The Real Madrid felt comfortable in Pucela, but in the first part the ones of Sergio González turned into a nightmare for Thibaut Courtois, that dressed of hero for the 'merengues' with a defence mermada by the injuries. When the clock brushed the eight minutes, the Belgian completed a double unemployed espectácular to save to the Madrid. After a played by the left, hit of punterita Orellana, but Courtois took it out as it could. In the rebound, shot Janko, but went back it to take out from the floor the Belgian.
Shortly after it lit the controversy in José Zorrilla by a played inside the area madridista that could finish with a penal in favour of the venues, but the referee desestimó the action. Kike Pérez fell to the floor after a dispute with Casemiro in the area girl, after one against, but did not finish in at all. From there, the ones of Zidane did with the balloon and annotated in two occasions, but both so many were cancelled by offside.
Mariano Díaz, that replaced to Karim Benzema like nine, turned into two opportunities, but with two 'offside' very clear. The first arrived to the 23, with the dominican clearly advanced. In the second, seven minute afterwards, precipitated a bit the forward merengue, after a good pass of Modric and definition of Díaz.
The madridistas were comfortable, but the Valladolid kept firm defensivamente. Casemiro Had the clearest of the first part shortly before the end of the first part. After a free shot of Toni Kroos, the Brazilian midfield player won him the position to Bruno and commanded a powerful head butt that went above the crossbar.
Casemiro Dressed of goleador
In the second act, the Real Madrid continued enchufado in the attack, but without achieving concretise his actions. Casemiro Went back to have a very clear opportunity. The Brazilian zafó of the labeling of Bruno and went back to finish entirely only in the field, but the spherical left was. Lucas Vázquez starred another finish, to leg changed, but went out diverted the balloon. Feerland Mendy Was about to to wrap it and give him the first so much to the pucelanos. The French centred to Orellana, leaving him a perfect balloon, measured, to the foot, in the penalty spot. And Orellana finishes to the centre, but Thibaut Courtois vestió of 'saint' once again and took it out as it could.
The third was the defeated for the Real Madrid and for Casemiro, that dressed again of goleador to save to the White House. After two oprtunidades very clear detro of the area, the Brazilian achieved to mark to open the marker and give him like this the three points to the merengues. Toni Kroos put a centre measured to the second stick and Casemiro, cabeceó to win to Masip.
The Valladolid did not achieve to react and did not look for the tie, while the madridistas incomodaban to the rival defence without a lot of danger. The Real Madrid achieved an important victory, but very suffered, to keep alive in the competition. With the result, the merengues keep in the second square, by behind the Athletic, with three points less.