Kylian Mbappé, Lamine Yamal, and Julián Álvarez, the superstars in a three-way race for the La Liga title.

Goals, goals, and more goals. That's what fans of Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, and Atlético de Madrid expect from their superstars: Kylian Mbappé, Lamine Yamal, and Julián Álvarez. Board members, coaching staffs, and fans alike have pinned all their hopes on them for a three-way battle for the LaLiga title.

Frenchman Mbappé will kick off his second season as a Real Madrid player against Osasuna with a clear objective: the Golden Boot, which he won last season, when he finished the championship with 31 goals and three assists in 34 matches played.

Those numbers from Mbappé, who had a shaky start before finally exploding, didn't help Los Blancos win the LaLiga title . Nor did they win the Champions League or the Copa del Rey, a blow he hopes to make this season go away.

After missing much of the Club World Cup due to gastroenteritis and appearing in the final stretch, where Real Madrid fell to PSG in the semifinals, the Frenchman wants to start this season on the right foot and without the pressure of having to adapt to the team.

With little preparation due to the Club World Cup and his holidays, the Frenchman, now wearing the number 10 and bursting with explosiveness, arrives at the first matchday of the league after scoring a brace against WSG Tirol and leading Real Madrid to victory in his only preseason match.

The same game-changing role that Mbappé will play in Xabi Alonso's team will be played by Lamine Yamal at Barcelona . The Spanish international is facing his first season as an adult, but he's already established as one of the world's superstars.

The Spanish international was already vital to Hansi Flick's side's LaLiga, Copa del Rey, and Spanish Super Cup titles last season. After a first season of adaptation at just 16 years old, during which he already showed glimpses of his quality, the 2024-25 season was his breakthrough in world football . And everything indicates that Lamine will continue to do just that this season.

The Blaugrana player continues his rapid growth, based mainly on his magical passing and his quality on the right wing , which allowed him to provide 15 assists in LaLiga last season, plus another ten in other competitions.

His accuracy in front of goal is what has raised the most questions so far, even becoming a topic of debate last season. Lamine Yamal scored nine goals in the domestic competition , a figure he must improve this year to guide Barça in its title defense.

While awaiting the LaLiga season opener, the Blaugrana star has been honing his skills in Barça's preseason. Although he started unimpressively against Vissel Kobe, Yamal scored a brace against Seoul and rounded off his preparations with another two against Italian side Como in the Joan Gamper Trophy last Sunday. He is therefore in excellent form for the match against Mallorca, scheduled for this Saturday at 7:00 PM at Son Moix.

Lamine Yamal won't be the only one competing with Kylian Mbappé to lead his team to the top of LaLiga. Argentine Julián Álvarez is the third in this battle of superstars , which begins for him on Sunday the 17th at 9:20 p.m. at Espanyol.

The 25-year-old striker started raising doubts during his first matches with Atlético de Madrid, but once the pressure was off , he began to show why the Rojiblancos paid Manchester City €75 million for him.

Although the Madrid club has added several players this summer, the Spider remains the undisputed star of the squad . He earned it last year on merit, on the pitch, with his quality, his talent, his dedication, his goals...

In his first year as Atlético de Madrid's new manager, Julián Álvarez scored 17 goals in LaLiga, one for every 148 minutes played, and provided four assists in his 37 league matches. In total, including the Champions League and Copa del Rey, he scored 29 goals.

Having successfully completed his adaptation season to LaLiga, Julián Álvarez must take another step forward and take his Atlético to another dimension , at least to fight for the title until the final days, and to do so he will have new players such as Álex Baena and Johnny, who could be fundamental to the Spider's offensive performance.

Kylian Mbappé, Lamine Yamal, or Julián Álvarez. Only one of them and their respective teams will achieve glory in the domestic competition at the end of May. Their head, their feet, and their goals will determine their destiny.