With four points behind FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, which hosts Rayo Vallecano on the 22nd day of La Liga, should not be missed.
Real is no longer there (66th)
The visitors have been becoming more and more urgent in recent minutes. On the Real side, in the game, it’s nothing.
What an opportunity for Rayo!! (63rd, 1-1)
Setting off on a counter-attack, alone, Ratiu saw Garcia come back to block his way as he faced Courtois. The Belgian goalkeeper had won his duel against the Rayo player anyway. The Bernabéu is getting more and more impatient.
Change for Real (60th)
Mastantuono gives way to Gonzalo Garcia. Offensive change made by Arbeloa.
Chavarria averti! (56e)
The Rayo left-back received a yellow card for mowing down Valverde who was running on a counter-attack.
Vinicius looks for the penalty (54th)
Like Mbappé a few minutes earlier, the Brazilian took advantage of (very) light contact to collapse in the opposing area. Nothing to report from the main referee who lets the game play. This could even have merited a yellow card for simulation…
BUT DU FRIEND !! (49e, 1-1)
De Frutos comes to freeze Real! Following a superb header from Alvaro in the area, the center forward crucifies Courtois with a tense shot from the left at close range! What passivity from Valverde and Tchouaméni. The whistles are back at the Bernabéu…
… Nothing (48th)
No penalty for Mbappé and Real. The game resumes.
Penalty for Real? (47th)
Mbappé is jostled in the area, following a slight push. Verification in progress.
Here we go again
Start of the second half!
Half time!
Without shining but thanks to a brilliant move from Vinicius (16th), Real Madrid leads without convincing, in a deadly atmosphere, against its poorly ranked neighbor Rayo Vallecano. The Merengue are not yet safe.
Isi from 30 meters (45th)
On the counterattack, the Rayo player tries from afar but his shot is blocked by a Merengue leg. Corner to come for visitors.
Brahim Diaz (too) altruistic (42nd, 1-0)
After good work from Vinicius, the Moroccan is found in the opposing area, in depth, and comes to face Batalla. But the Merengue midfielder decides to cross towards Mbappé who is overtaken at the last minute.
Chavarria tries it out! (38th)
On a missed restart from Camavinga, the Rayo left-back took the initiative from 20 meters. His shot was a little too lively but his team finished this first period rather well. Real are on the decline again…
Of fruits in pivot (35e)
On the outskirts of the Real area, the Rayo center forward carries out a good oriented control before instantly trying his luck from the right. The latter is finally countered.
Vinicius sets fire (32nd)
Best Madrilenian since the kick-off, the Brazilian once again wreaks havoc in the opposing area before pulling back on Brahim Diaz. The Moroccan, from the edge of the area, attempts an outside shot from the left. Without success.
Very little rhythm (28th, 1-0)
Since the opening score, the Merengue have no longer rushed towards the opposing goal. The latter are in management against a team which has all the difficulty in the world to appear dangerous.
“Vini” did not miss the target
Lejeune solid (25th)
Vinicius hits the gas once again from the left wing before entering the area, but the 34-year-old French defender blocks the Brazilian’s advance.
On video, Vinicius’ sublime “great goal”!
Real regained control (22nd)
After an unenthusiastic first quarter of an hour, the Arbeloa players gained momentum. Their offensives are more and more incisive. Rayo is cornered within its 25 meters.
Laughing bute milk Batalla! (18e)
The Merengue midfielder runs away in the Rayo area before trying his luck from a tight angle, but the opposing goalkeeper is on the trajectory! Corner for Real.
REAL GOAL!! (16, 1-0)
What a Vinicius act! Following a pass from Valverde, Real’s number 7, in his momentum, crashes into the opponent’s area before entering on his right foot, feinting and curling sublimely into the opposite corner! The White House opens the scoring. 4 and a half months since the Brazilian had last scored in the league. Enough to calm the Bernabéu.
Of Fruits trop court (14e)
The Rayo center forward, found in the Merengue area, is stopped dead by Huijsen. Goal kick for Courtois.
Rayo well in their match (12th)
The visitors played without complexes against the Merengue, taking advantage of ball losses and opposing inaccuracies. Real is sluggish in this first quarter of an hour.
Change for Real (9th)
Bellingham, in great difficulty in recent weeks, logically gives way to Brahim Diaz.
Bellingham injured! (8th, 0-0)
Launched in depth, the English midfielder slams his left thigh in his run. Change will happen.
Akhomach in his works! (5th)
The Moroccan right winger rushes from 25 meters before leaving Güler and Camavinga behind. Once in the area, the Rayo striker does not target his crushed left shot! What an opportunity for visitors.
Mastantuono gourmand (4e)
The Argentine striker from Real tries a small bridge in the midfield. Without success. Rayo recovers.
Vinicius hits entry (1st)
The Brazilian, on the left wing, accelerates to put his opponent in the wind before crossing. The Rayo defense deviates for a corner.
Here we go!
Start of this Real Madrid-Rayo Vallecano, under the whistles of the Bernabéu! Good match by our side.
End of warm-up
Kick-off in a few seconds.
Mbappé in a state of grace
With 21 goals, the La Liga goalkeeper displays impressive momentum, remaining in 3 consecutive matches punctuated by a double. This season, the former PSG striker simply seems impossible to stop.
…And must reassure himself
Slapped on Wednesday evening in Lisbon by Benfica (4-2), during the final day of the regular phase of the Champions League, the Madrilenians, who finished outside the top 8, fell back into their ways after a slight lull. Alvaro Arbeloa, on the Merengue bench replacing Xabi Alonso for barely a month, must (still) prove himself.
Real has no room for error…
2nd in Liga, 4 points behind Barça (55 pts) – winner on Saturday evening in Elche (1-3) -, the Merengue must absolutely pick up the 3 points against their neighbor Rayo Vallecano, 16th (22 pts), in order to stay in the race for the championship title. For their part, the Franjirrojos, one point behind the first relegation, must give themselves some breathing space in the race to maintain their position.
The XI of Lightning
RV Palazon, Ciss, Gumbau – Akhomach, Fruits, Garcia
The XI merengue
The three Frenchmen Eduardo Camavinga, Aurélien Tchouaméni and (obviously) Kylian Mbappé are starters. Vinicius is too.
RMA : Courtois – Valverde, Asencio, Huijsen, Camavinga – Güler, Tchouaméni – Mastantuono, Bellingham, Vinicius – Mbappé
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