Real Madrid regained the tone of victories that it missed in the last stage of the Spanish Football League championship, and advanced to the runner-up (temporarily) again, after its exciting 2-1 victory over its guest, Rayo Vallecano, in the 36th stage of the competition.
The remaining matches of the stage that were held today resulted in Villarreal defeating its guest Cadiz 2-0, while Elche tied with its guest Seville 1-1.
Real Madrid, which lost to Valencia in the last stage, rose to 74 points in second place, 11 points behind Barcelona (leaders), who won the title this season.
On the other hand, Rayo Vallecano’s balance, which suffered its third consecutive loss, stopped at 46 points in eleventh place.
And at the (Santiago Bernabeu) stadium in the capital, Madrid, Real Madrid scored through its veteran French star Karim Benzema in the 31st minute, before Raul de Thomas equalized for Vallecano in the 84th minute.
Faicano was not very happy with his draw, after the Brazilian Rodrigo awarded the three points in favor of Real, by scoring the second goal for the royal team in the 89th minute.
Before the start of the match, Real Madrid players supported their Brazilian colleague Vinicius Junior, after the racist attack he was subjected to by some Valencia fans.
The Real Madrid players wore the Vinicius shirt as they entered the field before the match.
Vinicius also enjoyed the support of the Real Madrid fans, who raised a banner that read, “Vinicius, we are all with you. That’s enough.”
Vinicius was in the stands, saluted the fans, and sat down to watch the match and encourage his teammates.
The Valencia fans had described the Brazilian as a monkey, which ignited his anger and issued several statements, which prompted the Spanish local police to move and arrest the accused.
The Competition Committee decided to close part of the “Mestalla” stadium in 5 matches, and to impose a fine on Valencia FC.
