LaLiga – Round 5 summary

Goals: 16. Vinícius Júnior, 90 + 5. Karim Benzema

Real Madrid, who managed to rob the Estadi Ciutat de València this afternoon, also has three points. The home team Levante got two goals, one for the half. The goals were scored in the beginning by the young man Vinícius Júnior and in the setting also by the French veteran Karim Benzema.

The defending champion from last year entered the new season quite certainly, although he has not convinced himself much with the game itself. Today he tried to change that on Levante’s soil. He started very well and actively in Valencia. In the second minute, he almost took the lead when Luka Modrić drew a beautiful pass to a small lime, where the striker Karim Benzema ran. However, at the last minute, the opponent defended it from the ball.

Levante herself pushed out the corners with just a hint and mostly hastily. José Luis Morales tried to break through several times and finished, but for the first time he was stopped by a visiting defense, and the second time he was spoiled by the joy of offside. After a quarter of an hour, Real finally came out. Luka Modrić received the short corner, knocked it on to Casemiro who had the whole net open before him, but only managed to hit the post. Nobody prevented that, so the young Brazilian had plenty of time to orientate and aim calmly. He did it well and sent the ball to the gallows, where the goalkeeper Fernández did not reach.

Levante also threatened the standard situation. José Campaña crosses the ball from the corner, the ball returns to the corner. There was a center on the back pole, where Nikola Vukčević got to the header. He even managed to beat goalkeeper Thibuta Courtois, but the crossbar surprised him.

Otherwise, she didn’t offer that first half so much. The second was much more interesting. After two minutes, Luka Modrić got to the ball again, aimed it between the backs and fell at full speed in the lime. At first it looked promising for Real, but after the judge José Luis Munuera Montero had the situation analyzed by VAR, he did not whistle the penalty. A moment later, the home team made a huge mistake when Luka Modrić got to the balloon, recorded from the first on Benzem and his shot was stopped by a stick!

In another chance, just a few minutes later, Vinícius appeared, who ran onto a great pass from Benzema, but from the first he sent the ball out of the goal! Levante bites again and in the absence of an excellent intervention by the goalkeeper Courtoise, Enis Bardhi would probably rejoice at a beautiful goal. And Courtois had to go back into action a minute later, this time with a foot shot at the last minute by Malsa’s shot, which was uncomfortably dotted.

After all, the goal fell. With 68 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 – 0 lead as Karim Benzema flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. He took advantage of the fact that the goalkeeper Fernández ran out of the goal, got the ball in front of the defender and sent the ball into the net – 2: 0.

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