Soccer-Mbappe booed on return as Real Madrid beat Oviedo 2-0


Soccer Football - LaLiga - Real Madrid v Real Oviedo - Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain - May 14, 2026 Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe in action REUTERS/Isabel Infantes

MADRID, May 14 (Reuters) - ⁠Kylian Mbappe was greeted with a chorus of ⁠boos and whistles from Real Madrid's own ‌fans as he returned from a hamstring injury during his side's 2-0 LaLiga home win over Real Oviedo on Thursday.

The French ​forward missed Sunday's 2-0 El Clasico ⁠defeat by Barcelona ⁠that saw their bitter rivals wrap up the league ⁠title with ‌three games to spare, and his introduction in the 69th minute as a ⁠substitute for goal-scorer Gonzalo Garcia prompted widespread jeers ​from the ‌Madrid fans.

Gonzalo had given the home side the ⁠lead in ​the 44th minute with a well-taken goal after bottom side Oviedo, whose are already relegated to the second ⁠tier, coughed the ball up ​cheaply on their right flank.

Mbappe, who earlier on Thursday was named in the France squad for next month's ⁠World Cup, seemed undeterred by the boos, firing off a number of shots towards goal during his cameo appearance.

However, it was fellow substitute Jude Bellingham who ​netted Madrid's second in the ⁠80th minute to leave Madrid second in the table ​on 80 points, 11 behind ‌Barcelona and 11 ahead of ​third-placed Villareal with two games left to play.

(Reporting by Philip O'Connor, editing by Pritha Sarkar)

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