After the start of the new season, the Galaxy Battleship Real Madrid continued to suffer injuries, fortunately, under the leadership of Mr. Bellingham, they relied on tenacious fighting spirit to achieve good results in the Champions League and the league, including the Champions League group stage to advance to the round of 16, but in La Liga, it was pressed by Girona, the first 17 rounds of battles, only ranked second in the standings, Real Madrid must hope to be able to regain the leader in the time before the start of the Champions League knockout round, and try to establish a point advantage, this week in midweek Real Madrid ushered in the final battle of the year, went to challenge Alaves away, the last 3 meetings between the two teamsAfter the game started, Alaves's iron bucket formation caused a lot of trouble to Real Madrid, which lacked major generals, and in the second half, Nacho left the field with red and made the Galaxy Battleship attack weak, but fortunately, Vazquez scored a killer goal at the last moment to help Real Madrid beat Alaves 1-0!
Carlo Ancelotti reverted back to the familiar 4-3-1-2 in this game, with Kepa Arrizabalaga as the starting goalkeeper and goalkeeper for the Galaxy, Vazquez and Garcia at full-back, Rudiger and Nacho in two central defences, Valverde, Kroos and Luka Modric in midfield, Bellingham still appeared in his comfortable single midfield position, in front of him Rodrygo and Dias.
After the start of the game, Real Madrid took the rhythm into their own hands away from home, firmly controlling the ball at their feet, and Alaves was also ready to play a tough game, putting up a fence to squeeze the attacking space of the Galaxy Battleship, and then seizing the gap behind the away team to counterattack and Real Madrid.
However, in the first 2 minutes of the game, Real Madrid still seized the opportunity of the opponent's unstable footing and played a very threatening attack, Valverde hit the Alaves penalty area on the right, and then his teammates split the ball for the first time, creating a chance for the Uruguayan midfielder to shoot from a small angle, but failed to break through the Alaves goalkeeper's ten fingers.
In the 8th minute, Alaves also colored, Rioja received an inverted triangle pass from his teammates, and directly attacked the goal in the Real Madrid penalty area, at the critical moment, Garcia used his body to block the gun's eye and resolve the crisis, before the end of the half, Valverde outside the penalty area was full of threat, still did not break through the home team's goal, and the two teams could only return to the locker room with a score of 0-0.
Soon after the start of the second half, Real Madrid suffered a blow, in the 53rd minute, Nacho put down Omorodion in defense, and the referee showed him a yellow card for the first time, but after reviewing VAR, it was confirmed that Nacho kicked directly to Omorodion's left ankle, and then cancelled the yellow card, and directly sent Nacho off with a red card.
In the 92nd minute of stoppage time, after Kroos took a corner kick from the left side, Vazquez, who was unmarked in the penalty area, scored with a header to help Real Madrid beat Alaves 1-0.
In the case of the two billionaires Bellingham and Rodrygo stealth in this game, Vazquez showed the attributes of a defender with a knife, helping the team get the three points as desired, due to Girona's draw with Real Betis in this round, Real Madrid tied Girona in points, and returned to the top of the standings with the advantage of goal difference!