Mathieu Warnier, Media365, published on Saturday November 9, 2024 at 4:00 p.m.
Beaten in its last two outings in all competitions, Real Madrid took advantage of the Osasuna reception to find a smile again thanks to a large victory (4-0), which will remain marred by three players injured in the first period.
A reaction was expected, it did take place. After being slapped by FC Barcelona last weekend during the Clasico then by AC Milan in the Champions League, Real Madrid rediscovered the taste of victory when they hosted Osasuna this Saturday. However, this match on the 13th day of La Liga will keep a bitter taste for Carlo Ancelotti and his players. The Merengue put their foot on the ball from the first moments of the match but without managing to put Sergio Herrera in difficulty. The first blow for the reigning Spanish champion came in the 20th minute when Rodrygo had to give way to Brahim Diaz due to injury. Barely seven minutes later, the stretcher entered the pitch to allow the evacuation of Eder Militão, visibly injured in the right knee after having been absent for many months last season due to a serious knee injury. LEFT. The young Raul Asencio then made his first appearance in La Liga in his career to replace the Brazilian. More was needed to take Real Madrid out of the match and Vinicius Jr started his festival ten minutes before the break.
Three injured on Real Madrid side
Launched in depth by Jude Bellingham, the merengue number 7 played through the Osasuna defense before deceiving the vigilance of Sergio Herrera to open the scoring. But concern returned to the Madrid bench when Lucas Vazquez in turn complained of an injury preventing him from continuing the match. In order not to use his third replacement window before the break, Carlo Ancelotti decided to let his team finish like this, with a diminished player. It was then that Jude Bellingham found color again. On a caviar from Raul Asencio, the Englishman deceived the Osasuna goalkeeper with a finesse lob for his first goal of the season, which gave Real Madrid a two-length advantage at the break. As soon as the restart, Luka Modric replaced the unfortunate Lucas Vazquez. Not very prominent during the first act, Kylian Mbappé tried to change the situation at the start of the second but he was unable to be sufficiently impactful. At the hour mark, Vinicius Jr gave a little more peace to the crowd at the Santiago-Bernabeu Stadium by improving a long restart from his goalkeeper Andriy Lunin.
Vinicius Jr superstar
After a successful hook against Santiago Herrera, the Brazilian was able to calmly push the ball into the goal. But a double was not enough for him. After losing a duel against the Osasuna goalkeeper on a delicious pass from Kylian Mbappé, Real Madrid's number 7 went for his hat-trick as the last 20 minutes approached. This time, it was on an offering from Brahim Diaz that he was able to face Santiago Herrera, clearing him to score his third goal with a strong shot from close range. With the score established, Carlo Ancelotti rested Vinicius Jr and Jude Bellingham a quarter of an hour from the end of normal time, both replaced by Endrick and Arda Güler. The end of the match saw the Merengue try to add to the score as much as the Osasuna players timidly tried to save the honor. The score, however, did not change with a large victory for Real Madrid (4-0), which temporarily came back to six points behind Real Madrid with a game in hand. Osasuna, for its part, sees its series of two victories come to an end and could fall in the standings at the end of the weekend.
