Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid marked their return to the Santiago Bernabeu with a hard-fought win against Betis. Real Madrid opened the scoring through Vinicius jr., but the Andalusians levelled moments after with a goal by Canales. In the second half, Rodrygo slotted in after a cut-back from Valverde to hand the hosts the three points, as they recorded their fourth victory on the bounce to move clear at the top of the league standings.
Rodrygo’s first goal of the season was enough to maintain Real Madrid’s perfect record, as they held on for a 2-1 victory over Real Betis on Saturday.
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Carlo Ancelotti equals Del Bosque (133 wins)as the couch with the third highest number of victories in Real Madrid history.
Both sides entered the match undefeated after the first three match days, but it was Carlo Ancelotti’s team who came out on top in what was a spirited encounter.
It took Real Madrid less than 10 minutes to open the scoring. David Alaba’s ball over the top fell to the feet of Vinicius jr, who beat the offside trap and then fired over a helpless Rui Silva.
Manuel Pellegrini’s team showed they were more than up to the challenge by levelling the score after 17 minutes.
Borja Iglesias flicked a quick throw into the path of Sergio Canales, who fired home past Thibault Courtois, with the ex-Real Madrid forward choosing not to celebrate.
The deciding moment came in the 65th minute when just a minute after coming on, Federico Valverde burst into the box and found Rodrygo.
The Brazilian made no mistake from near the penalty spot, firing home his first of the season to the delight of Real Madrid fans.The league leaders overcame Betis to increase their lead at the top of the La Liga table.
After the match Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said,”We have started the season well. Toda’s match was difficult, we had trouble getting the ball, because Real Betis is a tough rival. Later on we controlled the ball well and were more vertical, and we deserved to win.”
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