Lucas Vazquez’s disallowed goal infuriates Ancelotti, then the Croatian decides in the 81st minute with a right-footed shot from the edge of the box. Applause (and then boos) for Sergio Ramos who returned to the Bernabeu after 3 years
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Ancelotti has offered Luka Modric to move from the field to the bench for next season and join his staff. The Croatian hasn’t decided yet, but in the meantime he continues to play and tonight he brought Madrid 3 precious points. Coming on in the 75th minute for Nacho, Modric decided the match between Madrid and Sevilla in the 81st minute. A complicated and controversial match that leaves Ancelotti at +8 over Barça and +9 over Girona, on the pitch tomorrow against Rayo. An emotional evening for Sergio Ramos, who returned to his stadium after 3 years and was first applauded and then booed, and marked by the kick-off given by the UFC champion Ilia Topuria.
many absent
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There are 7 for Ancelotti and 6 for Quique Sanchez Flores. In Madrid out, Carvajal and Camavinga are suspended, Courtois, Militao, Alaba, Bellingham and Joselu are injured. In Sevilla out Acuña, Marcao, Gudelj, Agoumé, Lukebakio and Erik Lamela. Rudiger reappears, teaming up with Nacho while Tchouameni returns to midfield. Brahim in place of Bellingham, in Sevilla Ocampos full flank on the left.
goals and controversies
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In a very grey, nervous first half, with 3 shots and animated by a rather sensational error by En-Nesyri served by Isaac (8′) and by a great shot by Valverde from 22 meters deflected for a corner by Nyland (47′), the news is all about Lucas Vazquez’s goal in the 10th minute, canceled out after a very long conclave at the VAR due to a foul by Nacho on En-Nesyri when he was recovering the ball. Ancelotti furious and booked, and yet another occasion in which the VAR enters into a gray play, not to correct an obvious error.
12′ of fire
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Very different shot. Immediately the post from Valverde, who, served by Brahim, shot right-footed, hitting his left leg, then Lunin’s incredible save, with his right knee on Isaac’s close-range left-footed shot, then Rodrygo’s shot just outside and the great flight from Nyland on Vinicius. Kike Salas came close to scoring an own goal, a right-footed shot from Vinicius narrowly missed. All in 12 minutes.
change of referee
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Then the referee got hurt, with a right calf problem, the crowd ironically chanted ‘Let Negreira come in’ and instead Fernandez Buergo came on, a 29 year old referee who usually referees in the Primera Federacion, the Spanish Serie C, and was at the Bernabeu as fourth referee.
solves luka
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Madrid continued to attack and in the 81st minute the goal came from Luka Modric, who came on shortly before in place of Nacho, with Tchouameni dropped back in defence. The 38-year-old Croatian scored with a powerful and precise right-footed shot from the edge of the box, his second goal in this Liga. Sevilla protested for an offside by Rudiger which the referee did not consider to have an impact on the action, Madrid pulled down the curtain.
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