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Real Madrid beat Levante 2-0 today for the 5th round of the Spanish Championship. The game was played at the Estadio de la Cerámica. The merengue club won with a great goal from the Brazilian Vinicius Jr, who won an opportunity as a starter.
With the result, the Real reached 10 points in the table, going from fourth place to the lead. Levante, meanwhile, took 3 points and remains in 18th position.
The first goal for the meringues came in the 15th minute of the first half. Vinicius Junior took the excess corner on the edge of the area, took it to the center and crossed it, without a chance for the opposing goalkeeper.
Levante created good chances to tie the game, but stopped at good saves from Thibaut Courtois.
Real’s second goal came only at 49 in the final stage. The Brazilian Rodrygo, who started on the bench, recovered the ball in defense and made a beautiful deep pass. Benzema accelerated, entered the area, dribbled to Campaña and saved.
On the next match day, Levante will face Athletic Bilbao, while Real Madrid will face Cádiz.
Data sheet
Local: Ceramic Stadium, Vila-Real
Data: October 4, 2020, Sunday
Calendar: 11:00 h (from Brasilia)
Referee: Jose Luis Munuera Montero
Assistants: Iñigo Prieto López de Ceraín and Alfonso Baena Espejo
Yellow cards: Jorge Miramón and Enis Bardhi (Raise); Casemiro (Real Madrid)
Goals: Vinícius Júnior, 15 minutes into the first half and Karim Benzema, 49 minutes into the second half (Real Madrid)
I raised: 0; Aitor Fernández, Carlos Clerc, Ruben Vezo, Sergio Postigo, Jorge Miramón; Enis Bardhi, Mickaël Malsa, Nikola Vukcevic, José Campaña; Morales, Roger Martí. Technical: Paco López.
Real Madrid: 0; Thibaut Courtois, Nacho, Raphaël Varane, Sergio Ramos, Ferland Mendy; Casemiro, Luka Modric, Federico Valverde; Marco Asensio, Vinícius Júnior, Karim Benzema. Technical: Zinedine Zidane.
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