MX23RW : Wednesday, November 27 22:03:48| >> :600:611776:611776:
[monks data]
Attendance: 68,050
Real Madrid logo
La Liga | Gameweek 11
Nov 3, 2018 at 3.15pm UK
 
Real Valladolid logo

2-0

Junior (83' og.), Ramos (88' pen.)
FT(HT: 0-0)

Substitute Vinicius Junior rescues below-par Real Madrid

Below-par Real Madrid beat Real Valladolid 2-0 at the Bernabeu through a late Kiko Olivas own goal and Sergio Ramos's penalty.

Vinicius Junior made a telling difference as he came off the bench to inspire Real Madrid to a 2-0 win over Real Valladolid in Saturday afternoon's La Liga clash.

The Brazilian youngster, introduced with less than a quarter of the match left, sent a deflected shot past Jordi Masip to put Los Blancos in front late on.

Out-of-form Madrid survived a major scare, as the visitors twice hit the crossbar at 0-0, and they sealed a first league win in six attempts through a late Sergio Ramos penalty.

Vinicius Junior celebrates the own goal during the La Liga game between Real Madrid and Real Valladolid on November 3, 2018© Reuters

On their best run of form in La Liga since 2003, having gone seven without defeat ahead of this trip to the capital, Valladolid spent the opening quarter of the match aiming to contain their opponents.

They managed to do exactly that, with Karim Benzema's dragged shot ending wide of the target and Gareth Bale's diving header being aimed too close to Masip from Los Blancos' best first-half openings.

Casemiro also sent a couple of headers over the bar from Toni Kroos set-pieces, but Madrid's best work was coming down the left-hand flank through the deliveries of La Liga debutant Sergio Reguilon.

Sergio Ramos celebrates scoring from the spot during the La Liga game between Real Madrid and Real Valladolid on November 3, 2018© Reuters

The youngster, effectively Los Blancos' third choice in that position, sent in a number of dangerous crosses, one of which Benzema could only head at a grateful Masip.

Valladolid, with just nine league goals to their name this term, offered more attacking intent as the match wore on as Antonito chipped a shot over the bar from a promising position and Toni Villa placed his effort wide from eight yards.

Madrid left the field to whistles from the home fans at the end of the first half after coming close to conceding 41 minutes in through Enes Unal's diving header, which ended inches wide of the post.

Gareth Bale directs a header on target during Real Madrid's La Liga clash with Real Valladolid on November 3, 2018© Reuters

After probing away for the first 10 minutes of the second half to no avail, the European champions finally burst into life as Casemiro was wayward from another headed chance and Reguilon had a long-range shot pushed aside by Masip.

Valladolid, sensing a rare point - or more - in this fixture, soon hit back through efforts from Toni and Ruben Alcaraz, the latter seeing his deflected shot catch out Thibaut Courtois and hit the crossbar.

If that was not a big enough warning, Toni's shot from 25 yards hit the same part of the goal frame from the visitors' next attack in a game that was left hanging in the balance with 20 minutes to go.

Karim Benzema in action during the La Liga game between Real Madrid and Real Valladolid on November 3, 2018© Reuters

Stand-in Madrid boss Santiago Solari turned to Lucas Vazquez, Isco and Vinicius, and it was the latter who made the difference with his shot six minutes from time after cutting inside from the left.

Kiko Olivas got in the way of the shot, succeeding only in diverting it past his wrong-footed goalkeeper for the key breakthrough goal, which Ramos calmly added to from the spot after Benzema was tripped by Fernando Calero.

REAL MADRID (4-3-3): Courtois; Odriozola, Ramos, Nacho, Reguilon; Modric, Casemiro (Isco 56'), Kroos; Asensio (Vinicius 73'), Benzema, Bale (Vazquez 71')

REAL VALLADOLID (4-4-2): Masip; Moyano (Cop 85'), Kiko, Calero, Nacho; Antonito, Michel, Alcaraz, Villa (Verdi 69'); Suarez (Plano 76'), Unal

ID:340477: cacheID:340477:1false2false3false:QQ:: from db desktop :LenBod:restore:7962:No Data Analysis info
Restore Data
Share this article now:
Marcelo celebrates during the Champions League group game between Real Madrid and Viktoria Plzen on October 23, 2018
Read Next:
How Real Madrid could line up against Barcelona
>
rhs 2.0
Today's games header
Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Barcelona14111242142834
2Real Madrid1393128111730
3Atletico MadridAtletico148512181329
4Villarreal137422521425
5Athletic Bilbao146532013723
6Osasuna146441922-322
7GironaGirona146352018221
8Mallorca146351312121
9Real BetisBetis145541616020
10Real Sociedad145361111018
11Celta Vigo145362224-218
12Sevilla145361318-518
13Rayo Vallecano134451314-116
14Leganes143561319-614
15Getafe142751011-113
16AlavesAlaves144191524-913
17Las PalmasLas Palmas143381825-712
18Valencia122461219-710
19Espanyol133191226-1410
20Real ValladolidValladolid142391027-179


Sports Mole provides in-depth previews and predictions for every match from the biggest leagues and competitions in world football.
Argentina's Lionel Messi kisses the World Cup trophy after collecting the Golden Ball award on December 18, 2022Sign up for our FREE daily preview newsletter direct to your inbox!