Rodrygo ‘humiliates’ Sevilla, and Real Madrid wins in La Liga

Rodrygo didn’t give chances to seville this Saturday afternoon, the 27th, at the stadium Ramón Sanchez Pizjuán. The Brazilian scored two great goals and secured the victory for the Real Madrid in the penultimate round of La Liga by the score of 2 to 1. The attacker assumed the protagonism in the merengue attack sector and secured three important points for the team of Carlo Ancelotti maintain its second position on the leaderboard.

But Real Madrid didn’t start the match in the best way. The team saw Sevilla start the game with a slightly more offensive posture. In this way, after just three minutes, after a move from the left, Rafa Mir received the ball inside the area and hit the corner of Courtois. The Belgian goalkeeper could do nothing in the bid and just took the ball from the back of the net. 1 to 0 and a devastating start for the home team.

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Gradually, Real Madrid found themselves in the first half and managed to put their pace into the match. After that moment of evolution, Rodrygo appeared and started to decide for the Meringues. In the 29th minute, with a frontal foul, the Brazilian displaced Buono and tripped him to score the equalizing goal. A great goal that left the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán stadium silent.

In the second half, the best was yet to come for Rodrygo. In the 25th minute, the Brazilian received it in the middle and took off with the ball. He faced Montiel and did what he wanted against the Argentine marker. With two humiliating dribbles, the star only touched the goalkeeper’s counterfoot to make it 2-1 and secure the three points for Real Madrid.

Still at the end of the match, Acuña was expelled. He made a strong entrance, the referee did not forgive and gave a red straight to the Argentine side. With the victory, Real Madrid moved into second place in the La Liga standings and will have the chance to guarantee the runner-up next Sunday, 4th, at 4 pm (Brasília time), against Athletic.

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