Madrid Returns to Victory Path, Sevilla to Third Place

2021-01-27 18:04

Madrid Returns to Victory Path, Sevilla to Third Place

Karim Benzema scored his 10th goal on the La Liga stage this season.

ALAVA - Real Madrid finally returned to the track after silencing Alaves win, 4-1, in the jornada 20 La Liga on Sunday (24/1) early morning. This victory at the same time ended the bad streak of Los Blancos, which failed to win in the last two matches, including when Alcoyano was eliminated in the Copa del Rey arena, in the middle of last week.


Visiting the headquarters of Alavesdi Sadion Mendizorrotza, Los Blancos performed with their best strength. Luka Modric, Toni Kroos and Casemiro filled the midfield. Meanwhile, Karim Benzema stood as the spearhead, flanked by Marco Asensio and Eden Hazard. At the heart of the defense is the duet of Eder Militao and Raphael Varane.

Determined to treat wounds caused by the defeat in the Spanish Super Cup final and being eliminated in the Copa del Rey, Madrid immediately pressed from the start of the match.




In the end, Casemiro's header in the 15th minute opened Madrid's advantage in this match. The Brazilian defensive midfielder took advantage of Kroos' gastric bait. Casemiro's header lodged in the right corner of the home team's goal.

Entering five minutes of the match, Madrid doubled their lead, this time via Benzema's action. The French striker fired hard from inside the penalty box after receiving a pass from Hazard.

However, it doesn't stop there. In the 46th minute, Madrid was able to take advantage of Alaves' back line. Kroos latched onto Hazard, who went head-to-head against goalkeeper Alaves.

With a left foot flick, the former Chelsea attacking midfielder broke into Alaves' goal. This was Hazard's first goal in the League arena since last October.

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Striker Alaves Joselu in the Alaves versus Real Madrid match. - (EPA-EFE / Juriaan Tierie)
Madrid missed at the beginning of the second half, to be precise in the 59th minute. Alaves striker, Joselu, could cut the difference in score with a header.

However, Los Blancos, who have appeared so dominant since the start of the match, were able to close the match with Benzema's second goal in this match. Benzema scored his 10th goal on the La Liga stage this season in the 70th minute of the match.

This big victory over Alaves brought Madrid to cut the points gap with the leaders of La Liga, Atletico Madrid. The team made by Zinedine Zidane is four points adrift of their city rivals.

However, Los Rojiblancos still have two matches less than Madrid. Atletico Madrid have only appeared in 17 Spanish League matches this season, while Madrid have played in 19 games.

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Steven Youssef En-Nesyri celebrates his goal against Cadiz with a bow. - (EPA-EFE / JULIO MUNOZ)
Meanwhile, in another match in the 20th La Liga match, Saturday (23/1), Youssef En-Nesri's hat trick against Cadiz brought Sevilla up to third in the standings. No half-hearted, thanks to the 3-0 victory over Cadiz, the team from Andalusia immediately moved up two places at once, from fifth to third in the standings.

Both have appeared in 19 matches, Sevilla is only four points adrift of Real Madrid. Sevilla's success in advancing to third position is also inseparable from Villarreal's failure to pick full points in the match on the 20th jornada, Saturday (23/1).

The team made by Unai Emery had to settle for bringing home one point from their visit to Huesca's home after being held to a draw, goalless, by the home team. As a result, The Yellow Submarine's position immediately dropped to fifth place with 34 points from 20 parties.

Despite having the same collection of points as Barcelona, which is perched in fourth place, Villarreal lost on goal difference with the Blaugrana. On the other hand, Barcelona can immediately take over the third place if they are able to reap the full points when they face Elche in the 20th jornada, Sunday (24/1).





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