Vinícius vindicates himself before a combative Elche
Real Madrid momentarily rise to the lead with a double from the Brazilian
MADRID, 30 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Real Madrid, with a double from Vinícius, has defeated a combative Elche (1-2) this Saturday to rise to the momentary leadership of LaLiga Santander, a duel in which the Elche team demanded the white team discounting even with one less after the expulsion of Raúl Guti.
At lunchtime, Vinícius put the appetizer and dessert to vent Benzema, absent for rest, and vindicate himself before Tite for his absence from the last list of the ‘canarinha’. Sao Gonçalo’s striker opened the can after a quarter of an hour and seemed to end the duel with another goal at 73 minutes, especially after Fran Escribá’s men were left with one less in 66.
However, the local team did not lower their arms and regained hope with only four minutes to go to the end of regulation time, when Pere Milla closed the gap. The whites held out to regain (24) the lead, waiting for what Real Sociedad (24) does this Sunday in the Basque derby.
With an unprecedented lead this season due to the absence of Karim Benzema, whom Ancelotti decided to rest, Mariano vindicated himself in a first half in which the Brazilians enjoyed mixed luck. At 18 minutes, the whites found themselves with the first obstacle after Rodrygo had to leave the field injured.
Precisely he had inaugurated the chances for Chamartín’s with a shot from the front that Kiko Casilla destroyed, before saying goodbye to the duel with a shot from the thread after a quarter of an hour that he went wide.
With Marco Asensio already on the pitch, Lucas Boyé, the best of the people from Elche in the first 45 minutes, tried his luck with a shot that forced Courtois to draw a providential hand, and Vinícius responded in the next action to overtake the box. away and score his eighth goal of the season.
In the 22nd minute, Casemiro put a filtered ball for Mariano, who assisted with his heel so that the Brazilian, coming from behind, surpassed Kiko Casilla with a shot crossed with the left with which he sent his particular message to the coach Tite, who has decided to do without him in the next national team break.
Elche, so far well planted, seemed to collapse in the middle of the second half, when De Burgos Bengoetxea showed Raúl Guti the second yellow for a tackle on Toni Kroos (min.66). Shortly after, Modric put a good pass so that Vinícius, before the departure of the local goalkeeper, chopped the ball to make it 0-2.
In inferiority, Escribá moved the bench in search of the reaction and Pere Milla responded to his confidence only a couple of minutes after entering the grass; Benedetto recovered a ball after an error in the departure of Casemiro and enabled the one from Lleida to cut distances in the 86th minute. However, Real Madrid knew how to manage their income to end up taking the three points and rise to the top of the leaderboard .
DATASHEET.
–RESULT: ELCHE, 1 – REAL MADRID, 2 (0-1, at halftime).
–ALIGNMENTS.
ELCHE: Box; Palacios, Enzo Roco, Bigas, Mojica; Fidel (Pere Milla, min.81), Mascarell (Marcone, min.81), Raúl Guti, Pastore (Gumbau, min.71); Lucas Boyé (Tete Morente, min.81) and Lucas Pérez (Benedetto, min.71).
REAL MADRID: Courtois; Lucas Vázquez (Carvajal, min.65), Militao, Alaba, Marcelo (Mendy, min.66); Casemiro, Kroos, Modric (Camavinga, min.84); Rodrygo (Asensio, min.18), Vinícius (Hazard, min.85) and Mariano.
GOALS.
0-1, min.22: Vinicius.
0-2, min.73: Vinicius.
1-2, min.86: Milla pears.
– REFEREE: From Burgos Bengoetxea (C. Vasco). Raúl Guti was sent off for a double yellow (min. 8 and 66) by Elche.
–STADIUM: Martínez Valero. 23,010 spectators.