{"id":10730,"date":"2025-08-20T02:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T00:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/fcbn-cover-08-20-2025-madrid-starts-strong_314252_102\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:38:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:38:28","slug":"fcbn-cover-08-20-2025-madrid-starts-strong_314252_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/covers\/fcbn-cover-08-20-2025-madrid-starts-strong_314252_102.html","title":{"rendered":"FCBN Cover 08\/20\/2025: MADRID STARTS STRONG"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This is the cover of FCBN today, Tuesday, August 20, 2025: Real Madrid wins (1-0) against Osasuna with a victory full of controversies<\/h2>  \r\n<div class=\"article-addons\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/calendar-fc-barcelona.html\"\r\n       target=\"_self\"\r\n       title=\"Calendar of FC Barcelona\"\r\n       class=\"blue-gredient-btn\">\r\n       \r\n        Calendar of FC Barcelona    <\/a>\r\n<\/div>   <p><strong>FC BARCELONA NEWS cover for Sunday, August 17, 2025: A triumph tarnished by scandal:<\/strong> Real Madrid debuted in LaLiga 2025\/26 with a narrow victory against Osasuna (1-0), although the score was buried under a mountain of controversies. The goal came after a more than questionable penalty: it was Mbapp\u00e9 who stepped on Juan Cruz, but the referee &#8211; blind for some, selective for others &#8211; pointed out the maximum penalty. The controversy did not end there. Mastantuono appeared in the white eleven, registered with a subsidiary team in a maneuver that smells more like an office than clean sport.<\/p>  <p><strong>When justice wears colors:<\/strong> Carvajal stayed on the field after a kick that, in another context, would have been worthy of Olympic taekwondo, while Bretones was sent off for an innocent charge on Gonzalo. The balance, as so often, seemed to lean towards the same side. 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