Thanks to Vinicius and Karim Benzema, leaders Real Madrid beat Sevilla FC 2-1 at home on Sunday in Matchday 15 of the Spanish Championship, and remain in the lead four points ahead of beaten Real Sociedad. from Espanyol Barcelona (1-0) earlier today, and Atlético Madrid, wide winner in Cadiz (4-1).
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The Sevillians opened the scoring early in the match, with a header from Rafa Mir who defeated the marking of Ferland Mendy on a corner (12th), then Karim Benzema equalized for the Merengues (32nd), on the restart a heavy strike from Eder Militao pushed back on his post by the Sevillian goalkeeper Bono ... And the young Brazilian winger Vinicius offered the victory to his team with a powerful strike at the very end of the game, in the 87th, to allow Real to extend its series of six straight wins in all competitions.
Metamorphosed this season, Vinicius once again received a standing ovation from the Santiago-Bernabeu after his goal.
And the French center forward, placed among the favorites for the Ballon d'Or which will be awarded Monday night in Paris, was once again the offensive boss of the “White House”.
Real's two attacking cronies lead the way in the La Liga scorers' standings, with 9 goals in 14 matches for "Vini" and 11 goals in 13 matches for "KB9".
Courteous, precious
But the Andalusians, who will have to get their ticket for the knockout stages of the Champions League in ten days in Salzburg, seriously put Carlo Ancelotti's men in difficulty on Sunday night.
After the goal of Mir, already scorer at Wolfsburg on Tuesday in C1, Sevilla had the opportunity to drive the point home, but David Alaba blocked the ball on his line, then Thibaut Courtois released a decisive parry to maintain the Madrilenians afloat (14th).
And Lucas Ocampos also had his chances: the former Marseillais hit the crossbar on a brushed ball in the 30th minute after eliminating Casemiro, then his resumption of the head just before the break (45th + 2) ended in Courtois gloves, precious for Real on Sunday.
