Real takes control

Thanks to its two Brazilians Vinicius and Rodrygo, Real Madrid, reigning Spanish and European champions, dominated Betis Sevilla 2-1 on Saturday for their first match at the Bernabéu on Matchday 4, and regain control alone of the League.

Vinicius opened the scoring for Madrid in the 9th minute by slipping between defender Edgar Gonzalez and goalkeeper Rui Silva, then after Sergio Canales equalized from a touch situation (17th), it was Rodrygo who offered the victory at Real by luckyly pushing into the cages the ball set back by Fede Valverde (65th), who came into play a few seconds earlier in place of Eduardo Camavinga.

From this confrontation between the only two teams which had previously accumulated three successes in three matches, it was Real who emerged victorious. The people of Madrid are temporarily ahead of Atlético Madrid (7th, 6 pts) who go to Real Sociedad at 6:30 p.m., and five units more than FC Barcelona, ​​current 3rd (7 pts), who are moving in the evening (9 p.m.) at Sevilla FC.

Fekir, the tile…

The bad news for Betis came just before the equalizer. In the 11th minute, Nabil Fekir put the ball into touch and joined his bench, visibly hit in the hamstring of his right leg. He was replaced by Luiz Henrique. Very bad news two months before the World Cup (November 20 – December 18) for the French international attacking midfielder, who dreamed of going to Qatar with the Blues, as he confided in an interview with AFP in March. His last selection dates back to September 2020 against Croatia.

Real, for their part, could have increased their lead: Vinicius (19th) or Karim Benzema (49th) had goal balls, but failed to convert them. Carlo Ancelotti’s men, however, are full of confidence before the start of the Champions League on Tuesday (9:00 p.m.) at Celtic Glasgow.