Real Madrid continued their excellent La Liga form with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Rayo Vallecano at the Bernabeu, with goals from Vinicius Junior and Kylian Mbappe.
Thibaut Courtois – 6.5
Unable to prevent Rayo’s equaliser, but made a huge save to deny Andrei Ratiu from making it 2-1 minutes later.
Fede Valverde – 7
Good performance from Real Madrid’s captain, who was heavily involved in both defence and attack.
Raul Asencio – 6
Not a bad performance from the defender, but he was withdrawn at half time.
Dean Huijsen – 6
He cannot seem to get himself out of this rut that has now lasted for a few months. On this occasion, he was sloppy.
Eduardo Camavinga – 7
Given the nod at left-back, and despite looking uncomfortable at times, it was a good showing from the Frenchman.
Aurelien Tchouameni – 6
Struggled throughout, with a poor first half showing leading to him being pushed back into defence for the second period.
Arda Guler – 6.5
Looked very good in the opening stages, but fell out of the game as it went on.
Jude Bellingham – 6
Barely lasted 10 minutes before picking up a worrying-looking hamstring injury. Real Madrid will look that it is not as bad as it looked.
Franco Mastantuono – 6
Struggled to make a significant impact before being taken off early into the second half.
Kylian Mbappe – 6
Rayo kept him very quiet until he scored a 100th minute penalty to win the match.
Vinicius Junior – 8
He silences his doubters with a top performance. Everything that Real Madrid tried came through him, including a wonderful opening goal inside the first 15 minutes.
Substitutes
Brahim Diaz – 7
Got the assist for Vinicius’ goal, and won the penalty for Mbappe’s. It was a decisive afternoon from the Morocco international, which he needed after a tough couple of weeks.
Dani Ceballos – 6.5
Real Madrid were much better in midfield when he was on.
Gonzalo Garcia – 6
Came on early in the second half, but made little difference.
David Alaba – 6
Important minutes in the legs for the veteran defender.
Rodrygo – 6
Tried hard to make a difference.
RM is the worst team in Europe period. They will be lucky to win against Benfica. We will lose 4-1 in Lisbon and win 2-1 in Madrid, making this team eliminated from yet another trophy. Mr. Perez, congratulations for paying for a sissy player like Dean and not spending enough to bring few good midfield players instead of Number 14 as being the worst along with our captain. I am also convinced La Liga belongs to Barca. Signed and sealed. Please save this message by the end of May and you can easily see my prediction in early February.
You need electic shock therapy to rid you of brain ghosts that haunt you.
I think it may be the same pathological and psychological location you were treated for with no use. Brainless = Trophyless. Get a life for yourself. You are one big psycho on planet Earth. Not much to add anymore.