Despite the initial surge, the yellows failed to pull off a surprise at the Santiago Bernabéu and succumbed to a Madrid with its pride wounded after the five-goal win in the Super Cup
There was no surprise, although the yellows gave hope before the first minute. UD Las Palmas came out onto the Santiago Bernabéu pitch with the hope of causing a surprise, but Real Madrid, in steamroller mode, brought them back to harsh reality with a resounding 4-1 in a match that was decided in the first half.
The start of the yellows was not one that even the most optimistic of fans could have hoped for. After 28 seconds, Moleiro, Sandro and Fabio Silva created a play on the pitch to leave Madrid in awe and take the lead with a shot from the Portuguese that Thibaut Courtois did not reach despite stretching himself like a cat under the three posts.
However, far from knocking out the home side, the goal woke them up and wiped the sleep out of their heads. The joy of the yellows lasted a little more than a quarter of an hour, until Mbappé scored a penalty to level the score and remove the doubts of the last few months and put the team on his back to give the white fans some joy after the humiliation they received in Saudi Arabia at the hands of FC Barcelona.
After this first goal, the Yellows faded from the match, the “jogo bonito” of that first play of the match to put the Canaries ahead was not seen again for the rest of the match. After a quarter of an hour of Madrid siege on Jasper Cillessen's goal, the Whites (through an Mbappé who seems determined to change his course this new year) took the lead on the scoreboard.
In the second half, the story did not change. If anyone expected a reaction from UD, they were left wanting. Madrid, without taking their foot off the accelerator too much, took advantage of two defensive errors to round off the score with a goal from Rodrygo.
To soften the blow, Luis Helguera assured that the club is already moving to make some moves, both in and out, in these last weeks of the winter transfer market. Although the director also made some fans tremble when he spoke about Moleiro and assured that "If they pay the right price we will probably let him go."
After the cup defeat, the home defeat against Bordalás' Getafe and the white storm at the Bernabéu, the yellows will have the opportunity to get back on track and end January on a high this Friday at home against CA Osasuna.
