(Football news) Real Madrid came back from behind to defeat Sevilla away from home. Carlo Ancelotti made 5 changes the line that won against Rayo Vallecano. Antonio Rudiger, Dani Carvajal, Nacho, Karim Benzema and Eduardo Camavinga made way for Lucas Vazquez, Eder Militao, Ferland Mendy, Dani Ceballos and Aurélien Tchouaméni. Karim Benzema and Marco Asensio was unavailable due to injury while Vinicius Jr was also not fit enough. Rodrygo was the only attacker in the line-up with 5 midfielders behind him. Despite so many injured absentees Eden Hazard couldn’t get game time and didn’t even warm up.

Real Madrid got off to a terrible start as Sevilla were making it difficult for them to play out from the back. The home side managed to open the scoring in the 4th minute via Rafa Mir who managed to find the back of the net after some pinball in the box. After conceding the Merengues established more control but Sevilla were still pretty solid at the back.

Real Madrid did manage to get an equaliser when Rodrygo smashed a direct free kick in the 29th minute. In the 2nd half Rodrygo scored a ridiculous solo goal after some trademark close control to win the match for Real Madrid. Eduardo Camavinga once again showed his worth when he came on in the 54th minute to play left back, center midfielder and left winger. 

Barcelona defeated Mallorca 3-0 in what was the final game at the Camp Nou before the renovation. Ansu Fati was given a start and he made the most out of it. The Spaniard who is reportedly on the selling list scored twice in the first half. Mallorca’s task became almost impossible in the 14th minute as Amath Ndiaye was sent off after a dangerous foul on Alejandro Balde who was stretched off the field. Gavi added a 3rd in the 2nd half to seal a 3-0 win. The rest of the game was very emotional as club legends Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba played their last home games.

Atletico Madrid got a 2-1 win over Real Sociedad which keeps them in the hunt to overtake Real Madrid and finish second on the La Liga table. Antoine Griezmann is having an incredible season and he continued that by getting a goal and an assist. Griezmann opened the scoring in the 37th minute after being set up by Nahuel Molina. Atletico Madrid got the cushion after Griezmann returned the favour by assisting Molina. Alexander Sorloth did pull one goal back in the 88th minute but Atlético Madrid held on to the win.

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