Actual Madrid wrapped up their pre-season with a convincing win over Schalke, and the match handed Jose Mourinho a couple of cause for optimism. A number of new arrivals featured, whereas key males returned to the fold, most notably Jude Bellingham and Thibaut Courtois.
New trio Ibrahima Konate, Marc Cucurella and Amadou Diawara all made their debuts. Cucurella got here on within the 61st minute and left a powerful impression in his brief spell, regardless of moving into the sport in removed from straightforward circumstances.
Cucurella beamed about his Actual Madrid bow afterwards, insisting the crew had produced a powerful show and landed the best end result heading into the brand new marketing campaign.
“I’m extraordinarily pleased, and I feel it was an ideal match for everybody,” he mentioned. “It is a wonderful end result earlier than the beginning of the season. The wait has been lengthy, and I’m eagerly trying ahead to the beginning of the league.”
The Spanish full-back joined up with the squad later than the remaining, having contested the World Cup closing along with his nationwide facet earlier than finishing his transfer and opening a brand new chapter in his profession. He views it because the reward for years of graft.
“There may be loads of exhausting work behind all this, and all the trouble put in over these years was value each little bit of the difficulty,” Cucurella mentioned of the journey. His teammates, he confirmed, had helped him settle into the group rapidly.
Madrid’s gamers welcomed him and the opposite new signings in a particular approach, the full-back added. “They’re all fantastic, and so they made it straightforward for everybody to hitch the crew.” He then despatched a message to the membership’s supporters, revealing he had been flooded with messages since signing and vowing to present all the pieces for the royal shirt.
