Real Madrid beat Deportivo La Coruña 1-0 in their latest pre-season friendly on Wednesday, with Brahim Díaz scoring just before halftime.
Summer signings Bernardo Silva and Denzel Dumfries started the game in Galicia, with another new arrival, Carlos Espí, coming on at the break.
Madrid were without a number of key first team players, with Jude Bellingham joining Kylian Mbappé, Marc Cucurella, Yan Diomande and Ibrahima Konaté in training at the club's Valdebebas training ground on Wednesday, rather than featuring in the friendly match.
Diaz, 27, slotted low past Depor goalkeeper Leo Román in the 46th minute to score the only goal of the game.
The encounter, hosted at Riazor -- Depor's traditional Teresa Herrera Trophy -- was Madrid's third of pre-season under new coach José Mourinho, after a 2-2 draw with Fiorentina and a 2-1 win at Ferencvaros.
"It was a serious game, against a team that's back in LaLiga. They gave everything, they obliged us to play seriously, a difficult game," Mourinho said after the game. "I had to make changes, I don't want to give too many minutes to the same players. This game is here to be won, OK, but more than that it's here to work, to give minutes, and to play. I liked that in a difficult game with so many changes, changes of structure
Madrid play Schalke on Aug. 16 before kicking off the LaLiga season away to Espanyol on Aug. 22.
"We'll have a lot of games like this in the league, away from home, where you can't finish off the game, and you win anyway, 1-0, as we did," Mourinho added. "A lot of positive things, the team is growing, there are five players who stayed behind at Valdebebas, you know who they are. We're going step by step."