Real Madrid reached this Sunday the leadership of LaLiga Santander thanks to a long-suffering away win against Levante (0-2) in Vila-real. After not having any trouble in the first part and forgiving at the beginning of the second, the set of Zinedine Zidane he did not know how to sentence and those of Paco Lopez had chances to achieve a draw that avoided a Thibaut Courtois in a state of grace, but in the end he decided a goal from Vinicius at the start of the game and another of Benzema in the last action of the match.
From the beginning the Real Madrid made it clear in The ceramic, the Levantine ‘exile’ for the construction of its stadium, its intention to resolve as soon as possible with an ambitious approach that did not receive a response from the I raised, although the first occasion of the game was in charge of the Valencians with a powerful and crossed shot from Jose Luis Morales.
Zidane's team did not take long to get ahead on the scoreboard. Modric bounced a corner kick in the 16th minute and after a rebound from the defense, the ball fell to Vinicius, who finished off placidly and beat Aitor with a hit to the long stick. The Brazilian attacker thus took advantage of the scandalous passivity of the Granota rear, where no one made the slightest intention to cover his shot.
Placida first half of the whites
The whites played in absolute comfort against a Levante that lacked aggressiveness and barely got close to Courtois' domains, although in the 30th minute, Vukcevic He beat Nacho in a jump, improvised right back due to the injuries of Carvajal and Odriozola, and his header crashed into the crossbar. Quite a mirage since the owner and lord of the game was none other than Real Madrid.
The second part began with the meringues claiming a possible penalty of Bardhi to Modric that was not indicated by the referee after the review of the VAR. Shortly after, Real Madrid wasted several occasions to resolve the match. First, the stick avoided the 0-2 of Benzema and then, Vinicius he sent a ball very close to the post and also missed a kill pass from the French striker.
They forgive the expulsion to Casemiro
The definition errors of the white team gave air and hope to a Levante that sought a tie. Bardhi, with a powerful shot from the front, forced Courtois to intervene and a minute later, at 59 ', Casemiro saw how Munuera Montero He forgave him the second yellow and the expulsion for a foul on Melero and immediately the goalkeeper merengue took another far kick from the premises with his foot that touched in Casemiro.
The VAR cancels a goal by Sergio Ramos
The grown I raised He enjoyed another opportunity by Morales who hit the side of the net. In a round-trip duel, Madrid also kept looking for the goal and found it in the 68th minute by Sergio Ramos, but the VAR invalidated it since the white center-back pushed Vezo at the time of finishing.
With Madrid no longer in control of the game and losing the battle in the center of the field, Courtois returned to have a providential appearance in minute 77 when covering a shot of Carlos Clerc. Levante pressed until the end, but left their defense unassisted, which they took advantage of Benzema in a swift counterattack to close the score with 0-2 in the 95th minute.
(+) See the summary and the goals of the match:
| 13 Aitor Fernandez | one T. Courtois | ||
| twenty Miramon | 6 Nacho | ||
| 14 R. Vezo | 5 R. Varane | ||
| fifteen Sergio Postigo | 4 Sergio Ramos | ||
| 19 Carlos Clerc | 2. 3 F. Mendy | ||
| 24 J. Campaign | 14 Casemiro | ||
| 17 N. Vukcevic 55 ' | 10 L. Modrić 89 ' | ||
| (22 Melero) | (22 Isco) | s.c | |
| 12 M. Malsa 73 ' | fifteen F. Valverde 89 ' | ||
| (5 N. Radoja) | (twenty-one M. Ødegaard) | s.c | |
| 10 E. Bardhi | eleven M. Asensio 69 ' | ||
| 9 Roger 55 ' | (25 Rodrygo) | ||
| (18 J. De Frutos) | 9 K. Benzema | ||
| eleven Morales 68 ' | twenty Vinicius Jr. 69 ' | ||
| (twenty-one D. Gomez) | (17 Lucas Vazquez) |
Goals:(0-1) Vinicius Jr. (16 '), (0-2) K. Benzema (95')
Cards:L Casemiro (4 '), E. Bardhi (72'), Miramón (93 ')L
Referee: Munuera Montero (Andalusian Committee)
Spectators:Behind closed doors at La Cerámica (Villarreal)
| THE BEST The decisive interventions of Courtois | |
| WORST Casemiro could leave his team with ten already having a yellow |