Madrid vs Levante: Benzema two goals, El Real wins 3-2

Madrid - Real Madrid beat Levante 3-2. Karim Benzema is a star with two goals.

Presented at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on Saturday (9/14), Madrid descended with a 4-1-4-1 formation. In this fight, coach Zinedine Zidane has aligned James Rodriguez since the first minute. While Eden Hazard was on the bench.

Since kickoff, Madrid immediately dominated the match. They did not leave room for Levante to develop the game, Madrid managed to create five chances in the first 24 minutes of the first half, but no one managed to penetrate the goal of Levante. A minute later, Madrid managed to excel.

Starting from the attack on the left side of Levante's defense, Dani Carvajal started a successful center run by Karim Benzema without being chased by Levante goalkeeper Aitor Fernandez.

Six minutes later, Madrid doubled the lead. Sergio Postigo tries to throw the ball, but falls at James's feet. The Colombian gave a mature pass to Benzema, who managed to conquer Fernandez for the second time.

Levante's left side, which was quite open, was again exploited by Madrid. In the 40th minute, Vinicius Junior quickly ran to the left side of Levante's defense before releasing a horizontal cross. Casemiro, who has successfully advanced, completed the pass with a goal. 3-0 score lasted until halftime.

Entering the second half, Madrid slightly relax the tempo. As a result, they must concede in the 48th minute. Former Madrid player Borja Mayoral managed to escape from escort Sergio Ramos before beating Thibaut Courtois with his leveling kick. The score is 1-3.

Stung by Levante's goal, Madrid launches another attack. Benzema had the chance to score a hat trick after 57 minutes, but the long-range shot still hit the post.

Vinicius Junior scored in the 61st minute, but was fired after the assistant referee video (VAR) showed that James was in an offside position when the goal was created.

Fun striker, it is precisely Madrid who must concede again in the 76th minute. Substitute Gonzalo Melero is capable of breaking Courtois's goal with his head. The score is 3-2.

For the rest of the game, the game becomes more aggressive and open. Levante tries to equalize while Madrid wants to keep winning. Until the long whistle, the score 3-2 for Madrid remained unchanged.

With this result, Madrid's position has risen to second place in the LaLiga standings with eight points in four matches. while Levante remains fifth with six points in four matches.



Line-up

Real Madrid: Thibaut Courtois; Marcelo, Sergio Ramos (Eder Militao 60 '), Raphael Varane, Dani Carvajal; Casemiro (Hazard 60 '), Vinicius Junior, Toni Kroos, James Rodriguez and Lucas Vazquez; Karim Benzema (Luka Jovic, 83 ').

Levante: Aitor Fernandez; Carlos Clerc, Sergio Postigo, Oscar Duarte (Gonzalo Melero 68 '), Ruben Vezo, Jorge Miramon; José Luis Morales, José Campana, Nikola Vukcevic (Enis Bardhi 56 '), Ruben Rochina (Roger Marti 68'); Borja Mayoral.

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