The Whites comfortably beat Celta at Balaídos in a game that featured two penalties in favor of Real Madrid
On the first day after exit from Casemir, Real Madrid barely had to suffer to get a solid victory and of course against Celta de Vigo on the second day of the League. The Whites put it on track through a clear penalty that Benzema converted in the 14th minute.
The white team, which received another against scored by Aspas and another in favor that missed hazard, You can say without fear of being wrong that the Balaídos stadium is your particular temple of the penalty. Last year, the whites had three maximum penalties in their favor during their visit to Galicia, while this year they had two more for a total of five.
Those who did not see the game will say that those penalties in favor made it easier for Madrid, but nothing could be further from the truth. The whites used their physique and skill to unseat the locals. Modric showed for the umpteenth time that with a police escort from behind -Camavinga and Tchoauméni- it makes a difference.
He scored a sovereign goal from outside the area for 1-2 and gave the third to Vinicius to get his twenty-third goal in his career in the League. The data is not trivial, since the Croatian has scored more goals from outside the area -12- than inside it in his career in the Spanish domestic championship.
Benzema, fearsome
The one that continues to increase its numbers is a Karim Benzema who with his goal from the penalty spot beat Quini as the eighth top scorer in the history of the League. The Frenchman reaches 220 in his career in white and sees as a feasible goal to climb many positions this season.
Hugo Sánchez records 234 goals, the Mexican being a goal within reach at the end of this season for the white top scorer. Along the way, if all goes well, Benzema will have to overcome César, Di Stéfano and Raúl González to hunt down the fourth all-time leading scorer. Messi, Cristiano and Zarra do seem unattainable in this classification.
Real Madrid, with this victory, has equaled its best streak of consecutive victories in Balaídos (5) dating from the period between 2002 and 2007. In their last 10 games in Vigo, the whites have scored 31 goals, the same figure as in the 28 games immediately prior to this streak.
Ancelotti’s team was more than firm after lose. Modric paid tribute to Casemiro in the best possible way with a tremendous game in Vigo. Real Madrid sleeps as leader and climbs the steps as the favorite to defend the League title.