![[WATCH] Kylian Mbappe's Actual Madrid opener cancelled out by Leganes](https://i3.wp.com/icdn.football-espana.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/real-madrid-cf-v-cd-leganes-la-liga-ea-sports.jpg?ssl=1 "[WATCH] Kylian Mbappe's Actual Madrid opener cancelled out by Leganes")
Actual Madrid have suffered a bump within the highway on their return to La Liga motion at dwelling to Leganes.
On the again of a busy worldwide break, Carlo Ancelotti was pressured to make heavy rotations to his beginning crew, as Leganes headed throughout the capital.
Los Blancos went into the sport seeking to shut the three level hole to leaders Barcelona with Hansi Flick’s facet in motion in opposition to Girona tomorrow.
After a sluggish begin on the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, Actual Madrid started to search out their toes, with Leganes pressured into some drastic defending and Kylian Mbappe denied from shut vary.
Nevertheless, the Frenchman was to not be denied for lengthy, as he dinked dwelling a ‘panenka’ penalty after Arda Guler was barged over contained in the field on 32 minutes.
KYLIAN MBAPPE WITH THE PANENKA! pic.twitter.com/ydymQfQl86
— TC (@totalcristiano) March 29, 2025
That stage set for Actual Madrid to cruise on, however Leganes had different concepts, as Lucas Vazquez’s error was prodded dwelling for the equaliser by Diego Garcia only a minute later.
🚨🇪🇸 GOAL | Actual Madrid 1-1 Leganes | Diego Garcia
DIEGO GARCIA EQUALIZES STRAIGHT AWAY FOR LEGANES!pic.twitter.com/3lmMLAVNHz
— Tekkers Foot (@tekkersfoot) March 29, 2025
That turned the tide, however the script was utterly torn up simply earlier than the break, as Vazquez was bypassed by the Leganes counterattack and Dani Raba arrived on cue to fit Leganes right into a shock 2-1 lead on the break.
🚨🇪🇸 GOAL | Actual Madrid 1-2 Leganes | Dani Raba
DANI RABA HAS GIVEN LEGANES THE LEAD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!pic.twitter.com/Y1H80JyAUy
— Tekkers Foot (@tekkersfoot) March 29, 2025
Ancelotti might want to rally his gamers on the break to get his rotated crew again on job and stop a primary league loss at dwelling since October.
The Italian is underneath main focus amid contemporary rumours over him taking on the Brazil nationwide crew sooner or later in 2025 alongside an incoming authorized battle over alleged tax evasion.
With simply 9 league matches left to play after tonight, Actual Madrid can’t afford a slip, as defeat – and a Barcelona dwelling win over Girona – would stretch the title hole to a decisive six factors within the latter’s favour.
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