Real Madrid beat Real Sociedad 4-1 at the Santiago Bernabéu on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, in La Liga’s rescheduled Matchday 1 and Real Madrid’s first home league game of the 2026-27 season, with Kylian Mbappé scoring a hat-trick — his first goals of the 2026-27 season — against a Real Sociedad side that arrived as the reigning Copa del Rey champions. The match was also José Mourinho’s first home game in La Liga, Spain’s top football division, since returning to Real Madrid for a second spell as head coach.
Key facts
- Final score: Real Madrid 4-1 Real Sociedad
- Date and venue: Wednesday, August 26, 2026, at the Santiago Bernabéu
- Hat-trick: Kylian Mbappé scored a hat-trick — his first goals of the 2026-27 season
- Coach’s return: José Mourinho’s first home game in La Liga since returning to Real Madrid for a second spell as head coach
- Season start: Real Madrid is unbeaten through its first two La Liga matches under Mourinho, following an away win at Espanyol on August 22
- Opponent’s pedigree: Real Sociedad arrived as the reigning Copa del Rey champions, having beaten Atlético Madrid on penalties in the 2026 final
How the goals were scored
- Mbappé opened the scoring in the 40th minute.
- Real Sociedad’s Luka Sučić leveled the match at 1-1 in the 44th minute, sending the sides into halftime tied.
- Real Madrid pulled away after the break: Mbappé restored the lead in the 60th minute, then Vinícius Júnior made it 3-1, set up by a run from Jude Bellingham.
- Bellingham was credited with two assists in the match.
- Mbappé completed his hat-trick with a fourth Real Madrid goal in the 80th minute.
Mourinho’s second spell
Mourinho first coached Real Madrid from 2010 to 2013 — 13 years before this second spell began. Real Madrid had opened the new season with an away win at Espanyol on August 22, so the 4-1 win over Real Sociedad kept the team unbeaten through its first two La Liga matches under the new coach.
Mourinho on Mbappé and the crowd
After the game, Mourinho praised Mbappé, calling him “incredible” and saying the striker is “hungry to make history at Real Madrid,” according to comments reported by ESPN. He also addressed jeers from the Bernabéu crowd during the first half, while the score was still tied 1-1. Mourinho said the reaction wasn’t criticism of any single player — it reflected the stadium’s high expectations: “the fans want more.”
Real Sociedad arrive as cup holders
Real Sociedad beat Atlético Madrid on penalties in the 2026 Copa del Rey final in April to claim their fourth Copa del Rey title, arriving at the Bernabéu under head coach Pellegrino Matarazzo.