Quiet victory for Real Madrid against Elche

He real Madrid easily passed on Elche with the match postponed for the Club World Cup and still eight points behind Barcelona in the league title race. Many saw the rivalry between the second team and the bottom team as a cheating game for the whites because of how the Club World Cup would affect them and the loss of players such as Kroos and Vinicius. The truth is that Real Madrid did not affect him. Ancelotti, rotated in a big way, left, for example, Modric on the bench, and those who started as starters took advantage of their opportunity. It’s also true that Elche didn’t go to the Bernabéu to lock themselves in, something more than one team would do considering it’s bottom. This is a team that proposed football and created chances.

He Elche did not get it right, but Real Madrid, led by ceballos and with Rodrygo creating a lot of danger in the common area of ​​Vinicius. The whites arrived on the field commanding and in the first half hour, little more than closing the victory with two goals. The first of Marco Asensio in an individual game that ended 1-0 in the eighth minute of the game. The second purpose is the work of Benzema when converting a penalty by hand rock That 2-0 score came in the 31st minute of a game in which the whites dominated, but did not achieve the surrender of an Elche that did not lower its weapons at any time and did not lock in its place. Far from it, he looked for the goal that would allow him to enter the game. He circled it, but it didn’t come. What came was the third for Real Madrid, again with a penalty Rodrygo in personal action. A referee decision that the Elche players complained about, but the referee was very clear about it and signaled 11 meters, Benzema scored again to make it 3-0 in the 46th minute. a match that seems to have been decided in favor of Real Madrid.

The second part seems to be a formality for Real Madridd against an Elche that continues to seek not to leave the Bernabéu without, at least, scoring and satisfying the fans of the Elche team that are in the stands of the stadium. Although the ones who were happy were the whites because of the chance of Ancelotti’s men, who had Rodrygo as the main character of most of them at the beginning of the second period. Minutes passed with Real Madrid very comfortable on the field and did not see their victory against Elche in danger where Pachín wanted to give it fresh air with a triple change, but the truth was that little or nothing changed in the match.

Also ancelotti he moved the bench, although he did not do so until the 69th minute when he resumed Modric, Tchoaumeni and Odriozola by Valverde, Ceballos and Carvajal. The new boys in a match with little history without seeing if Real Madrid realized any of the many scoring chances they had.

He searched for a few Marian late in the game he came on for a Benzema who left to applause, quite the opposite of the youth squad player who was welcomed with whistles. Although for an ovation, the one that Modric took who scored 4-0 in the 80th minute with an impressive shot. The last party at the Bernabéu was the entrance of the youth squad arrival that can be achieved by hand. The marker did not move and Real Madrid added three points against the bottom team.