Real Madrid 3-0 Sevilla: just one step away from becoming champions
Baku, April 30 (AZERTAC). This Sunday morning, Real Madrid hosted and beat Sevilla by 3-0 at the Santiago Bernabéu, still on the hangover from the Champions League elimination in midweek. Cristiano Ronaldo got the opener, extending La Liga`s goalscoring record to 43, while Karim Benzema gave the Merengues a more comfortable lead, scoring a brace during the 2nd half. After this victory over Sevilla, Real Madrid temporarily increased the gap to Barcelona into a 10 points difference, with only 3 fixtures left in the Spanish League for the Merengues and 4 for the Blaugrana, who are about to play against Rayo Vallecano later on. If Pep Guardiola`s side ends up dropping points in tonight`s game, Real Madrid can immediatly celebrate being La Liga 2011/12 champions!
Near the 19th minute of the first half, Cristiano Ronaldo opened the can against Sevilla, after receiving a pass from Karim Benzema, taking on a defender with a great dribbling move and striking into the back of the net with supreme class. 1-0 to the Merengues and Ronaldo had just obtained his 43rd goal in La Liga this season, setting a new record in the competition, and his 57th goal in all competitions for Real Madrid in 2011-2012. The first-half progressed to its end without any other goal, even though both sides still collected quite a few chances to set a different score. After the break, Real Madrid came off strong and rushing to increase the lead, in an attempt to finish the game as soon as possible. Unsurprisingly, the 2-0 appeared at the 49th minute, after a cross made by Angel Di María, which was poorly intercepted by Sevilla`s right back, Coke, leading to an easy goal from Karim Benzema. The two goals cushion could have made the Merengues slow down the pace, but José Mourinho`s men weren`t just yet satisfied and kept pursuing a third goal.
Just three minutes later, around the 52th minute, Real Madrid found enough room to extend the lead to 3 goals and end any remaining Sevilla`s hopes of coming back in the game. This time, it was Sergio Ramos who went forward down on the right wing, making a well timed cross to the far post, where Karim Benzema had been left all alone and easily headed the ball into the back of the net. With the 3-0 on the scoreline, Real Madrid knew the victory wasn`t going to slip away anymore and controlled the rest of the game, as it dragged to its end without any other relevant incident.
Real Madrid next game will be for La Liga, against Athletic Bilbao, this next Wednesday (02-05-2012).
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