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Real Madrid beat Sevilla 1-Zero to maneuver to the third place on the La Liga factors desk.© Twitter
Zinedine Zidane had a few of the strain lifted on Saturday when an personal aim from Sevilla goalkeeper Bono gave Real Madrid a 1-Zero win away to Sevilla. Bono guided Vinicius Junior’s effort into his personal internet within the second half, permitting Zidane’s facet to maneuver as much as third within the desk after their first league victory since October. Since Madrid crashed to a 2-Zero defeat to Shakhtar Donetsk in midweek to go away their Champions League qualification hopes within the stability, press stories in Spain have linked former Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino and ex-Madrid ahead Raul to Zidane’s job. Zidane made two adjustments from the debacle in Ukraine with Casemiro and Vinicius changing Martin Odegaard and Marco Asensio.
Ex-Madrid boss Julen Lopetegui introduced again Bono into the beginning lineup after he missed 4 video games with coronavirus which included Wednesday’s heavy European defeat to Chelsea.
Morocco’s Bono made a shaky begin as his tried clearance inside his personal field was blocked by Vinicius.
He made up for the error on his personal line regardless of Karim Benzema’s efforts.
The former Girona keeper saved the edges equal on the break with a tidy save from Benzema’s 38th minute shot, however his essential mistake got here 10 minutes into the second half.
Ferland Mendy performed a low cross into the world earlier than Vinicius slid in to information it in the direction of the aim.
Bono got here out to shut the area however deflected Vinicius’ limp try into his personal aim.
The hosts’ Suso, making his first look since late October, and Lucas Ocampos had late probabilities to equalise however Zidane’s males held on for a morale-boosting win earlier than Wednesday’s essential Champions League group recreation towards Borussia Moenchengladbach.
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Later, Atletico Madrid and in-form ahead Joao Felix can go above Real Sociedad and take prime spot as they host Real Valladolid, whereas Barcelona head to Cadiz.
Sociedad journey to Deportivo Alaves on Sunday.
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