Real Madrid beat Valencia 2-1 to take the lead in the Spanish League, in the match that brought the two teams together at the Mestalla Stadium, in the fifth round of the La Liga competition for the current season.
Young Hugo Douro scored Valencia’s goal in the 66th minute with a powerful left-footed shot from inside the penalty area, after Lucas Vazquez missed the ball.
Brazilian Vinicius Junior scored the equalizer for Real in the 86th minute, taking advantage of Karim Benzema’s pass, to return the French star and score the deadly winning goal from a header in the 89th minute.
Real Madrid was the best party during the events of the first half and the most offensive, while Valencia relied on counter-attacks, and the most dangerous headers were brilliantly removed by Courtois, Real Madrid goalkeeper in the 43rd minute.
The first half witnessed the exit of 3 players from both teams due to injury. The young American, Noah Moussa, replaced the recent star Carlos Soler in the 15th minute, and Tony Lato replaced Terry Correa in the 23rd minute for Valencia, and Lucas Vazquez participated in the Real Madrid instead of Danny Carvajal in the 26th minute.
In the second half, Real Madrid intensified their attacks in order to win, but Valencia took precedence before Real returned in the last moments of the match.
With this result, Real Madrid is at the top of the Spanish league standings with 13 points, two points behind runner-up Atlético Madrid, who drew negative on Saturday evening with Athletic Bilbao, while Valencia’s balance stopped at 10 points in third place.
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Goalkeeper: Courtois
Defense Line: Carvajal – Militao – Alaba – Nacho
Midfield: Modric – Casemiro – Valverde
Forwards: Hazard – Benzema – Vinicius
The Real Madrid squad for the Valencia match saw the absence of the Brazilian Marcelo and Ferland Mendy, in addition to the Welshman Gareth Bale and the German Tunisia Kroos, due to injury.
Real Madrid had won a valuable victory over Inter Milan, with a goal free of charge, last Wednesday, at the start of the group stage in the Champions League..
