"Creamy" easily dealt with "Las Palmas", despite conceding a goal in the first minute.
Real Madrid thrashed Las Palmas in a home match of the 20th round of the Spanish La Liga 2024/25 season. The match at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid ended with a score of 4:1.
The visitors unexpectedly opened the scoring in the first minute of the match – Fabio Silva scored.
However, even before the break, the “creamy” responded with three goals of their own. In the 18th minute, Kylian Mbappe converted a penalty, in the 33rd minute, Brahim Diaz put the Madrid team ahead, and three minutes later Mbappe scored a double.
In the 43rd minute, Kylian could have scored a hat-trick, but after reviewing the video replay (VAR), this goal was cancelled due to offside.
In the second half, Carlo Ancelotti's charges brought the matter to a rout. In the 57th minute, Rodrigo made an accurate strike.
The “Royal Club” had a chance to score more, but goals by Jude Bellingham and Federico Valverde in the 74th and 86th minutes, respectively, were not counted due to offside.
It should be noted that from the 64th minute the visitors played with a man down – Benito Ramirez received a direct red card.
The Ukrainian goalkeeper of the Madrid club Andriy Lunin spent the match on the bench. The goal of Real Madrid was defended by the Belgian Thibaut Courtois.
Review of the match Real Madrid – Las Palmas
Thanks to this victory, Real Madrid (46 points) moved into first place in the Primera table. Now the “Blancos” are 2 points ahead of “Atletico” and have a 7-point advantage over “Barcelona” and “Athletic Bilbao”.
In turn, “Las Palmas” with 22 points is in 14th place in the Spanish championship.
In the next round, “Real” will play “Valladolid” away on January 25, and “Las Palmas” will host “Osasuna” the day before.
