Andriy Lunin \u2013 7<\/h2>\n
Could have done better for Talavera\u2019s first goal, but he was faultless aside from that. He made a huge save in stoppage time to deny the hosts extra time.<\/p>\n
David Jimenez \u2013 6.5<\/h2>\n
A very respective debut for the young defender. He almost got an assist for Endrick Felipe.<\/p>\n
Dean Huijsen \u2013 6<\/h2>\n
Largely strolled the match, but he had a couple of lapses that will be a concern for Xabi Alonso. He should have done better for Talavera\u2019s first goal.<\/p>\n
Alvaro Carreras \u2013 7<\/h2>\n
He looks almost as comfortable at centre-back compared to left-back, which is good news for Real Madrid given the injury situation with Eder Militao and David Alaba.<\/p>\n
Fran Garcia \u2013 5.5<\/h2>\n
His final ball was poor, and in defence, he was beaten on multiple occasions in the second half.<\/p>\n
Franco Mastantuono \u2013 6.5<\/h2>\n
His first start since early November, and as expected, he lacked sharpness. However, he generally did well.<\/p>\n Good performance from Guler, who controlled the middle of the park alongside Dani Ceballos.<\/p>\n Similar to Guler.<\/p>\n He was a surprise starter, but Alonso\u2019s decision was justified in the end. He scored the opener<\/a> from the penalty spot, created Real Madrid\u2019s second goal and fired home the third<\/a> late on with the help of Talavera\u2019s goalkeeper.<\/p>\n A solid performance from Endrick in his last appearance of the season for Real Madrid \u2013 he is suspended for the weekend match against Sevilla, after which he will head to Lyon on loan.<\/p>\n He was not involved too much, but his presence as a focal point helped Real Madrid\u2019s general play.<\/p>\n Came on for Mastantuono and took the captain\u2019s armband, which would have been a proud moment for him.<\/p>\n Brought on late to help see out the result, but there was complications.<\/p>\n Involved a lot during his 15-minute cameo, which included a yellow card.<\/p>\n Came on late for his Real Madrid debut.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The post Real Madrid player ratings against Talavera: Kylian Mbappe stands tall but concerns in defence<\/a> appeared first on Football Espa\u00f1a<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Real Madrid are through to the next round of the Copa del Rey, having narrowly seen off Talavera 3-2 at El Prado. Andriy…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4050"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4050"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4054,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4050\/revisions\/4054"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cf-talavera-v-real-madrid-copa-del-rey-2-scaled.jpg\")
Arda Guler \u2013 7<\/h2>\n
Dani Ceballos \u2013 7<\/h2>\n
Kylian Mbappe \u2013 8.5<\/h2>\n
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Endrick \u2013 6.5<\/h2>\n
Gonzalo Garcia \u2013 6<\/h2>\n
Substitutes<\/h3>\n
Rodrygo \u2013 6<\/h2>\n
Aurelien Tchouameni \u2013 6<\/h2>\n
Jude Bellingham \u2013 6<\/h2>\n
Jorge Cestero \u2013 N\/A<\/h2>\n