Real Madrid likes itself against a weak Villarreal

Real Madrid likes itself in opposition to a vulnerable Villarreal

Ancelotti’s guys say good-bye to the Bernabéu for 2023 with a rout of leadership

Real Madrid defeated Villarreal with authority (4-1) this Sunday on matchday 17 of LaLiga EA Sports, the remaining recreation of 2023 on the Santiago Bernabéu, an undisputed victory to take the lead within the absence of what Girona does .

The white group had no mercy for a ‘submarine’ that turned into nonetheless far from what Marcelino García Toral predicted in his mission to reactivate the yellow group. The dreams from Jude Bellingham, Rodrygo, Brahim and Luka Modric did justice to the scoreboard with the extensive difference between both groups, with Madrid leading with forty two points, in comparison to forty one for Girona that plays on Monday in opposition to Alavés, and seven more than a FC Barcelona that tied on Saturday at Mestalla.

Carlo Ancelotti’s guys slightly observed competition in the ‘submarine’. Madrid ruled from the start and did not forestall achieving the rival aim, with many possibilities and a 2-0 lead at 1/2-time. Added to the yellow inferiority complex have been the injuries of Álex Baena and Gerard Moreno, both of whom have been spending an excessive amount of time on the sphere while it changed into clean that they were now not at a hundred%. Morales appeared once again but Villarreal left the capital with any other bag of goals due to their weakness at the lower back and 3 factors above relegation.

Marcelino’s amazing aim is still a long way away due to the fact his team does now not deal with the ball, Madrid stole a lot and established attacks without difficulty, and they also make losses on set pieces. From a begin with inaccuracies for the visitors, it didn’t take lengthy for the local group to make a comeback, with a crossbar from Luka Modric as the first clean shot.

While playing, the whites also seemed and Bellingham got here to their appointment to make it 1-zero this time with a header. The Englishman changed into the one who opened the game to Lucas Vázquez, in a play that came returned to him after a primary pass from Modric. Villarreal was now not proper on the again, nor did Filip Jorgensen have his usual couple of interventions.

The Dane did not get it right against a Bellingham team that continues to compare itself with the first-rate debutants inside the records of the League. Madrid accompanied their team even as Baena finished soliciting for the trade. Moreno additionally regarded lame, however the ahead did no longer achieve this till damage time. Meanwhile, Ancelotti also misplaced a card, that of David Alaba who dangerously injured his left knee.

In a nook kick, after a commotion wherein nobody in yellow controlled to clean it, Rodrygo’s score got here 2-0 inside the thirty seventh minute. Marcelino’s crew gave away on the returned and did not appear up the front, partly because of the ones setbacks, with Ilias being the best lively. The yellow response could not were other than Morales, the Asturian coach’s ‘Commander’ and scorer of the five dreams inside the League due to the fact that his arrival.

MADRID ENDS UP LIKED

The striker’s 8th intention in much less than a month, with the traffic’ first game among the strains with Parejo and Terrats, threatened to trade the white script, no matter it being the first time that Lunin, beginning for Kepa, had a process. There were 10 mins of the sport in no guy’s land, till Brahim made it three-1, making Mandy depart her zone and then additionally reducing Cuenca. Madrid placed on the strain and Modric straight away made it 4-1.

Ancelotti’s team concluded the remaining domestic match of the yr in any other arson, a Bernabéu this is getting closer and in the direction of displaying off its new face, roof protected. The Italian educate left a few minutes for Tchouameni’s return and reduced the coronary heart fee of a crushed Bellingham no matter the win, due to a yellow card and a nasty that Figueroa Vázquez did not whistle. The Englishman had greater blood than a ‘submarine’ who should be angrier with himself.

DATASHEET.

–RESULT: REAL MADRID, 4 – VILLARREAL, 1. (2-zero, at halftime).

–ALIGNMENTS:

REAL MADRID: Lunin; Lucas, Rüdiger, Alaba (Nacho, min.35), Mendy (Fran García, rest); Kroos (Tchouameni, min.79), Modric, Valverde, Bellingham (Ceballos, min.Seventy eight); Rodrygo and Brahim (Joselu, min.Eighty four).

VILLARREAL: Jorgensen; Altimira, Albiol (Cuenca, smash), Mandi, Pedraza; Capoue, Parejo, Baena (Terrats, min.29); Ilias (Trigueros, min.Seventy four), Morales (Brereton, min.79) and Gerard Moreno (Sorloth, relaxation).

–GOALS:

1 – zero, min.25, Bellingham.

2 – 0, min.37, Rodrygo.

2 – 1, min.55, Morales.

3 – 1, min.64, Brahim.

Four – 1, min.Sixty nine, Modric.

–REFEREE: Figueroa Vázquez (C.Andaluz). He advised Bellingham (min.Sixty seven) and Tchouameni (min.Eighty three) for Madrid. And to Altimira (min.Sixty eight), Ilias (min.74) and Capoue (min.85) at Villarreal.

–Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.