- Casemiro scored the two goals of Real Madrid
- The meeting was marked by arbitration controversy
Real Madrid won three important points this Saturday by winning Sevilla 2-1 in the match played at the Santiago Bernabéu and corresponding to the twentieth day of LaLiga Santander. Casemiro, with two goals, scored the two goals of the Zidane, leaders waiting for the meeting of Barcelona this Sunday.
Zidane opted for a trident formed by Lucas Vázquez, Jovic and Rodrygo, leaving Benzema or Isco on the bench. Real Madrid, which has shown that it plays better with four midfielders, was slow to enter the match as a result of the eleven lined up by its coach. Instead, Sevilla, true to his style, missed the presence of his best player Ocampos.
The first half was marked by a controversial play that had Gudelj and Militao as protagonists. The sevillista blocked the path of the Real Madrid and De Jong, free of brand, scored with an imperial header. The referee scored a goal, but after seeing him on the monitor, he was canceled due to the lack of Sevilla midfielder.
After the break, Real Madrid found the goal through Casemiro, who took advantage of an assist from Jovic's heel to chop the ball before Vaclik left. Little did the joy last for the whites, since seven minutes later De Jong tied in a play that could be annulled by Munir's previous hand.
But Real Madrid had Casemiro who, five minutes later, put his team ahead with a header behind a Lucas center from the right. In the last minutes Madrid could sentence the game, but neither Kroos nor Vinicius, who revolutionized the final stretch, could do so. Also yours is Sevilla, but in Nesyri he was not successful and sent the ball out.
DATA SHEET
REAL MADRID: Courtois; Carvajal, Varane, Militão, Marcelo (Mendy, min. 70); Modric, Casemiro, Kroos; Lucas Vázquez, Rodrygo (Vinicius, min. 61) and Jovic (Benzema, min. 61).
SEVILLA: Vaclik; Navas, Koundé, Diego Carlos, Reguilón; Banega (Rony Lopes, min. 80), Fernando, Gudelj; Vázquez (Óliver Torres, min. 75), De Jong and Munir (En-Nesyri, min. 65).
–GOALS:
1-0, min. 57: Casemiro.
1-1, min. 64: From Jong.
2-1, min. 69: Casemiro.
–REFEREE: Martínez Munuera (C. Valencian). Yellow card Modric (min. 37) and Carvajal (min. 87) by Real Madrid; and Banega (min. 54) in Seville.
–STADIUM: Santiago Bernabéu, 72,512 spectators.
–INCIDENCES: In the prolegomena of the match, the Sevilla soccer players made the champion's hall to those of Real Madrid, on the occasion of their recent title of the Spanish Super Cup conquered in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia).