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Unai Lopez tackle on Bellingham. Good free kick to follow for Casa Blanca.
First ball for Eder Militao. We saw the Brazilian defender warming up at the end of the first period, Huijsen must have felt diminished.
Here we go again. The locals restart the debates.
Dean Huijsen exit
Entrance of Ćder MilitĆ£o
It’s the break in Vallecas. After a first act without much rhythm, during which Vinicius took the opener from GĆ¼ler and lost numerous balls on his selfish initiatives, the Franjirrojos held on to a good result.
Yellow card for Jorge de Frutos, guilty of an anti-playing fault to prevent Huijsen from restarting.
Ratiu scrapes a few precious seconds on his throw-in. The objective is to reach 0-0 in the locker room.
The stadium begins to believe in a result and to sing.
There will be four minutes of added time.
Yellow card for Brahim DĆaz. The Moroccan held Chavarria’s foot near the touchline.
Vinicius hits the box. Ratiu tackles him, and gets the referral at 5.50.
Subtle return from GĆ¼ler, who steals the ball from Isi Palazon in his area.
Another five big minutes in the first period. Only one hot occasion, for the Merengues.
Consequence of the selfishness and bad choices of the Brazilian star: MbappƩ does not have a ball to put under his sole.
Barely served, Vinicius wants to cross a small bridge at Ratiu. The Romanian full-back throws himself and keeps the ball.
Shot off target by Jorge de Frutos! The Rayo center forward rushes to the right of the area and rushes to strike hard. Next to.
Shot off target by VinĆcius JĆŗnior. After a very virile tackle from Mendy on MbappĆ©, the Brazilian winger attempts a long shot and misses completely. There was much better to do.
Valverde gets thrown around by Mendy. Free kick obtained by Casa Blanca at the halfway line.
Vinicius manages a small bridge, then wants to continue on his own. The Brazilian winger still gets an eccentric free kick.
Shot off target by Ćlvaro Carreras. The Spanish full-back desperately waits for Vinicius to shift his call, but the Brazilian winger prefers to dribble past three opponents before passing it back to him. Destabilized, Carreras attempts a completely unscrewed shot.
Vinicius symbolizes this, stopping to stare at Alvaro Garcia, then attempting a complicated exterior that doesn’t go very far.
The Merengues know that they will win, but lack a little patience and humility.
Splendid rake from Camavinga, who eliminates Unai Lopez then rushes forward instead of giving the ball away. Resumed, the French international embodies the guilty pleasure of this start of the game.
Entry by P. Espino
Pedro DĆaz exit
The middle of the lightning club holds his knee and goes out.
Concern for Pedro Diaz, lying on the ground. The trainers intervene.
Shot off target by RaĆŗl Asencio! Remaining at the forefront, the central defender is all alone at the penalty spot to take a cross from behind. His head misses the frame by a hair, while Batalla had not moved.
Shot on target by VinĆcius JĆŗnior! Bellingham centers on a step. At the far post, MbappĆ© header. If GĆ¼ler arrives launched, Vinicius takes the ball away from the Turk to resume closely in pivot. Miracle from Battala, author of a superb reflex to push back for a corner.
GĆ¼ler delights, eliminating Unai Lopez to get back into the game before heading towards Bellingham.
Shot on target by A. RaČiu! Isi Palazon makes the call in the middle, leaving the side free for the Romanian full-back, served in depth by Pedro Diaz. Rather than centering, Ratiu attempts the shot from a closed angle. Courteous mouth good.
The referee is conciliatory with the locals. Especially since the visitors did not demand the penalty too vehemently.
Contentious contact between GĆ¼ler and Batalla. The Argentine goalkeeper put his knee first on the delivery of Chavarria’s too-soft header.
Mendy gets his feet in the carpet, then puts it back on Batalla while MbappƩ presses. The Rayo goalkeeper misses his hasty clearance. Corner.
Yellow card for A. RaČiu. Corner poorly negotiated by the Franjirrojos. Vinicius counters by taking long strides. The Romanian full-back stops him by pretending to play the ball on his sliding tackle.
Nice sliding tackle from Arda GĆ¼ler, who brings down Isi Palazon by only touching the ball.
Nice oriented control from Bellingham, who gets back into the direction of the game by catching Unai Lopez. The Englishman does a little too much by keeping the ball afterwards, and the excellent Lejeune intervenes.
From the halfway line, Vinicius spills onto the chest of Brahim Diaz on the other side. There, it’s perfect.
Vinicius steals the ball from Ciss, then leaps forward. It takes the two-hander of Lejeune and Ratiu to stop the Brazilian winger in the area.
Batalla is ahead of MbappƩ, searched in depth by Huijsen. The defender trained at Juventus abuses the long game.
With the exception of Thibaut Courtois, all players are in the home club’s half.
Free kick taken by Unai LĆ³pez… directly into the wall.
Good free kick to follow for the lightning club. It is located approximately 23 meters away, slightly to the left.
Nice focused control from Isi Palazon. Huijsen holds the right ankle of the Rayo captain, who collapses.
The locals seek to reassure themselves by making passes behind.
Shot on target by A. GĆ¼ler! From the half-moon, the Turkish designer tests Batalla. The Franjirrojos goalkeeper relaxes on the ground on the left to repel the first hot situation of the game.
While his opponents do not press him, Huijsen attempts a difficult diagonal for GĆ¼ler. Ball returned to Rayo Vallecano.
It’s the first in the championship and Kylian MbappĆ© who kicks off!
Inigo PĆ©rez, the young coach of the locals, has just received the manager of the month trophy for October.
The actors enter the arena!
Among the Madrilenians, we are of course in other spheres, leaders with four points ahead (and one game less) over Vilarreal.
After three victories in a row, Rayo experienced a serious setback by conceding a 4-0 to Villarreal.
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