted to show what they could do.
Kylian Mbappé backheeled a pass to Jude Bellingham. He turned, laying the ball off to Vinícius Júnior. Another backheel, this time from the Brazilian, was for Rodrygo, who played it outside to Federico Valverde.