Real Madrid beat Espanyol 2-1 in Jose Mourinho’s first game on return

Carlos Espi scores late to snatch a win for Real Madrid after Alex Calatrava had levelled Jude Bellingham’s opener.Published On 22 Aug 202622 Aug 2026Jose Mourinho’s second spell in charge of Real Madrid began with a last-gasp 2-1 victory at Espanyol in La Liga, with substitute Carlos Espi pouncing in the 90th minute to grab the winner.Jude Bellingham opened the scoring in Los Blancos’ opening fixture of the season on Saturday, and new signing Espi secured the points at the death after Alex Calatrava had levelled against Mourinho’s star-studded team.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Man Utd humiliated at Hull to open Premier League accountlist 2 of 4Fans and police injured in pitch invasion during ‘high risk’ German Cup tielist 3 of 4CONCACAF asks Infantino to skip youth event amid FIFA governance crisislist 4 of 4Maresca faces daunting task to succeed Guardiola at Man Cityend of listBack in charge of Madrid 13 years after leaving, Portuguese veteran Mourinho must bring the dressing room under control after the chaos of last season, and end Spanish champions Barcelona’s domestic dominance.Mourinho started with superstars Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior and Bellingham, as...