Mbappe’s double gives Real Madrid a 2-0 win over Betis.

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He This Sunday, Real Madrid beat Real Betis 2-0. Football at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in the fourth round of La Liga EA Sports: two goals from the French striker Kylian Mbappe resolve a match that at times suffocated the locals, who follow the leaders FC Barcelona.

meringue They started a little rough, and Eze Abde showed that in the 10th minute with a high header from Romain Perraud’s cross from the left. Real Madrid responded with another 20th-minute header from Eder Militão from a corner that was saved by the Betic keeper. Meanwhile, up top, Mbappe was struggling to get the ball out of the way.

Vinicius Jr. He looked for the French striker in the 39th minute after leaving his opponent running down the left flank, but his pass into the box was too strong. Then, in injury time, Dani Carvajal crossed better with the outside of his right foot and Mbappe missed the far post because Youssouf Sabaly made a prescient clearance.

Real also had the last chance before the break, but Rodrigo Goes He fired a powerful left-footed shot towards goal. The home side lacked sparkle, but their urge to attack was clear. Evidence of this was that at the restart, Fede Valverde drove to the opposite field to open up play towards the left peak of the opposition zone.

There, Vinicius controlled, looking inside and shooting with his right hand; The ball tripped Diego Llorente and hit the post, and Mbappe sent the ball into the clouds, although he was offside. In the 54th minute, Vinicius asked for a penalty because of Llorente’s handball on his cross, but neither Alberola Rojas nor VAR considered it a punishable act.

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Two minutes later, the argument continued after a clash between Sabaly and Dani Ceballos, which also saw no fouls recorded. Tensions mounted and Vinicius was shown a yellow card for protesting in the ensuing play, prompting Carlo Ancelotti to move the bench. As Brahim Diaz and Fran Garcia took up their positions, Real Madrid made it 1-0.

With the ball at his feet, Rodrigo advanced parallel to the front of the area and passed to Valverde, who, with his back to the Betis goal, helped his backheel into the gap between the two lines of defence; Mbappe quickly took advantage of this and beat Portuguese goalkeeper Rui Silva low and with his left foot.

The score is in and the great French star has already been “deflowered” in the league. These braided weaves made things easier for Real, who needed five minutes to make it 2-0. Brahim tamed the ball in the center circle, turned to get away from his opponent and ran forward, just enough to filter a low pass behind the green and white defense.

Vinicius understood the play, removed his markers and dodged Rui Silva on the run; the action took place in doubt as to whether the Madrid striker had left his leg for the goalkeeper to collide with, or whether he had actually blocked him on the way out. In any case, Alberola Rojas reviewed everything on the VAR screen and concluded that it was indeed an sanctioned accident.

And Mbappé did not miss this scenario: he converted a penalty with his right foot and scored a brace, making his debut as a scorer in the Spanish league. In contrast, Manuel Pellegrini’s team created almost no danger to the goal of Thibaut Courtois, a luxurious spectator in the final period of the match, where Mbappé was replaced.

Although Endric had fresh legs, the result did not change and Real Madrid took another home win and finished second in the standings with the same eight points as Atletico Madrid (3rd) and Villarreal (4th). In first place are Barça with 12 points; Betis are much lower with only two points.

• RESULT: REAL MADRID, 2 – BETIS, 0 (0:0, after the break).
• ALIGNMENTS.
  REAL MADRID: Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Rudiger, Mendy (Fran Garcia, min.66); Chouameni, Valverde, Ceballos (Brahim Diaz, min.66); Rodrygo (Hendrik, min.89), Vinicius and Mbappe (Modric, min.84).
  BETIS: Rui Silva; Sabaly, Llorente, Nathan, Perro; Carvalho (Cardoso, min.57), Roque; Fornals (Losada, min.83), Rodri (Diao, min.72), Abde (Juanmi, min.83); and Ruibal (Vitor Roque, min.57).
• GOALS:
  1:0, min.67: Mbappe.
  2:0, min.75: Mbappé (p).
• REFEREE: Alberola Rojas (Castellano Manchego). Vinicius (min.59) and Carvajal (min.65) are shown yellow cards by Real Madrid.
• STADIUM: Santiago Bernabéu, 73,072 spectators.

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