Here is how the Spanish papers rated Real Madrid’s players for their opening day 3-1 win over Celta Vigo. It was a welcome win for Zinedine Zidane, who had watched arch rivals Barcelona go down 1-0 to Athletic Bilbao on the previous evening.
Gareth Bale and Thibault Courtois walked away with most of the plaudits, as these player ratings below show us. It was a forgettable day for Odriozola.
Newspaper collated player ratings- Celta Vigo 1-3 Real Madrid
Celta Vigo vs Real Madrid 2019 (Celta-Real 2019)
Final score and result:- Celta Vigo vs Real Madrid 1-3 (Losada/Benzema, Kroos, Vazquez)
Abanca Balaidos, Vigo- 17 August, 2019- Saturday
Real survive Luka Modric’s red card as they down Celta 3-1 in Vigo
We did this with the Premier League and the Championship (promotion odds), and here are the odds for each team to win the La Liga title this season before the official start of the campaign.
As expected, defending champions Barcelona are the favourites to lift the title this year as well. Somewhat surprisingly, there is a large gap between Real and Atletico, with the latter at 13 compared to the former’s 2.62.
The team least expected to win La Liga in 2019/20 is Mallorca, as can be seen below.