After two games out of three in which she did not find the net, the champion exploded on the leaderboard. The Frenchman became the second best scorer in the league in the club’s history, Asensio and Modric also celebrated and the gap from Barcelona narrowed to 8. Real Madrid used the positive momentum from winning the Club World Cup to return to winning in the Spanish league as well. Tonight (Wednesday) the Blancos defeated Alchea 0:4 in a game that completed the 21st round and at the end of it, the champion narrowed the gap from the leader Barcelona to eight points. After not finding the back of the net in two of the three previous league games, this time Carlo Anche’s team Lottie looked much better in attack, with just an excellent performance fromGoalkeeper Edgar Badia prevented a more painful defeat for Alecha. After achieving its first victory of the season in the previous round, the bottom ranked team lost again and was left with zero wins at the Santiago Bernabéu. Karim Benzema, who presented the Club World Cup to the fans in the home stadium before the opening whistle, scored a pair of penalty kicks from 11 meters and thereby marked a milestone Another tremendous personal achievement: the French striker overtook Raul in Real Madrid’s all-time scoring list in the Spanish league, with 228 goals.
Marco Ansenio made up for missing the penalty in the loss to Mallorca, with a goal in a wonderful individual performance that settled the early advantage to the blancos,and was a sign of things to come. Rodrigo, who started in place of the yellowed Vinicius, was also excellent even though he was unable to score. Luka Modric, who came on as a substitute, sealed the celebration with a great finish to the connections. Real has no time to rest: already on Saturday they will be hosted by Osasuna as part of the league, and three days later they will meet Liverpool in a battle of giants at Anfield, in the round of 16 of the Champions League.
Minute 8: Goal, 0:1 to Real Madrid! Asensio received from Carvajal entering the last third of the field, dribbled between two guards and sent an accurate ball into the lower left corner. Minute 16: Rodrigo found Benzema’s head with a high ball, the Frenchman’s shot was close – but not on target. Minute 21: This time itwas closer! After an exchange of passes on a small area, Benzema left it to Valverde who rolled a flat and spinning ball that would have gone in, had it not been for Badia who crouched down and headed for the corner.
Minute 31: Goal, 0:2 to Real Madrid! Rocco touched his hand in the box after Benzema’s shot, the Blancos received a penalty and the French made sure to translate it into the second goal of the game. Minute 38: Ponsa set up a situation for Cremona who kicked hard from the right side of the box, but out. Minute 45: Goal, 0:3 to Real Madrid! Rodrigo drew a foul in the box, Benzema scored on the second penalty of the game and completed a brace.
Minute 51: Rodrigo received a deep pass from Sabaios on the edge of the box and looked for Badia’s lower right corner, who headed it beautifully. Minute 52: Rodrigo again – this time who arranged for himBenzema had a chance, but Badia stopped the Brazilian again. Minute 53: Rocco slipped and left the ball to Benzema, who entered the area in a dangerous situation, but kicked weakly into the hands of the goalkeeper Elche.
Minute 64: We almost saw a great goal – Alaba Hebbia and Asensio tried a half-pointer, Badia prevented the fourth goal with another good response. 80th minute: Goal, 0:4 for Real Madrid! An interception in the half of the field by Elche allowed the Blancos to reach the square with many players, Kamabinga left it to Modric and the Croatian fired a sharp ball into the connections.