One week before a crucial Clasico against FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Kylian Mbappé, who scored twice, rediscovered their smiles and finally got some playing time on Sunday against Sevilla FC (4-1) at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium.

The incessant controversies that punctuate daily life at the White House are not all extinguished - far from it - and the chants of the Madrid supporters demanding the resignation of the president of La Liga Javier Tebas served as a reminder of this throughout the match.

But this noise was finally relegated to the background by a successful collective performance and classy gestures from Arda Güler (30th), Kylian Mbappé, who scored a brace (37th, 61st pen), and Yan Diomandé (82nd), which allowed the Merengues (3rd) to remain six points behind their eternal Catalan rival, the still undefeated leader.

Decisive in the comeback against AS Roma on Wednesday (4-3), the young Turk, starting as a central midfielder alongside Aurélien Tchouaméni in place of the Merengue captain Federico Valverde, shifted to right-back, once again delighted with his left foot and cleaned the top left corner of the Seville goal to open the scoring (30th, 1-0).

Clumsy at the start of the match, Mbappé involuntarily deprived Valverde, whose powerful shot seemed destined for the goal, of a "golazo" (17th), before scoring a brace, first with a diabolical sequence: controlled pivot and double touch to deceive the goalkeeper (37th, 2-0), then a panenka on a penalty he had won (63rd pen, 3-0).

The French striker, who was booed by some of his supporters last weekend, received a great ovation in the 85th minute when he gave way to Carlos Espi.

The Sevillians (6th), who as often happened to be thwarted by a tremendous Thibaut Courtois, had unsuccessfully demanded a red card in the first half for an elbow by Güler on Peque which could have turned the game around (23rd).

They reduced the deficit at the end of the game thanks to a fine effort from young Manuel Bueno who punished a loss of possession by Mbappé (80th, 3-1), before conceding a fourth goal from a thunderous shot by Ivorian Yan Diomandé (82nd, 4-1), rewarded for his perseverance on the left side in place of Vinicius Junior, suspended for four matches.

- Real Sociedad continues its winning streak -

Earlier in the day, Real Sociedad (16 points) took fifth place thanks to a third consecutive victory (5-2) achieved in Malaga (20th, 4 points), with in particular a brace from their captain Mikel Oyarzabal.

After five games without a win, their neighbor Osasuna (10th, 11 points) got back on track (2-0) against Racing Santander (16th, 8 points), for the first game of their coach Jagoba Arrasate, back on the bench of the Basque club after a first stint between 2018 and 2024.

In the afternoon, Celta Vigo (8th, 11 points) won (2-1) against Alavés (7th, 11 points), who have stalled after a promising start to the season.