Sevilla’s Brazilian defender #23 Marcao Teixeira, left, Actual Madrid’s French ahead #10 Kylian Mbappe, middle, and Sevilla’s Spanish defender #02 Jose Angel Carmona struggle for the ball through the Spanish league soccer match between Actual Madrid CF and Sevilla FC at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, Dec. 20. AFP-Yonhap
BARCELONA, Spain — Kylian Mbappé scored his 59th aim for Actual Madrid in 2025 on Saturday to equal the membership report for probably the most in a 12 months held by Cristiano Ronaldo.
The milestone was about to flee the France striker till he transformed a penalty kick with 4 minutes left to finish a 2-0 win over 10-man Sevilla in Madrid’s remaining sport of the 12 months.
Mbappé matched Ronaldo’s tally from 2013. After embracing his teammates, he marked the feat with a subdued model of Ronaldo’s trademark aim celebration earlier than blowing a kiss on the tv cameras.
The previous Paris Saint-Germain star, who joined Madrid in the summertime of 2024, has scored 29 instances for Madrid this season, together with a league-leading 18.
Jude Bellingham scored with a header within the thirty eighth minute and Sevilla misplaced defender Marcao to a second reserving for rash tackles with 20 minutes left. Sevilla coach Matías Almeyda additionally was expelled by the referee through the halftime break.
Alonso has been below stress for a number of weeks attributable to a run of unhealthy outcomes and the general lackluster play of his star-studded facet. Spanish sports activities media is rife with hypothesis the first-year coach may very well be changed.
Now Madrid membership president Florentino Pérez can have two weeks to ponder the staff’s future earlier than its subsequent sport towards Actual Betis on Jan. 4.
Alonso may have ailing afforded one other slip on the Santiago Bernabeu after his facet misplaced its earlier two video games. However Madrid’s followers nonetheless had motive to grouse after Sevilla repeatedly created scoring probabilities — even after being decreased to 10 males.
Alexis Sánchez, nonetheless spry at age 37, and proper again Juanlu Sánchez stood out probably the most for a Sevilla facet that poked holes in Madrid’s protection.
Madrid wanted Thibaut Courtois to disclaim Alexis, Isaac Romero and Alfonso González on 4 strikes within the second half. However Sevilla may have gone forward if it had simply confirmed extra final touch early on.
The end result was nonetheless unsure till Mbappé transformed his spot kick after Juanlu fouled Rodrygo within the space.
Madrid is in second place at one level behind Barcelona earlier than the chief visits third-placed Villarreal on Sunday.
