Rodrygo gave Real Madrid the win and dedicated his goal to Vinicius

As a game died down without competitive tension, Rodrygo made the best tribute with a claim against racism included in the celebration for his friend Vinícius Junior, with a great definition that settled the derby a minute before the end and buried the few European hopes he had lightning.

Without the joy of Vinícius and his football storm. With the player on Florentino Pérez’s right in the penalty area instead of unbalancing game after game on the Santiago Bernabéu’s left wing. In a wave of affection for the Brazilian. A unison against racism. The least important thing was the game, unimportant for a Real Madrid who wants the end of the season and a Rayo whose European dream has been extinguished.

Andoni Iraola’s team’s good taste for football continues in every stadium and against every rival. No matter how big it is. He fell through a quality move from Rodrygo on the dying breath. After reacting to an unforgivable collective mistake. When he thought the ball was going to be distributed and the referee gave it back to Real Madrid. The match was stopped, with Real Madrid possession, due to an accidental punch from Nacho to Isi’s face. With Rayo in place, without due consideration as the game resumed, the fast connection Fede Valverde-Benzema changed the course of a match that had been dominated by the strip team until then.

It’s hard for a club used to fighting for titles to be motivated by the consolation of second place. Real Madrid came after two scoreless defeats – the painful one against City and the controversy at Mestalla – and they had to react. If only out of pride. With the refreshment provided by a whopping seven Ancelotti substitutions, but dominated by a Rayo who pressed well, wanted the ball and generated midfield superiority.

Iraola’s team missed a tusk in the auction. The closest he got to goal was a long shot from Isi matched the post that knocked down Courtois. The goalkeeper stopped shots from Unai and Comesaña without any problem, while Óscar Valentín left a whip warning of danger from the Rayista midfielders. With no pressure or pressure from Real Madrid, Rayo was so comfortable that they made a mistake that takes its toll.

Rodrygo appeared through Vinícius’ reserved job. He looks comfortable on the left and generates little danger from Ancelotti’s team. Flat to the action of mischief that unbalanced the scales. The lame goal. Benzema had been clearly limping for 11 minutes, but he soon found a partner in Valverde, entered the space unmarked and solved the one-on-one with quality against Dimitrievski. Cut to the right and ball into the net.

The rayista’s complaint, Iraola’s indignation, came to nothing. His moment in the game was over. Real Madrid woke up from lethargy. With room to put a smile on a long run-up from Rüdiger that he himself decided to close with a hair-raising shot. Or the amazement at a tunnel invented by Rodrygo on a tile that turned into regret when the Brazilian launched a counter-attack with quality in which, after collaborating with Benzema, he tripped over a turf at the moment of definition and fell to the ground . .

If the meeting had little rhythm in the first act, it collapsed in the second. Everything became predictable. Real Madrid are more comfortable with the ball, with long, shallow possession. Rayo didn’t dare step forward. He didn’t put anything in the attack until Raúl de Tomás came on the podium.

Real Madrid served with a short win. The closest he came to expansion was a Modric deli, a center with the outside, which Carvajal missed at the far post. The danger that Vinícius caused and his unbreakable will was demanded in the effort. When all seemed doomed, Iraola’s offensive changes came at a price.

The match was revived in an electric finish. Chavarría’s faith and the lethality of a matador who’s back as RDT. His dry shot hit Courtois low with six minutes remaining. The blow woke up Real Madrid, which in its latest arrests increased the depth it lacked. Rodrygo came to the rescue with a shot full of quality, putting the ball where he wanted from the edge to deliver a victory with a special dedication to Vinícius.

Source: El heraldo

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