Real Madrid made it three wins from their final 4 pre-season outings with a 2-1 win over Ferencvaros on the Groupama Area in Budapest, as Jose Mourinho’s aspect continued to construct momentum forward of the brand new La Liga season.
Mario Rivas and Carlos Espi struck early in every half to present Madrid a cushty benefit, earlier than Kenan Kodro’s sensible end gave the Hungarian aspect a comfort and arrange a nervy ultimate half-hour.
It was a comparatively youthful beginning lineup from Mourinho, with Mbappe, Bellingham and Tchouameni among the many notable absentees nonetheless recovering from World Cup commitments, and Courtois, Rodrygo and Eder Militao sidelined via damage.
However there was sufficient high quality on present to counsel Madrid’s preparation is on monitor, with Arda Guler the standout performer throughout the primary hour, creating probabilities persistently from his attacking midfield place.
Rivas opened the scoring within the forty first minute when Alexis Ciria whipped in a pointy supply from a nook and the centre-back arrived on the close to submit to energy a header into the underside nook.
Mourinho made sweeping modifications at half-time, with Bernardo Silva, Vinicius Junior and Trent Alexander-Arnold amongst these launched.
Inside 4 minutes of the restart, Federico Valverde slid a composed go into the world and Carlos Espi arrived to complete first-time for 2-0. The younger striker, who has attracted curiosity from a number of Premier League golf equipment this summer time, has now scored in consecutive pre-season fixtures.
Ferencvaros pulled one again within the 57th minute when Kristoffer Zachariassen drove ahead and located Kodro in area contained in the field, the striker turning and firing into the underside proper nook.
The hosts, who arrived with higher aggressive sharpness having already kicked off their home season and navigated Europa League qualifying, pushed onerous for an equaliser within the ultimate quarter and Lunin was compelled into a pointy cease from a Zachariassen header within the 63rd minute.
