Brazilian sensation Vinicius Jr. shone as Real Madrid’s lengthy run of five league games without a win finally came to an end with the 2-0 victory over Real Valladolid. It was also interim head coach Santiago Solari’s tasting victory in his first home game on Saturday.
Coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute, the 18-year-old, just 10 minutes later, cut in from the left before firing a shot, which was deflected into the net by Kike Olivas of Valladolid sending the Santiago Bernabeu crowd into delirium.
Until then Real looked more likely to concede and were fortunate not to go behind twice when Ruben Alcaraz and Toni Villa struck the upright before the home side sealed the victory with a Sergio Ramos penalty in the 88th minute.
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The European Champions, back after a humiliating 1-5 defeat to Barcelona in the El Clasico, had a good start creating some chances but failed to capitalise and were booed off at halftime.
Gareth Bale was a prime target and the Welshman once again disappointed failing to score from two good opportunities. He was eventually substituted in the 71st minute to a wide range of boos from the home crowd.
The goal killed the life of a spirited Valladolid side, who were until this match unbeaten in six consecutive league games. They conceded another five minutes later after Nacho fouled Real striker Karim Benzema inside the box and skipper Ramos fired the resultant penalty home.