Beat Celta Vigo 4-0, Madrid lead 7 points over Girona

Madrid, Beritasatu.com – Vinícius Júnior performed brilliantly by scoring his third goal in four matches when Real Madrid won 4-0 over Celta Vigo at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Monday (11/3/2024). Madrid is seven points at the top of the Spanish League standings above Girona who is in second place.

Madrid's win follows back-to-back draws and a poor performance against Leipzig in the Champions League. Los Blancos were even booed by their own supporters at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.

Two of Madrid's four goals came from own goals scored by Vicente Guaita in the 79th minute and Carlos Dominguez in the 88th minute. Turkish youth international Arda Güler made his debut and scored his goal for Madrid in injury time, 90+4 minutes.

The win maintains Madrid's lead at the top after second-placed Girona beat Osasuna 2-0 on Saturday and third-placed Barcelona beat Mallorca 1-0 on Friday. Barcelona, ​​the defending champion, is eight points behind Madrid with 10 rounds remaining.

Madrid are unbeaten at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in 18 matches this season, with 15 wins and three draws. His last home defeat came in April 2023 against Villarreal.

Los Blancos have drawn four of their last seven matches in all competitions. They progressed to the quarter-finals of the Champions League on Wednesday despite a poor performance in a 1-1 draw against Leipzig.

Against Madrid, Celta had just one attempt on target in their eighth consecutive loss to Madrid. Rafa Benítez's side are just outside the relegation zone, two points from danger.

Vinícius opened the scoring from close range after Rüdiger's powerful header in the 21st minute. Madrid increased their lead through own goals from Vicente Guaita in the 79th minute and Carlos Domínguez in the 88th minute.

19-year-old midfielder Güler scored his first goal for Madrid four minutes into stoppage time.

Meanwhile, Athletic Bilbao moved closer to the Champions League places with a 2-0 win at Las Palmas.

The win moved the Basque Country club to within two points of fourth-placed Atletico Madrid, who lost 2-0 in Cadiz on Saturday.

This was Athletic's first league win after a draw against Barcelona and defeat at Real Betis.

Meanwhile, Rayo Vallecano's winless streak reached 10 matches in all competitions after losing 0-1 at Alaves.

The defeat left Rayo in 16th place, four points away from the relegation zone.

Andoni Gorosabel scored a first-half winner for Alaves, who are winless in five consecutive league games.