Karim Benzema closes 2022 in style with a difficult victory for Real Madrid, PSV opponent continues to perform moderately | Foreign football

Benzema only opened the score from the penalty spot in the 83rd minute. The French striker put the 2-0 final score on the board five minutes later on a pass from compatriot Eduardo Camavinga. With his two goals, Benzema, winner of the Ballon d’Or this year, was involved in no less than forty goals in 2022. He himself made 32 while he also prepared another eight.

Sergio León of Valladolid was already in the catacombs with a red card after he had let himself go verbally. Real comes with the victory on 38 points from fifteen games. FC Barcelona, ​​which will play against Espanyol at home on Saturday, has 1 point less.

Sevilla, PSV’s opponent in the intermediate round of the Europa League, has resumed the Spanish competition with a draw. In the away match against Celta de Vigo it became 1-1. Both clubs performed moderately in the first half of the season: Celta is sixteenth, Sevilla even two places lower.

Sevilla fell behind after half an hour due to a goal from Gabriel Veiga, who was sent into the depth and finished with a marker. 10 minutes after the break, Kike Salas scored the equalizer by heading in from a corner. For Sevilla it was already the sixth draw in fifteen matches. The club only has 12 points. At Sevilla, Yassine Bounou was under the crossbar. The goalkeeper of the Moroccan national team returned to Spain just before the competition resumed.