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Rodrygo Goes is happy in Seville. Twelve months ago, the Brazilian was vital in Real Madrid's comeback at the Sánchez Pizjuan to consolidate the lead of LaLiga. And this Saturday, the former Santos invented two goals to overcome the initial of Rafa Mir and take a victory of Nervión. There are already 19 goals and 11 assists this season, that of his theoretical explosion.

Madrid landed in the Seville capital with the need to improve the image of recent weeks, with the league defeats against Girona, Real Sociedad and Valencia as the main duties of a team that only plays the honor of second place. Aware of the professional needs, Carlo Ancelotti brought out against Sevilla the best he had in the closet. Without Benzema or Vinicius, the Italian handed over his line-up to the midfielders, with Rodrygo as a spark. Tchouaméni, Kroos, Modric, Ceballos and Valverde populated a pitch in which Madrid dominated toothlessly.

Mendilibar, thinking more about the Europa League final against Roma, rotated his squad and left En-Nesyri and Ocampos on the bench. He tried to bite in the pressure and run against, and he succeeded. With hardly any respite, Mir overtook the locals in the 3rd minute taking advantage of several rejections in the Madrid area. Acuña won the back too easily to Lucas Vázquez and found Bryan Gil. The former Tottenham player fired, but his shot found Militao. The ball fell at the feet of Mir who first and with the inside sent the ball to the right squad of Courtois.

The goal settled the idea of Sevilla and reflected the lack of depth of Madrid, which assumed possession but found neither the bands nor the spaces in three quarters of the rival field. He touched, touched and touched, but safely. Opposite, Sevilla bit with Gil, Lamela and Papu, generous in the effort and eager for minutes in the final next Wednesday. In the middle, the academy player Bueno was exhibited before the talent and experience of Madrid.

Without gaps, Madrid only had individual genius, and that's where Rodrygo appeared. In the 28th minute, the Brazilian made his own a foul in the front of the area and surprised Bono by throwing to the same stick of the goalkeeper, who expected a shot over the barrier.

The draw did not change the sign of the match, coiled in the midfield war. Sevilla was able to go ahead again with two attacks from the Argentines Acuña, Montiel and Lamela, but the striker was not successful against Courtois. He first sent a volley to the Belgian's left post and then threw the ball up two meters from the goal line. Those of Mendilibar seemed to want the party more.

After the break, the Whites found oxygen in the entrance of Camavinga and Álvaro Rodríguez in place of Valverde, injured, and Mendy, who is still not for 90 minutes. The Frenchman took over the left side and the Uruguayan was placed as '9' of reference, freeing more a Rodrygo who enjoys when he can move wherever he wants.

The Brazilian began to appear on the left and behind the winger and Madrid improved. In a counter, Kroos saw a remote control pass to the race of Rodrygo, who was planted in the area, dizzy Montiel with an unpredictable zigzag and calmly defined to the left of Bono. A wonder to decide the clash of Nervión. It was his 19th goal of the season, the 9th in La Liga, where he is only one behind Vinicius. He already has more goals this year than between his first three campaigns in Madrid (7, 2 and 9).

The final stretch focused more on the mud than on football, with untimely and dangerous entries, such as the one that caused the expulsion of Acuña. The Argentine entered with the iron to the ankle of Ceballos and saw the direct red while the Pizjuan took it with the former Betis. A heated entry of Jordan to Ceballos himself was the threat of another tangana, but the duel died without further incident. Madrid settles the second place and only has 90 minutes left against Athletic to finish this irregular League.

  • Real Madrid
  • Rodrygo Goes
  • Carlo Ancelotti
  • Sevilla FC

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