The new Real Madrid of Xabi Alonso will start La Liga today: this evening the Blancos will host Osasuna at Santiago Bernabeu for the first day of the Spanish championship. More experiments for

Real will host Osasuna at the Santiago Bernabeu for their opening game of the new LaLiga season. Speaking today in his media preview, Xabi was asked about new signing Mastantuono: "The first time I spoke to him, I was truly struck by his personality. He was still only 17 years old and very self-confident.

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.

Kylian Mbappé got off to a scoring start in his second season with Real Madrid, leading the team to a 1-0 victory over Osasuna in their Spanish league opener Tuesday. Mbappé, the