Real Madrid scores goals against Salzburg to dream of avoiding the playoff of the new Champions League

He real Madrid fulfilled in the Bernabeu. He won with solvency Red Bull Salzburg and buried any chance of being eliminated in the league phase of the Champions League. Clue. He is sixteenth with one day left, one point from the last place that gives direct access to the round of 16. Achieving it is not impossible, although there are too many teams involved. (Narrative and statistics: Real Madrid 5-1 Red Bull Salzburg)

Rodrygo was the star of the night, with a double, along with a Bellingham that once again gave meaning to the white game. The Englishman gave the Brazilian two assists, one with a backheel. Mbappe and Vinicius They later joined the party. The Frenchman – with the help of the rival goalkeeper – scored for the fourth consecutive game and the Brazilian reappeared with two goals, although now he will miss the next two games again.

Towards the end, Salzburg scored the goal of honor that could be key for Madrid on the final day. It will be unified. 18 games at a time. The whites will have to visit the Brest calculator in hand and thinking about which rival he could play in the playoffs…if there is no miracle.

Ancelotti placed Valverde on the side due to the loss of Lucas and Mendy He returned to eleven. He didn’t do it Tchouaméniwhich is probably not one hundred percent, and Modric played alongside Ceballos and Bellingham. Vinicius —suspended in the League due to his expulsion in Mestalla— returned, but will not be on the last day due to an accumulation of yellow cards.

In front, a young, excited Salzburg, with nothing to lose, but that had not competed at an official level for a month due to the winter break in Austrian football. Still, Red Bull’s team at the start was surprising. His first minutes were very brave, scaring more than one at the Bernabéu. Until the 20th minute, Madrid did not begin to mature their rival.

They can’t see Rodrygo

The whites were still trying to finish taking the game to their own ground when Rodrygo left his first genius of the night. Vinicius put a cross ball, which was for Bellingham, but the other Brazilian appeared from the shadows. With a first shot, he changed the ball’s stick and scored.

Its celebration, ‘you can’t see me’ (you can’t see me) popularized by wrestler and actor John Dinnercould not have been more accurate.

Salzburg’s rebellion held out until the goal. And Rodrygo’s just went off. The Brazilian, again, but now starting from the left, would score again eleven minutes later (34′). He teamed up with Bellingham, who assisted again – this time intentionally – with a brilliant backheel and his teammate once again scored with a touch.

Game on track for Madrid, who also continued to rush for a bigger result. Every goal will count on the last day. In one of those, Vinicius fell inside the Salzburg area. Or he dropped, according to the referee. The simulation cost him the card and a new sanction, which he will serve against Brest, due to the accumulation of yellow cards.

A lot of Rodrygo and Bellingham and little of Mbappé and Vinicius in the first half. It wouldn’t take long for Kylian to change it. Three minutes after the restart, the French ‘9’ paid tribute to Karim Benzema and forced a blunder from the rival goalkeeper, Blaswichto score 3-0.

Vinicius, always electric

Vini also took the opportunity and in the 54th minute his goal came in an electric play: he ran, dribbled past two rivals in the area and took a brilliant cross shot.

After the hour of the match, Ancelotti began with the changes and gradually removed his stars. First Bellingham, at the same time as Ceballos, so that they could enter Praise and Burn Güler. Then it was Mbappé and Rodrygo’s turn, for Brahma and Endrick. Vinicius stayed on the field, because he will not play again for ten days.

Real Madrid’s ‘7’ took advantage of those minutes on the field. Good transition from Brahim and Vinicius, lethal, scored the fifth goal. Complete party at the Bernabéu. Ancelotti took advantage of the opportunity to introduce another of the youngsters from the quarry, Jacob Ramonwho formed a couple for a few minutes with Raul Asenciothe ‘blackbird’ that everyone now focuses on The Factory.

With five minutes left, the Austrian fans in the Bernabéu chicken coop had a reason to celebrate. Frame Bidstrup with a double meaning: subtract a goal from Madrid in the classification and that the whites have conceded in the seven games played in this league phase.

Madrid started the day in 22nd place, with the goal of reaching the top eight being almost impossible. After the game, it’s not so much. It doesn’t depend on himself and it is still complicated, but in this Champions League everything changes with each goal. To the last day, against Brest, Ancelotti’s men will arrive, at least, with license to dream.

Real Madrid 5-1 Salzburg

Real Madrid: Courtois Fede Valverde, Asencio, Rüdiger (Jacobo Ramón, m.78), Mendy; Ceballos (Alaba, m.64), Modric, Bellingham (Güler, m.64); Rodrygo (Brahim, m.71), Vinícius and Mbappé (Endrick, m.71).

Salzburg: Blaswich; Amar Dedic, Baidoo, Blank, Terzic; Capaldo (Kawamura, m.82), Bidstrup, Kounfolo Yeo (Diambou, m.63), Gloukh (Gourna-Douath, m.82); Daghim (Ratkov, m.88) and Nene (Piatkowski, m.63).

Goals: 1-0, m.23: Rodrygo. 2-0, m.34: Rodrygo. 3-0, m.48: Mbappé. 4-0, m.55: Vinícius. 5-0, m.77: Vinícius. 5-1, m.85: Bidstrup.

Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden). He cautioned Vinícius (42) for Real Madrid.

Incidents: Match corresponding to the seventh day of the Champions League, played at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium in front of 73,500 spectators.