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With two goals from Karim Benzema, Real Madrid reached a painful home success with 2:1 over Elche in a match of the 27th round of La Liga and remains in the fight for the title. Los Blancos lost until the 73rd, but found the strength to turn around, as the winning goal fell in added time. The champions are already 5 points behind the leader Atletico Madrid and 1 ahead of Barcelona, which, however, are one game prediction by football livescore less. In this match, coach Zinedine Zidane decided to experiment as part of preparations for the rematch against Atalanta in the 1/8 finals of the Champions League, which is on Tuesday. The Frenchman bet on a scheme with three central defenders similar to that of the Bergamas. However, this move turned out to be a failure, because for a long time the citizens of Sofia could not reach a position, and at one point they turned out to be lagging behind as a result. Only then did Zidane return the team to a normal building with four at the back and things fell into place.
Alfredo Di Stefano`s match will be remembered with the return of Real captain Sergio Ramos and striker Eden Hazard, who have been recovering from injuries for some time. The defender spent about an hour, and the Belgian appeared as a substitute for the last 15 minutes. At the beginning of the second half, the players in white had serious claims for a penalty to keep Ramos. He also made the impression that mainly the dangers at Elche`s door came again from Casemiro.
Luka Modric, Toni Kroos and Marco Asensio were left on the bench, and Isco and Federico Valverde got a chance to prove themselves.
Elche is in the relegation zone, but earlier in the season he held 1:1 against the Whites at his stadium. The leading scorer of the team Lucas Boye started in front positions. The change in the building of Real visibly made it difficult for the team in the first minutes. It was not until the 10th that a dangerous pass was made in Elche`s penalty area, but the guests managed. There was a boring stage of the match in which no one could do anything interesting in front. In the 33rd minute, Real`s defense shivered after a cross from the left and a subsequent diversion, but still there was no danger in front of Thibaut Courtois. In the counterattack, Madrid finally created a clear position. Vinicius overcame an opponent`s player and passed to Benzema, who was alone about 12-13 meters, but did not hit the door. Elche responded with danger in the 39th minute when Courtois stretched to block a pass, otherwise it would almost certainly have ended in a goal in his net. Sofia started the second half much more seriously and in the 53rd minute had claims for a penalty to detain Ramos. However, the referee ruled that the captain had committed a violation in the martial arts in question. The guests responded with a situation in the 58th minute, in which Courtois saved a clear goal after a shot by Guido Carrijo. Three minutes later, however, the goalkeeper failed to do anything when Danny Calvo intercepted a cross from a corner kick and gave an advance to Elche. The football player of the guests easily beat Rafael Varane for a position, and the hosts wanted a foul against Casemiro.
Immediately after the goal, Zinedine Zidane made a triple substitution, returning to a scheme with four in defense. In the 69th, Casemiro was the first to reach the ball again after a goal Real Madrid 1:1 Elche, Benzema equalized with a header Soccer prediction - more details and information: Soccer prediction
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