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Jude Bellingham scored two goals
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Former Dortmund player Jude Bellingham has led Real Madrid to their second win in the second game of the new season in the Spanish league with an outstanding performance. The 20-year-old Englishman, who joined the club from BVB for €103m this summer, scored the first two goals (3th minute and 1th) for his team in Saturday night's 1-1 (19-60) away win at UD Almería. The third goal of the Brazilian Vinícius Júnior (73rd) was set up by Bellingham.
The hosts had taken the lead at the Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos in the 3rd minute through Sergio Arribas. But Madrid, with German pros Toni Kroos and Antonio Rüdiger in the starting line-up, then turned the game around. Kroos also played his part in this, with the 2014 World Cup winner setting up Bellingham's second goal worth seeing. It was his 63rd assist in the Spanish top league.
For Bellingham it was already the third goal in the league. The Englishman scored in last week's 2-0 win at Athletic Bilbao.
Madrid are at the top of La Liga with six points for the time being, and some teams can still draw level as the matchday progresses. However, this does not apply to arch-rivals FC Barcelona, Ilkay Gündoğan's team had dropped points at Getafe (0-0) in the opener. On Sunday (19.30 CET/ Stream: DAZN), the Catalans will now play a home game against FC Cádiz.
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