The protested penalty came just before the break (43 min). It was made by Karim Benzema.
Real Madrid, with two doublets by Karim Benzema and Vinicius Jr., found themselves with the victory in LaLiga by beating Valencia 4-1, which forces Sevilla, their pursuer, not to fail this Sunday against Getafe if not he wants the leader advantage to expand again.
With this victory, Real Madrid faces the Spanish Super Cup (they will face FC Barcelona in the semifinals on Wednesday) at the top of the table with eight points ahead of Sevilla, which, however, has two games less. Betis, third, is sixteen; and Atlético de Madrid, defending champion, who will face Villarreal this Sunday, and the Barça team at seventeen.
The game was carried out by the Italian team Carlo Ancelotti accompanied by the controversy generated by the penalty decreed by the referee Alejandro Hernández Hernández for an action by the Paraguayan Omar Alderete against the Brazilian Casemiro, and who, transformed by the French Karim Benzema, leveled the road.
Until then, Real Madrid, except for a flash, such as a shot to the crossbar by Croatian Luka Modric, had not cleared up the doubts generated at the beginning of 2022, which were more than palpable in Alfonso Pérez against the Getafe team and even in the commitment cupbearer against Alcoyano.
Valencia, with order behind, was knowing how to contain Ancelotti’s pupils. From the protested penalty, which came just before the break (43 min), everything was easier for the Madrid team, who seemed to sentence the victory in the opening leg of the second period with a brace from the Brazilian Vinicius (52 and 61 min) on his return to the team after overcoming COVID-19.
However, not even so could he breathe easy. José Bordalás’s team did not give up and took advantage of Madrid’s relaxation to get into the game with another penalty, from the Frenchman Ferland Mendy to the Brazilian Marcos André. Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois stopped Gonçalo Guedes’ shot, but the Portuguese took advantage of the rebound to score with a header.
Even Valencia was close to putting more pressure, but it fell by the wayside and a new final goal by Benzema, who already has 301 goals with the white jersey, avoided more scares for Real Madrid. (D)
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