The Spanish giants kicked off their 2025–26 campaign with a 1–0 victory over Osasuna on Tuesday night. Xabi Alonso made his debut on the touchline at the Santiago Bernabéu and led his new team to three points in a comfortable, yet lackluster win.

Real Madrid is back in action for the 2025-26 La Liga season, with their first match kicking off this week. ESPN+ offers a wide array of matches throughout the season, including every La Liga match during the 2025-26 season.

Arsenal fans believe Real Madrid have dropped the biggest hint yet that Rodrygo will be allowed to leave this summer. After playing a bit-part role at the Club World Cup, Rodrygo’s future has been called into question once again following Los Blancos’ opening La Liga fixture of the new season.

England right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold made his La Liga debut as Real Madrid earned a narrow win against Osasuna. The summer signing from Liverpool had played five times for his new club at the Fifa Club World Cup, where they reached the semi-finals, under new boss Xabi Alonso.

Los Blancos will kick off their La Liga season on Tuesday against Osasuna, after the league began over the weekend

Dermot joined The Athletic in 2020 and has been our main La Liga Correspondent up until now. Irish-born, he has spent more than a decade living in Madrid and writing about Spanish football for ...

According to an update shared by AS, it has been learned that Franco Mastantuono’s registration with Real Madrid Castilla should not be seen as an unusual or risky move. In fact, the outlet