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Real Madrid beat Huesca 4-1 in the Spanish League continued. Eden Hazard made his comeback in this match and contributed a goal.
In a match at the Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium on Saturday (10/31/2020), Hazard was finally revealed as the starter. This is the first time he has played since his last appearance for Madrid last July.
Hazard scored his comeback with a goal. The Belgian international opened Madrid’s lead in the 40th minute.
Karim Benzema contributed two goals in this victory. Another goal for Madrid was created by Federico Valverde. While the response of Huesca was made by David Ferreiro.
Thanks to this victory, Madrid rose to the top of the Spanish League standings with 16 points from seven games. While Huesca is in 18th place with five points.
[Gambas:Opta]The course of the match
Huesca made several threats to Madrid at the start of the match. In the seventh minute, Rafa Mir’s shot from a narrow angle barely reached the outside of the net.
Mir had another chance after receiving the ball from Sergio Gómez and only faced Thibaut Courtois. Mir lifts the ball past Courtois and his shot ends up in the bottom corner of the net. However, the linesman first raised the flag for offside.
Opportunities for Madrid came in the 25th minute. Marcelo’s center from the left is followed by Sergio Ramos in the lead. Huesca goalkeeper Andrés Fernández had to leave his post to block the ball.
Madrid opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Eden Hazard, a starter for the first time this season, scored a goal from outside the penalty area.
This goal began when Hazard received the ball from Federico Valverde. Hazard then broke away from Kelechi Nwakali’s guard and ran into the penalty area. His shot from outside the penalty area could not be anticipated by Fernández.
Towards the end of the first half, Madrid doubled their advantage. This time it was Karim Benzema’s turn to put his name on the scoreboard after his shot from a close angle above Fernandez.
Entering the second half, Madrid did not take long to score goals. In the 54th minute, Valverde led Madrid 3-0. Uncontrollably on the right side of the penalty area, Valverde who received the ball from Benzema then fired a horizontal shot that led to the bottom corner of the goal.
Opportunity for Madrid in the 73rd minute. Rodrygo stabs from the right and shoots even from a narrow angle. The ball leads to the goal, but Fernández can still shake it.
A minute later, Huesca shortened the gap. David Ferreiro beat Courtois at the near post with a pass from Rafa Mir.
Benzema solidified Madrid’s victory in the 90th minute. The French forward was not protected in the penalty area when he ripped the ball apart at point-blank range, completing a pass from Rodrygo.
Player lineups
Real Madrid: Thibaut Courtois; Lucas Vázquez (Mendy 52 ‘), Eder Militao, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo; Federico Valverde (Isco 60 ‘), Casemiro (Kroos 69’), Luka Modric; Marco Asensio (Rodrygo 60 ‘), Karim Benzema, Eden Hazard (Vinicius 60’)
Huesca: Andres Fernandez; Pablo Maffeo, Jorge Pulido, Dimitrios Siovas, Luisinho (G. Silva 83 ‘); Borja Garcia (Valderrama 57 ‘), Pedro Mosquera, Kelechi Nwakali (Ramirez 57’); Sergio Gomez (Ferreiro 46 ‘), Rafa Mir, Javier Ontiveros (Galan 46’)
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