# European football: Bellingham sparks Real Madrid’s cruise to maintain perfect start

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/european-football-bellingham-sparks-real-madrids-cruise-to-maintain-perfect-start/
- Published: 2026-08-30T18:15:43+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-30T18:30:20+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/aug/30/european-football-real-madrid-malaga-napoli-como-inter
- Topics: Art, Celebrity, Culture, Entertainment, Europe, Football, Sport, TV, World

## Key points

- Real Madrid beat Málaga 4-0, leading La Liga on nine points
- Bellingham scored and set up a goal in a dominant first half
- Suzuki scored a hat-trick as Freiburg thrashed Werder Bremen 4-1

## Summary

Real Madrid maintained their perfect start to the La Liga season with a comfortable 4-0 home win over promoted Málaga on Sunday, moving two points clear at the top of the table. Jude Bellingham inspired the rout, scoring a superb solo goal and setting up a second via an own goal, while Kylian Mbappé also netted before substitute Arda Guler completed the scoring late on.

Madrid raced into a three-goal lead inside 30 minutes at the Bernabéu: Bellingham's 19th-minute solo effort was followed by an own goal from Málaga goalkeeper Alfonso Herrero and a Mbappé volley from Trent Alexander-Arnold's cross. Guler added a fourth in stoppage time after coming on as a substitute, leaving Madrid on nine points from three games, ahead of Atlético Madrid and Alavés, with Barcelona fourth on six points and a game in hand. Elsewhere, Yuito Suzuki scored a hat-trick in Freiburg's 4-1 win over Werder Bremen, and Schalke's Bundesliga return ended in a 3-0 defeat to Augsburg after finishing with 10 men following a red card for Ron Schallenberg.

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