Regardless of the significance of this night’s second leg, Carlo Ancelotti named a powerful staff on the weekend as Actual Madrid hosted Rayo Vallecano on Sunday.
And it paid off because the Spanish and European champions gained 2-1.
The likes of David Alaba, Aurelien Tchouameni, and Luka Modric got begins, with the fearsome entrance 4 of Rodrygo, Vinicius Junior, Jude Bellingham, and Kylian Mbappe taking part in from the off too.
Mbappe and Vinicius Jr netted inside 5 minutes of one another, and although Pedro Diaz halved the deficit in first-half stoppage time, Actual Madrid held on.
They solely had 45 per cent possession to Rayo’s 55, with the spectacular guests recording double the variety of photographs (20 to 10) and extra photographs heading in the right direction, six to 5, however ending up on the dropping aspect.
The end result noticed Ancelotti and Co transfer degree on factors with leaders Barcelona, albeit having performed one sport extra.
Each are one level forward of Atletico Madrid in third.
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Actual Madrid 2 Rayo Vallecano 1: Mbappe and Vinicius Jr discover some chunk, Tchouameni makes an impression