Jude Bellingham scored the primary aim of Jose Mourinho’s second spell as Real Madrid coach as he headed them right into a 1-0 lead at Espanyol of their LaLiga opener.
Mourinho was introduced again by Madrid president Florentino Perez 13 years after his departure from the membership, with the Portuguese tasked with turning issues round after a tumultuous and trophy-less 2025-26 season.
And it didn’t take lengthy for Madrid to make a flying begin to life below Mourinho, with Bellingham carrying on the place he left off for England on the World Cup.
Bellingham met Arda Guler’s left-wing free-kick with a tremendous header, which had sufficient energy to only beat the outstretched arm of Espanyol goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic.
Previous to the opening recreation, Mourinho had stated of taking part in Bellingham, Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior collectively: “After the tactical changes, it may be a bit of bit harder.
“I’m very assured that you just’ll say it’s nice when the three play collectively as a result of they’re high-quality gamers, and I don’t assume their positions are incompatible both.
“I’m very assured that we’re going to have an excellent season with them.”
However all three had been included from the off towards Espanyol and, having seen Bellingham and Mbappe wheel away in celebrations simply 10 minutes into the second Mourinho period, Madrid followers could possibly be forgiven for having extra confidence he could make it work.
