Real Madrid continues in the fightless fight
Mbappé and Vinícius hold (2-1) to the Madrid players in a flat match against Rayo Peleón to match Barça and before the Champions Derbi
MADRID, 9 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Real Madrid beat Rayo Vallecano this Sunday on the 27th of LaLiga EA Sports 2024-2025, thanks to the goals of the Frenchman Kylian Mbappé and the Brazilian Vinícius Júnior, and of Pedro Díaz in those of the Strip, in a match without too much intensity, but that allows those of Carlo Ancelotti equal to the top of the table. to Atlético de Madrid in the round of 16 of the Champions League.
After the postponement of Barça-Osasuna and the defeat of Atleti in the Coliseum, the Madrid team had a good opportunity to return to an optimal position in the fight for LaLiga that seemed to lose in Benito Villamarín. And it did not fail, only with a good first part, in which Mbappé, first, and ‘Vini’, then seemed to sentence a party that went to costumes with 2-1 for a trallazo of Pedro Díaz in the face of white defensive passivity, but that leaves the Vallecanos outside Europe.
In the second half, the speculation from both teams came, a pissed off and a Real Madrid without excessive brightness or depth, with a Jude Bellingham who returned and noticed discomfort in the twin. The triumph places the Madrid players in the second place, with 57 points, the same as Barça, and one above the rojiblancos (56). Both mats and meringues cross this Wednesday with the pass to the Champions League rooms, duel that some arrive with confidence, and others with the stick in the league.
Like the afternoon in Madrid, the game began somewhat cold and without too much tension. Nor did the Carlo Ancelotti team give reasons to climb the temperature in the first minutes, giving the ball to the lightning and parapeted in the middle block, waiting to hunt a good ball to throw Mbappé or Vinícius, the most vertical in the first 20 minutes, making a Andrei Ratiu work with just offensive prominence and sending a shot to the stick.
Augusto Batalla caught the posterior auction of the French ram, and was close to causing a problem to his own entertaining with the ball in an exit, forced to haggle the ‘7’ Madrid. In the other goal, Andriy Lunin also had a scare when he had to run back to a ball that was loosened that poisoned without luck for the Rayists. First 25 minutes and no very clear occasion for any equipment, focused more on not receiving blows.
The marker could be released after a loss in the vinícius exit that caused, first, a powerful Ratiu auction, which lunin responded well, and, second, a shot outside Pedro Díaz. Rayo lost his best opportunity to get ahead, and that is usually paid in the Bernabéu. In the later play, Mbappé connected with Bellingham and ‘Vini’ before entering the area, cutting inside from the left and sending the ball to the network to advance his team.
The 1-0 triggered the Madrid storm before the break, with the ‘I stewed, I like’ Vinícius in the second goal of those of Ancelotti. The Brazilian, receiving on the left, began a ‘dribling’ to leave several rivals on the site and beat battle. A play that caused the astonishment of an Italian coach who even took his hands to his head.
But the first part would end with a Rodrygo afflicted by the hand by a stomp, and the 2-1 for Rayo Vallecano, with an accurate and powerful shot from the front of Pedro Díaz before the passitivity of the white rear. The goal went up to the score with suspense, since he shot hit the crossbar and went down immediately, so it was from the Vor room where he was validated.
The second half started matched, but with more offensive weight of the whites, which could increase their advantage with a satin, but diverted, mbappé. But the rhythm of the second part was tedious and viscous, without danger approaches and with the contemplation of both teams dominating the stage.
The last 20 minutes served Fede Valverde to take pace and check that it is fine for the Champions Derbi, after ending very muscularly fatigued in the first leg of the European encounter. In the whites, after a distant attempt by Álvaro García, only ‘Vini’ tried but without the fortune of the first half. The ray ended up functioning in the physical but trying until the end a tie that did not arrive.
Data Sheet.
-RESULT: Real Madrid, 2-Rayo Vallecano, 1 (2-1, at rest).
–Alineations:
Real Madrid: Lunin; Lucas Vázquez, Asencio, Alaba, Fran García; Tchouameni, Modric, Bellingham (Brahim, Min.86); Rodrygo (Valverde, Min.68), Mbappé (Camavinga, min.79) y vinícius.
Rayo Vallecano: batalla; Ratiu, lejeune, aridane, espino (unaii lópez, min.88); Pathé CISS (S. Guardila, Min.85), Pedro Díaz (Balliu, Min.70), Gumbau (Trejo, Min.70); Embarba (ó. Valentín, min.70), álvaro garcía y chavarría.
–Goles:
1-0, min.30: Kylian Mbappé.
2-0, min.34: Vinícius Júnior.
2-1, min.45+3: Pedro Díaz.
–Arbitro: Hernández Maeso (C. Extremeño). He admonished Vinícius yellow (min.79) by Real Madrid, Ya Gumbau (min.63) in Rayo Vallecano. A minute of silence was kept in memory of FC Barcelona Carles Miñaro and referee David García de la Loma.
-Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu.