Real Madrid 6-1 Monaco: the Bernabéu forgets the crisis with a rout

A thrashing of AS Monaco was the perfect excuse for the Santiago Bernabéu faithful to forget, at least for now, Real Madrid's sporting crisis. On Tuesday, the 'Merengues' decisively defeated a weak side from the Principality (6-1), which despite the rout remains in the playoff spot for the round of 16.

Madrid completed the first half with good attacking sensations, but many doubts in defense. A brace from Kylian Mbappé seemed to seal the match in just 25 minutes. However, Monaco created a lot of danger in the opponent's area, with a shot against the post and at least three clear chances, one of them wasted by Ansu Fati.

In the second half, the Monegasque defense completely collapsed. Inspired, Vinicius Jr. assisted Franco Mastantuono and set up Thilo Kehrer's own goal to seal the match ten minutes after halftimeThe '7' scored the fifth in the 63rd minute, rounding off a balsamic thrashing for Álvaro Arbeloa's side, leaving them very close to securing direct qualification for the round of 16. Towards the end, Jude Bellingham scored the sixth to maintain the five-goal lead, as Jordan Teze had previously pulled one back

Mbappé applied the 'ex-player's law' twice against Monaco

The whites barely took five minutes to open the scoring. A good collective play between Mastantuono and Valverde allowed Mbappé to surprise the Monaco defense with a cross shot as he entered the box. The visitors took a quarter of an hour to get into the game and, in the 18th minute, they almost managed to equalize.

**Caio Henrique** delivered a perfect cross from the wing and **Ansu** entered unmarked to finish, but he mishit the shot and **sent a weak effort** wide. In the 25th minute, a lethal counter-attack by Madrid, orchestrated by **Arda Güler** and finished with a pass from **Vinicius** to 'Kiki', sealed the 2-0 for the 'merengues'. The '10' only had to tap it in at the far post, with Monaco unable to recover defensively.**Jordan Teze**, in the 30th minute, tried his luck with a rocket from outside the box, but the crossbar deflected the shot. Five minutes later, Courtois intervened to prevent a goal from **Akliouche**. Monaco reached the opponent's area with ease, but lacked accuracy and suffered defensively against the speed of Vini and Mastantuono, who had a good first 45 minutes.

The Bernabéu, this time, was not a powder keg. Mbappé's early goals against his former team calmed the stands, which also ceased whistling at Bellingham and Vinicius for timid applause. At halftime, the 2-0 was a very severe punishment for the team from the Principality, but decisiveness made the difference in favor of the home team.

Vinicius sealed the match with another assist and a great goal

Vinicius Jr. celebrating his goal against Monaco

In the halftime break, Arbeloa brought on Dani Ceballos for Raúl Asencio, with Tchouaméni dropping to the center of defense alongside Dean Huijsen. Monaco, however, collapsed very early in the match, conceding two goals in the first ten minutes of the second half, both orchestrated by ViniciusThe Brazilian, in the 51st minute, threaded a pass from the edge of the box that **Manstantuono** took advantage of to celebrate his first goal in the Champions League. Another low cross from the '7', four minutes later, led to an own goal by **Thilo Kehrer**Vini was already the best on his team at that moment and capped off a very complete match with a spectacular goal in the 63rd minute, sending a precise shot into the top corner, assisted by Arda Güler. Monaco finally pulled one back in the 72nd minute with a goal from Jordan Teze, who took advantage of a gross error by Courtois and Ceballos on the build-up to score the consolation goal.

Ansu Fati left to whistles in the 60th minute, making way for Mamadou Coulibaly. The winger on loan from FC Barcelona has not scored since September and will certainly return to the Catalan club in June. Jude Bellingham scored the sixth in the 80th minute after another error in possession by the visitors.

Match Report: Real Madrid 6-1 Monaco

• Real Madrid, 6: Thibaut Courtois; Valverde (Mesonero, min. 83), Raúl Asencio (Ceballos, min. 46), Dean Huijsen, Camavinga (Fran García, min. 76); Arda Güler (Carvajal, min. 76), Tchouaméni, Bellingham; Mastantuono (Gonzalo, min. 71), Mbappé and Vinicius.
• AS Monaco, 1: Köhn; Caio Henrique, Eric Dier, Thilo Kehrer, Vanderson (Ouattara, min. 60); Golovin (Michal, min. 84), Jordan Teze, Ansu Fati (Coulibaly, min. 60), Zakaria (Bamba, min. 73), Akliouche; Balogun (Ilenikhena, min. 73).
• Goals: 1-0, Kylian Mbappé (min. 5); 2-0, Kylian Mbappé (min. 26); 3-0, Franco Mastantuono (min. 51); 4-0, Thilo Kehrer (min. 55, o.g.); 5-0, Vinicius Jr. (min. 63); 5-1, Jordan Teze (min. 72); 6-1, Jude Bellingham (min. 80).
• Referee: Espen Eskas (Norway). Booked Jude Bellingham for Real Madrid. For Monaco, Denis Zakaria was cautioned.
• Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu.
• Incidents: match corresponding to matchday 7 of the league phase of the UEFA Champions League 2025/26.