Kylian Mbappe scored and was booked and Marc Cucurella and Yan Diomande made their Actual Madrid debuts as Jose Mourinho’s aspect beat Schalke in a pleasant on the Veltin-Area.
MBAPPÉ POUNCES! ⚡️🔥
He takes full benefit of a defensive mistake and buries it to open the scoring vs Schalke 04! 🎯#DAZNPreseasonFriendlies pic.twitter.com/QSyQ3OTnYo
— DAZN Soccer (@DAZNFootball) August 16, 2026
Marking the twenty fifth anniversary of the opening of the stadium, the place Madrid boss Jose Mourinho gained the Champions League final with Porto towards Monaco in 2004, Los Blancos took a sixth-minute lead when Mbappe intercepted Ron Schallenberg’s misplaced go and slotted coolly in.
HUIJSEN MAKES IT TWO! 💥
A decisive header from the defender doubles the lead, 2-0! 🎯#DAZNPreseasonFriendlies pic.twitter.com/QhggBLXSY6
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Centre-back Dean Huijsen headed in Arda Guler’s nook for Madrid’s second within the twentieth minute, with Mbappe booked throughout the first half for showing to not take heed to refereeing directions earlier than new ahead Carlos Espi headed in Alvaro Carreras’ looking cross on the far put up with 33 minutes remaining.
THIS is strictly why they introduced him in. 🎯🔥
Carlos Espí finds the web to spherical off a dominant 3-0 win!#DAZNPreseasonFriendlies pic.twitter.com/aQtcf4Gd32
— DAZN Soccer (@DAZNFootball) August 16, 2026
Full-back Cucurella and winger Diomande got here on 5 minutes after Espi’s purpose alongside England worldwide Jude Bellingham and new wideman Denzel Dumfries.
Schalke vs Madrid: Mourinho aspect log out in model
Madrid had loved a powerful pre-season with wins over Leganes, Ferencvaros and Deportivo La Coruna and a draw with Fiorentina, and this victory was their final warm-up earlier than their Liga marketing campaign begins at Espanyol on August 22 (20:30 BST).
Schalke gained the German second tier final season and begin their season away to fourth-tier Hallescher within the German Cup on August 24 (19:45 BST), adopted by their league opener at Augsburg six days later (16:30).
House supervisor Miron Muslic had urged earlier than the sport that the status pleasant was much less of a precedence than the cup contest.
Schalke workforce vs Actual Madrid
Schalke beginning XI: Loris Karius, Hasan Kurucay, Timo Becker, Ron Schallenberg, Moussa Sylla, Junior Adamu, Dejan Ljubicic, Soufiane El-Faouzi, Adil Aouchiche, Nikola Katic, Vitalie Becker
Schalke substitutes: Kevin Muller, Mertcan Ayhan, Janik Bachmann, Edin Dzeko, Christian Gomis, Dylan Leonard, Finn Porath, Satoshi Tanaka, Luca Vozar, Maximilian Wober
Madrid workforce vs Schalke
Madrid made 4 adjustments, together with Thibaut Courtois’ return in purpose, a debut for Ibrahima Konate in defence, Federico Valverde’s reintroduction in midfield and Mbappe – final season’s Liga high scorer – coming in up entrance.
Defender Eder Militao, midfielder Thiago Pitarch and ahead Rodrygo had been all out with knee accidents, as was Ferland Mendy (tendon).
Actual Madrid beginning XI: Thibaut Courtois, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ibrahima Konate, Dean Huijsen, Alvaro Carreras, Federico Valverde, Bernardo Silva, Brahim Diaz, Arda Güler, Vinicius Junior, Kylian Mbappe
Actual Madrid substitutes: Andrii Lunin, Jude Bellingham, Eduardo Camavinga, Marc Cucurella, Carlos Espi, Antonio Rudiger, Denzel Dumfries, Yan Diomande, Jorge Cestero, Mario Rivas, Alexis Ciria, Illia Voloshyn
Schalke v Actual Madrid stats
- Schalke suffered a 4-2 defeat to Sevilla of their solely assembly with a Spanish aspect final season, Moussa Sylla and Mauro Zalazar scoring in entrance of just about 46,000 followers in a pleasant in July 2025 in Gelsenkirchen
- Their final aggressive assembly with a Spanish workforce was towards Madrid within the Champions League final 16 in March 2015, profitable 4-3 away however exiting 5-4 on mixture
- That’s Schalke’s solely win over Madrid, shedding 6-1 at residence and 3-1 away on the similar stage of the 2013/14 competitors of their different encounters
- Madrid all-time high scorer Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in three of these matches and as soon as in one other for a complete of seven targets towards Schalke
- In aggressive video games towards Spanish groups, Schalke’s report is W8 D7 L12, final prevailing in such a match with a 3-1 residence victory over Valencia within the 2010/11 Champions League final 16 to finish a 4-2 mixture win
- Promoted as champions final season, The Royal Blues gained three extra matches (21) than some other workforce within the second tier and had the very best defensive report by eight targets, conceding 31 occasions throughout 34 league video games
- Loris Karius saved two extra clear sheets (13) than some other goalkeeper within the division, twice serving to Schalke preserve 4 clear sheets throughout 5 consecutive matches within the league
- The final three Spanish golf equipment to go to Schalke competitively have gained, together with Athletic Membership triumphing 4-2 within the 2011/12 Europa League quarter-finals as a part of a tie they gained 6-4 on mixture
- Los Blancos’ aggressive report towards German groups is W44 D16 L26, though they misplaced each such video games final season with a 2-1 residence defeat and 4-3 away loss to Bayern Munich within the Champions League quarter-finals
- That they had gained their previous 4 such matches as a part of a nine-game unbeaten run towards German golf equipment (W7 D2)
