Real Madrid thrash Granada by 4-1, move 2nd on points table.
Real Madrid beats Granada: Real Madrid managed to secure victory in the 36th week of La Liga Against Granada, Los Blancos managed to win 4-1.
Madrid’s winning goals were scored by Luka Modric, Rodrygo, Alvaro Odriozola and Karim Benzema while Granada was only able to narrow the gap through Jorge Molina .
Status as a guest team, Real Madrid instead appeared to be pressing. They immediately locked Granada in the area of their own defense from the early minutes.
Madrid’s first golden opportunity came from Karim Benzema’s header from Rodrygo’s pass, but Silva managed to break the chance.
Three minutes later, Real Madrid successfully opened the scoring in this match. Starting from Miguel Gutierrez’s measured pass, the ball was successfully received by Luka Modric and the midfielder fired a low shot that passed under Silva’s feet and into the net. The score changed to 1-0 for Real Madrid’s advantage.
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Winning 1-0 made Real Madrid even more eager to attack. El Real continues to attack Granada’s defense.
Granada is not without a fight in this fight. On 23 minutes Puertas almost scores a goal if the ball doesn’t hit his hand first.
Slowly but surely, Granada started to come out of the pressure. But Real Madrid is still dominant in this match. Exactly one minute of extension time, Los Blancos successfully added to their lead.
Rodrygo got his name on the scoreboard after Silva failed to clear his shot. Score 2-0 lasted until halftime.
Second round
Behind 2-0 in the first half, Granada tried to increase the intensity of their attacks. They tried to reduce the deficit from the start of the match.
Real Madrid itself is still classified as controlling the match. But Granada began to aggressively carry out dangerous counterattacks.
Midway through the second half, the two coaches made substitutions. Zidane pulled out Rodrygo, Vinicius and Valverde and was replaced by Asensio, Hazard and Isco.
Granada’s efforts to reduce the lag finally paid off in 71 minutes. Starting from Suarez’s shot that was held by Courtois, but the ball vomited successfully by Molina into the Madrid goal. The score changed to 2-1 still for the superiority of Granada.
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Real Madrid did not take long to respond to Granada’s goal. Four minutes later, Alvaro Odriozola got his name on the scoreboard snatching a bait from Eden Hazard. The score changed to 3-1 for Madrid’s excellence.
Two minutes later it was Karim Benzema’s turn to add to Real Madrid’s lead. Starting from Silva’s mistake who was too forward to block the ball, the ball vomited down near Benzema and the striker fired a shot into an empty Granada goal. The score changed to 4-1 for Madrid’s excellence.
Behind three goals did not make Granada broken. On 85 ‘. Quina forces Courtois to make a brilliant save for a curling shot.
Buying and selling attacks continued, but the position of 4-1 did not change for Real Madrid’s advantage.
Thanks to this victory, Real Madrid returned to second place in the La Liga standings, two points behind Atletico Madrid at the top of the standings. While Granada stuck at number 10 thanks to this defeat.
