Real Madrid-Celta 4-0: goals from Vinicius and Guler

In a very calm match, Madrid responds to Girona and Barcelona: 4-0 to a Celta who failed and was condemned by two own goals who ended the day fourth from last with +2 on safety. Rafa Benitez’s bitter return to the Bernabeu after 8 years, he was fired by Madrid in January 2016. Ancelotti has 7 points ahead of Michel and 8 over Xavi, for Madrid 22 days without defeat, with 16 wins and La Liga approaching .

the choices

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For Ancelotti four changes compared to the Champions League: Lucas Vazquez for Carvajal, Modric and Brahim for Kroos and the suspended Bellingham, Rodrygo for Tchouameni. Benitez switches to a 5-man defense. And Celta chooses the barricades. In the first part, 9 corners and 8 shots between the posts for Madrid, who dominated from the first to the last minute, scoring just one goal, with Vinicius in the 21st minute. Corner from Modric, imperial header from Rudiger saved by Guaita who repeats himself on the close rebound collected by Vinicius and has to capitulate at the third attempt, the second from the Brazilian who scored Madrid’s last 4 goals and reached 10 goals in 2024 The hosts were dominant, and Celta was disinterested until injury time when De la Torre sent a great free-kick from Iago Aspas out of his head.

vinicius at risk

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Celta improved in a fiery second half from the usual Vinicius: visibly held by Mingueza, the Brazilian first tries to free himself with an elbow, then pushes his opponent to the ground, exactly as he did in the Champions League with Orban of Leipzig. Both there and here Vinicius was shown a yellow, with the opposing benches clamoring for the red. What is certain is that Vinicius, despite being harassed as Ancelotti says, has a very short fuse, always reacts and plays with fire. Madrid started attacking and shooting again, with three more saves from Guaita on Brahim, Rodrygo and Vinicius. and in the 80th minute he doubled the lead with a goal similar to the first: Modric’s corner, Rudiger’s head, the crossbar and the outgoing ball hitting Guaita’s back and entering the goal. And in the 88th minute, on a cross from the left by Vinicius, Carlos Dominguez deceives poor Guaita, the author of many saves and at home with 4 goals conceded, because in the 94th minute the first goal also arrived in the Madrid shirt of Arda Güler, the 19-year-old Turkish prodigy who would like to play more.