Real Madrid beat Celta Vigo by four.. Modric is sad for Casemiro's departure

Real Madrid won its second successive victory in the Spanish Football League by beating its host Celta Vigo 4-1 yesterday in the second stage of the competition.

Real Madrid entered the match a day after confirming the departure of Brazilian center Casemiro to Manchester United, after spending nine seasons in the Spanish capital.

Real Madrid had started their title defense campaign with a difficult away victory over newcomer Almeria 2-1 last week.

And on a day when penalty kicks abounded, Karim Benzema opened his season's yield from the mark (14) and Adel Iago Aspas in the same way to the owners of the land (23).

But a piercing shot from Croatian Luka Modric gave the royal advance before the break (42) before the Brazilian Vinicius Junior (56) and Uruguayan Federico Valverde (66) concluded the scoring fest.

Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti made four changes to the squad that started the first match, maintaining the attacking line Benzema-Vinicius-Valverde, while pushing in the middle Modric instead of German Toni Kroos, along with the two French youths, Eduardo Camavinga and Aurelian Chuamini, who came this season.

After the trio of Casemiro - Modric - Kroos dominated the midfield and Ancelotti relied on him excessively and together he won the Champions League five times, the scene will change with the presence of the French and the departure of the Brazilian.

Modric said, "It is unfortunate that Casemiro left, we made history here with him and he was a pillar of us and we will miss him a lot as a player and as a person, but this is part of football. I am sad about his departure and now we will continue without him and each of us will give our maximum to do the things he was doing."

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