Mbappe sleepwalked and had 0 shots on target. The nightmare was a 0-0 draw with the hosts. Real Madrid was blocked on both fronts and lost two games.

Real Madrid, the Galacticos team that lost all four teams last season, has significantly improved its league performance after Alonso took charge. After the first eleven rounds, it achieved a record of 10 wins and 1 loss. In addition, it defeated Barcelona in the first round of El Clasico and topped the standings, taking the initiative to win the championship in its own hands.

On this match day, Real Madrid ushered in the test of the twelfth round of La Liga and went to challenge Rayo Vallecano away from home. In this game, Real Madrid was once again hindered in the nightmare land. Mbappe was sleepwalking throughout the game and failed to complete a shot that hit the target. Rayo Vallecano received a 0-0 draw.

In the fourth round of the first stage of the UEFA Champions League in midweek, Real Madrid lost 0-1 to Liverpool at Anfield, halting its winning streak and once again exposing its shortcomings in encountering strong opponents. Rayo Vallecano's home court is also a nightmare for Real Madrid. In the last three league away games against Rayo Vallecano, Real Madrid had 2 draws and 1 loss without winning.

In order to take away three points from the away game and stop the decline of losing in midweek, Alonso did not hold anything back in this campaign. In the 4231 formation, he let Courtois guard the goal, Valverde, Raul Asensio, Huizen and Carreras built the defense, Guler and Camavinga partnered as a double midfielder, Dias, Bellingham and Vinicius sat in the midfield, and Mbappe was the single arrow.

As the referee blew the whistle, Real Madrid turned away and put huge pressure on Vallecano's defense. In the 2nd minute, Guler took a long shot from the front of the penalty area and was saved by the home team's goalkeeper. In the 17th minute, Guler was knocked down by the Vallecano goalkeeper in the penalty area, but the referee indicated that he had already received the ball in an offside position and no penalty kick was awarded.

After resisting Real Madrid's opening attack, Rayo Vallecano formed a very threatening counterattack opportunity in the 20th minute. Latiu dribbled the ball from the right into the penalty area and shot hard, but Courtois blocked it and saved it from the near corner. 2 minutes later, Real Madrid The horse returned the favor, and Vinicius turned and volleyed from close range, but still could not break through Rayo Vallecano's goalkeeper. In the 23rd minute, Raul Asensio, who came to the frontcourt, received a pass from his teammate from the left, but his unmanned header missed the target.

As the best player in Real Madrid this season, Mbappe was completely locked up by Rayo Vallecano in the first half. Not only did he not score or assist, but all the data of key passes, opportunities created and successful dribbles were zero.

In the 60th minute, Mbappe completed the first shot of the game from the left side of the penalty area, but failed to hit the target. Alonso, unwilling to settle for a draw, then replaced Ceballos, Rodrigo and Arnold in succession, hoping to improve the quality of the offense, but Rayo Vallecano did not give the Galacticos a chance to break the deadlock and maintained the 0-0 score until the end.

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failed to defeat Rayo Vallecano in four consecutive away games, which hindered Real Madrid in both the Champions League and La Liga this week. Next, football Entering the international competition window, Alonso has enough time to find countermeasures. After the restart of La Liga, Real Madrid will go to the away game to challenge Elche. Let us wait and see whether it can stop the decline and return to the track of winning.