Already starving, his playing time is decreasing week by week in La Liga. While he was only allowed five minutes in the victory against Alavés last Saturday (and eight minutes the week before), this time, Eden Hazard remained glued to the bench for 90 minutes. The scenarios conducive to a rise in the Brainois game are becoming increasingly rare.
While the people of Madrid, battered by Rayo Vallecano, struggled to find the fault, Carlo Ancelotti preferred to play the Rodrygo card to replace Marco Asensio. Luckily – and as so often – Karim Benzema and Vinicius Jr got Real out of trouble. About ten minutes from time, the French relied in one-two on the Brazilian to score the only goal of the game.
The Rayo Vallecano has however applied well in front of the cages of Thibaut Courtois. But the Devils goalkeeper was intransigent, authoritatively repelling multiple attempts by Sergio Guardiola, Oscar Trejo, Alvaro Garcia and Mario Suarez.
Real thus consolidates its leading position, while waiting for the Sevillian derby, opposing its two pursuers, scheduled for this Sunday.
