Jude Bellingham: Jose Mourinho getting best out of England star as a No 10 at Real Madrid plus lots more in the Euro Debrief

Welcome to The Euro Debrief, a new Sky Sports column in which Adam Bate rounds up some of the key stories from the latest matches across the continent. This week:

• Mourinho solving problems at Madrid
• Why Bayern could be better this season
• Como win at Napoli but Inter are on top
• Monaco top as PSG drop points again
• Finally some promising signs for Ajax

LaLiga: Mourinho's Madrid stay perfect

Real Madrid made it three wins from three under Jose Mourinho with a 4-0 dismantling of Malaga in the Bernabeu. It has not been a daunting fixture list but there are signs that Mourinho has found a way to get the best from an increasingly stacked Madrid squad.

Trent Alexander-Arnold came in and produced a trademark assist, while Kylian Mbappe added to his midweek hat-trick against Real Sociedad with another goal here. But Jude Bellingham was the best player on the pitch against Malaga playing in that No 10 role.

Bellingham has been shifted around during his Madrid career, Carlo Ancelotti taking advantage of his broad skillset to fit him in deeper, out wide or up front. But Mourinho has been clear that he sees Bellingham playing off Mbappe and it is working very well.

Maybe it shouldn't be a surprise that Bellingham and Mourinho have hit it off. Back in 2024, the player did famously reveal that the coach was his mother's crush. More seriously, they share the same intense drive, demanding everything from those around them.

Against Malaga, Arda Guler came on to score the fourth, with Yan Diomande and Bernardo Silva also introduced as substitutes from a bench that included Ibrahima Konate, Denzel Dumfries and last week's hero Carlos Espi too. The depth at Madrid now is apparent.

It will get harder, of course, but as pointed out in the pages of Marca, how many of these sort of games have Madrid messed up in recent years? So far so good for Mourinho. With no sign yet of the feared tension with Vinicius Junior, he has the key players purring.

• LaLiga: Table | Fixtures & results

Elsewhere, there was a useful win for Atletico Madrid to end Sevilla's unlikely winning run. Troy Parrott looked lively for Betis but they were battered by Levante. And the 37-year-old Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored for a third game in a row for Deportivo.

But a word for Racing Santander, who won their first game of the LaLiga season at the third attempt. Racing have been to the third tier and back since their last top-flight win and beat Elche 3-2 by playing a brand of football that no other team in Spain is playing.

LaLiga results: Racing Santander 3-2 Elche, Alaves 1-0 Villarreal, Levante 5-2 Real Betis, Real Sociedad 2-1 Espanyol, Sevilla 1-3 Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid 4-0 Malaga, Deportivo A Coruna 3-1 Valencia, Celta Vigo 0-2 Athletic Club.

Bundesliga: Bayern look even better now

Bayern Munich kicked off the Bundesliga season on Friday with a 5-1 win over Stuttgart that highlighted their strength in depth. Harry Kane did not even score. But new signing Ismael Saibari showed just why Vincent Kompany's squad might have improved this season.

The Moroccan came off the bench to replace another new arrival in Nathaniel Brown and seized the chance by assisting Bayern's final two goals. Speaking to sporting director Christoph Freund about Saibari just last weekend, he explained the player's versatility.

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"He is a little bit of a different style of player to Nicolas Jackson," said Freund. Not just a back-up for Kane. "I think he can play very well together with Harry Kane and he can play also on the wings. He is a really important signing." The best in Germany just got better.

For Borussia Dortmund, it was not such good news even as they beat Hamburg 2-0 with a goal from Giannis Konstantelias in his first start. That is because it will also be the Greek winger's last start for a while. He was forced off with a cruciate ligament injury.

It is a desperate blow for Niko Kovac's side given what an exciting start that he has made at Dortmund. But at least they won. The same could not be said of Bayer Leverkusen, who were humbled as they lost 3-2 to Elversberg, a side making their Bundesliga debut.

Elversberg were playing regional football as recently as 2022 but three promotions have put them among the elite. A victory over the 2024 Bundesliga champions on their bow is an astonishing start. The next visitors to this village club? That will be Bayern Munich.

Elsewhere, Yuito Suzuki scored a hat-trick as Freiburg beat Werder Bremen, while Augsburg enjoyed a 3-0 win over Schalke. Have a read of this interview with sporting director Benjamin Weber to find out more about how they plan to keep overachieving.

Bundesliga results: Bayern Munich 5-1 Stuttgart, Elversberg 3-2 Bayer Leverkusen, Cologne 3-2 Hoffenheim, Mainz 0-0 Paderborn, RB Leipzig 3-0 Borussia Monchengladbach, Union Berlin 3-3 Eintracht Frankfurt, Borussia Dortmund 2-0 Hamburg, Freiburg 4-1 Werder Bremen, Augsburg 3-0 Schalke.

Serie A: Como beat Napoli plus Ramos scores

The standout result in Serie A came in Naples as Como went and won 2-1. Rasmus Hojlund scored a quality goal for Napoli but it proved to be in vain as Cesc Fabregas has built a really good side, with Croatian player Martin Baturina particularly impressive.

Baturina scored the opener and it was his pressing that fashioned the winner for Anastasios Douvikas. A statement win for Como, although the four teams to have won each of their first four Serie A matches so far are Inter, Juventus, Lazio and AC Milan.

• Serie A: Table | Fixtures & results

Ominously, champions Inter are top of the table already. They beat Cagliari 1-0 in Sardinia but that hardly reflected their dominance as they had 31 shots for an expected-goals total of 3.91. Curtis Jones and John Stones both came on for Inter as substitutes.

Meanwhile, Milan's 2-0 win over Venezia on Friday evening featured a busy performance from Goncalo Ramos that underlined why Milan paid that eye-catching £63m fee to sign him - and perhaps why PSG were content to allow the Portuguese striker to leave.

Ramos did eventually score the breakthrough goal midway through the second half but that was one of eight attempts at goal by the Portuguese forward - and there were no fewer than four big chances missed. Far from clinical but Ramos is a chance magnet.

Serie A results: AC Milan 2-0 Venezia, Fiorentina 0-3 Frosinone, Monza 2-3 Udinese, Sassuolo 2-1 Torino, Juventus 2-0 Parma, Napoli 1-2 Como, Cagliari 0-1 Inter, Lazio 1-0 Genoa.

Ligue 1: PSG wobble again but scrape a point

Paris Saint-Germain's uncertain start to the season continued as the reigning European champions needed two goals in stoppage time to salvage a 2-2 draw at Lille. Vitinha and Marquinhos managed the rescue job but PSG are now without a win in three games.

Nottingham Forest loanee Dilane Bakwa's strike on debut deserved to seal it for Lille. That was assisted by Olivier Giroud after the veteran had produced an even better pass to set up the first. But Vitinha scored a beauty then crossed for the leveller. Resilience from PSG.

• Ligue 1: Table | Fixtures & results

Another caveat is that the two Ligue 1 games have been at Rennes and Lille - among the tougher tests. But it does mean that there is already only one team in the competition with a 100 per cent record - and that team is Monaco after their 2-0 win over Marseille.

The talented youngster Paris Brunner scored both goals in that one but when it comes to the actual city of Paris, the capital's highest-placed club as it stands is not PSG but Paris FC. Their 3-0 win over Nice takes them up to second spot in the fledgling Ligue 1 table.

Ligue 1 results: Lille 2-2 Paris Saint-Germain, Strasbourg 2-1 Lens, Auxerre 1-3 Angers, Brest 2-2 Toulouse, Lorient 1-2 Troyes, Lyon 1-1 Le Havre, Paris FC 3-0 Nice, Rennes 3-2 Le Mans, Monaco 2-0 Marseille.

Elsewhere: Perfect Porto and Ajax positives

Having dropped points at home to Academico de Viseu in their opening game, Benfica boss Marco Silva already looks to have his work cut out if he wants to prise the Portuguese title away from Francesco Farioli and his ruthlessly efficient Porto team.

The reigning champions made it four wins from four in the league and are yet to concede a goal in their title defence. Over in the Netherlands, it is AZ Alkmaar with the only perfect record. They are chasing a first title since Steve McClaren was in charge in 2009.

But the holders PSV signalled their intent with a 6-1 thrashing of Utrecht - despite conceding the first goal. Meanwhile, Ajax's new striker Tolu Arokodare continued his strong start by lashing in a fourth goal in three games in their 4-0 victory away to Telstar.

Ajax's struggles have become a soap opera but new boss Michel has delivered seven wins and two draws across all competitions to ensure they at least have a Conference League campaign to look forward to. An encouraging start but it is PSV next weekend.

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