Real Madrid came under fire for awarding 18-year-old Franco Mastantuono his La Liga debut despite registering the new signing as a Real Madrid Castilla player.

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

Real Madrid kicks off its 2025-’26 season Tuesday at Santiago Bernabéu with a Spanish LaLiga contest against Osasuna.

Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso said Trent Alexander-Arnold and the club's other new signings had performed well in their LaLiga opener on Tuesday and did not seem to be weighed down by the pressure of playing in front of an expectant home crowd.

In response, club president Florentino Perez hired Alonso and sanctioned around €180million (£155m; $210.5m) to be spent on new players, including defenders Dean Huijsen, Alvaro Carreras and Trent Alexander-Arnold, along with exciting young Argentine playmaker Franco Mastantuono.

LaLiga 2025/26 kicked off with Barcelona cruising to victory, Atlético Madrid stumbling, and Real Madrid grinding out a narrow win—early signs of the battles ahead this season. The 2025/26 LaLiga season is officially underway.

Real Madrid started their season on a high on Tuesday with victory over Osasuna, and one of the positives was Eder Militao. The defender, who has suffered two ACL injuries in the last two years,

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