Real Madrid star Franco Mastantuono secured for himself a piece of club history in the club’s meeting with RCD Mallorca on Saturday.
Xabi Alonso’s troops of course marked their return to action yesterday evening.
Eyeing a third successive victory to open the new La Liga campaign, Real Madrid welcomed the aforementioned Mallorca to Spain’s capital.
When all was said and done, march on to another three points is precisely what Los Blancos managed, courtesy of goals on the part of Arda Güler, and Vinícius Jr.
The aforementioned Franco Mastantuono, meanwhile, was afforded his 2nd successive starting berth for the clash.
And as alluded to above, in the process of taking to the pitch on Saturday, the summer arrival in Spain notched a piece of Real Madrid history.
As revealed by statisticians Opta:
‘At 18 years and 16 days old, Franco Mastantuono has become the youngest player to start a LaLiga match for Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu in the 21st Century.’
Conor Laird – GSFN
