Real Madrid are increasing their lead over Sevilla FC, who are two games less.
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A week ago, Real Madrid lost in a somewhat surprising way in Getafe. This Saturday, the White House players resumed their march forward by disposing of FC Valence.
At the end of a rather bland first period, a penalty whistled on Casemiro gave the opportunity to Karim Benzema to open the scoring and the Frenchman does not tremble: he transforms the sentence and suddenly signs his 300th goal for Real .
After the break, the Merengues unfold thanks to a double from Vinicius Jr (52 ‘and 61’, 2-0 and 3-0) but also thanks to an extraordinary courteous save on a strike from Wass. The Red Devils goalkeeper even stops a penalty from Guedes … but the ball returns to the head of the Portuguese striker (76 ‘, 3-1). In the final seconds, Karim Benzema also signed a brace (88 ‘, 4-1) and therefore his 17th goal in La Liga this season.
In the end, Real Madrid won and now takes 8 points ahead of Sevilla FC who will receive Getafe this Sunday. Eden Hazard? He remained on the bench … during the 90 minutes while Isco, Valverde, Camavinga, Nacho and Ceballos entered the game. Problem …
