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MADRID (AP) – After an anthology goal, Vinicius Junior ran to the corner flag and began to dance to samba.

Joy of the pure this season, the Brazilian forward scored an exquisite goal in the final minutes and Real Madrid turned the score around to beat Sevilla 2-1 on Sunday in the duel that faced two of the best clubs of the moment in Spain.

Vinicius tamed the ball with his chest by receiving close to the bench and then heading towards the goal. He cut back a couple of defenders and finished with a well-placed shot to the upper angle from the edge of the area in the 87th minute. The goal drove the crowd crazy at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium.

“Sometimes the great players with a minimum score a goal, they make a difference,” said Merengue midfielder Casemiro about his Brazilian compatriot.

It was Vinicius’ second goal in his last three games, and his 11th overall in what is his best season since arriving in the Spanish capital.

In the discounts, Sevilla missed the tie but goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois providentially appeared to reject a Thomas Delaney header.

Madrid, which secured their qualification to the second phase of the Champions League in the middle of the week with a victory visiting Sheriff Tiraspol, scored their fourth victory of the domestic tournament. He reached 33 units, four more than Atlético de Madrid, his immediate escort who thrashed Cádiz 4-1.

Meanwhile, Sevilla – who have not beaten Madrid in the Spanish capital for the League for 13 years – fell to fourth position with 28 points.

The Andalusians went ahead in the 12th minute with Rafa Mir’s header from a corner kick.

The merengue reaction began with Karim Benzema, who paired the 32 with his 11th goal of the course. The French forward capitalized on a bad rebound from goalkeeper Yassine Bounou “Bono” after a distant shot from Éder Militao.

“Important victory, because they have made it very difficult for us. It was complicated, as it had to be, ”said Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti. “Everyone knows Sevilla, they have brought out their quality in the first half, we better in the second.”

Madrid showed the ability to react when they found themselves at a disadvantage and were fortunate that their disadvantage was not greater when defender David Alaba saved a shot from Mir on the line, two minutes after scoring the first goal.

Near the first half hour, Argentine forward Lucas Ocampos also came close to extending the Andalusian side’s lead with a shot from outside the box that crashed off the crossbar. Immediately after, Benzema tied.

THE ATHLETIC GOALS

Atlético’s attack was unleashed with four goals in the second half in the visit to Cádiz.

Thomas Lemar opened the scoring with an accurate cross from Yannick Carrasco in the 56th minute. Antoine Griezmann, Ángel Correa and Matheus Cunha finished shaping the win for an Atlético that had been affected by a defeat against Milan in the middle of the week that promised to avoid the group stage of the Champions League.

Diego Simeone’s team had barely won one of their last four matches in all competitions.

“You can not ask for more. We are happy for tonight, we needed a victory like this to have a reference match, ”said French midfielder Lemar.

Honduran striker Anthony Lozano achieved the home’s only target with a pumped shot. They were in the lower zone, ranking 17th with 12 points.

THE ROYAL FALLS ON A VISIT

Real Sociedad suffered its second defeat of the season when they fell 1-0 on their visit to Espanyol.

Venezuelan midfielder Yangel Herrera became the only target of the duel in the 77th minute, and thus the parakeet team climbed to ninth with 20 points.

Referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz invalidated an Alexander Isak target in the complement for the San Sebastian team, who lost for the first time since the opening day. La Real marches in third position with 29 units, awaiting the result of the clash between Real Madrid and Seville.

BETIS GOALS WITH JUANMI’S TRIPLET

Juan Miguel Jiménez “Juanmi” was uncovered with a triple to lead Betis’s 3-1 victory over bottom Levante.

Jiménez drilled the nets at 54, 63 and 78 minutes for the Albiverdes, fifth with 27 units.

Shkodran Mustafi put Levante ahead in the seventh minute, but the team deflated to suffer its eighth loss of the course. They have not been able to get a single victory and march at the bottom of the table with seven points.

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