Ancelotti's men turned the tide of the fight in the end.
In the final match of the day in the Spanish La Liga, Valencia hosted Real Madrid.
Both teams approached the match in excellent shape and mood. The Bats, who changed their coaches before the start of the season, have never lost in La Liga.. Madrid also changed coaches and have not yet lost in La Liga, and also won an important hard away victory over Inter.
At the beginning of the game, the hosts were more active, but the first blow in the duel was struck by the guests. Casemiro shot from a distance, but the Brazilian failed to open an account. Then very strange things began to happen on the field.. Just 10 minutes before the end of the first half, both teams made three forced substitutions due to injuries of their players. Carlos Soler and Toni Correia left the field for the Valencians, and Dani Carvajal for the guests.
Until the end of the half, both teams played calmly, but in the final minutes of the first half, Jose Bordalas' charges organized a dangerous moment from a free kick after Gabriel Paulista hit, but fortunately for the fans of Real Madrid, Thibaut Courtois was on the spot. In general, the first half was played in an equal fight with a slight advantage of the hosts.
At the beginning of the second half, the Bordalas team looked more active again. Already at the very beginning, first, Hugo Duro, and then Guedes could open an account, but Courtois and luck helped the “creamy” keep an equal score. However, in the middle of the half, fate was not favorable to Madrid, when the ball bounced from Vasquez to Hugo Duro, and the ex-Real Madrid player scored to his former team.
Carlo Ancelotti immediately reacted to this goal with changes in the lineup, and Real began to play more relaxed, which at the very end of the fight bore fruit when Karim Benzema first gave an assist to Vinicius Junior, and then literally two minutes later set the final score in the fight and brought his.
Real Madrid gained three points and became the intermediate leader in the La Liga standings.
Valencia 1: 2 Real Madrid Goals: Hugo Duro, 66, - Vinicius, 86, Benzema, 88 Valencia: Mamardashvili - Thierry Correia (Toni Lato, 23) Gabriel Paulista, Alderet, Fulquier - Soler (Musa, 15), Vass, Hugo.
Real Madrid: Courtois - Carvajal, Nacho, Militao, Alaba - Valverde (Isco, 78), Casemiro (Kamavinga, 67), Modric (Rodrigo, 67) - Vinicius, Benzema, Hazar (Jovic, 78).
Warnings: Gabriel Paulista - Casemiro, Nacho, Vinicius, Kamavinga.