The misfortune of some makes others happy, as they say. Real Madrid returned to FC Barcelona on Sunday at the top of the Liga ranking. The day before, the Catalans had seen their match against the Osasuna postponed due to the sudden death of the doctor of the first team, Carles Minarro Garcia. By dominating Rayo Vallecano (2-1), Carlo Ancelotti's players also doubled the Atletico Madrid, beaten (2-1) to everyone's surprise on the lawn of Getafe, after two late goals from Arambarri.
Real's superstars tandem made the difference from the first half and in just five minutes. Kylian Mbappé, present at the start of the action, produced a big effort and a forward race to transform a deep pass of Vinicius Jr and a favorable counter in goal, on a powerful strike in the small opposite net (1-0, 30th). This is the 18th goal of the former Paris Saint-Germain striker in the championship this season, but also his 29th all competitions.
Perfect for preparing Act II against Atletico
Four minutes later, the Brazilian then succeeded in a completely stunning solo number on the left side, taking the time to return to his steps, knit and humiliate the defense of the Rayo, before scoring on a shot placed (2-0, 34th).
If the Rayo returned to the scoring just before the break thanks to a realization of Pedro Diaz (2-1, 45th+2), Real was able to manage in the second half, without shining but by preparing with full confidence the return match of the Champions League against Atletico, Wednesday in Vicente-Calderon.
