Real Sociedad are one of the sturdies outfits in La Liga for years now and it’s never easy for the great ones of Spanish football when facing the Basque team. Especially in San Sebastian. However, Real Madrid visited Reale Arena and left it with the whole lot – final score 0-2.It was a confident performance from the table toppers, from the very opening they took the matters in their own hands. Especially one of the Real Madrid’s best players this season – Vinicius Junior. Brazilian was an unsolvable mystery for the defence of Sociedad. Several runs through the midfielders and defenders of the home team set the tone for the outcome of the match.It’s already Christmas in Seville! Lucky hosts get one over their old boss Emery and his Yellow SubmarineEarly in the game, Los Blancos received some bad news – in the 17th minute, Karim Benzema had to leave the pitch due to an injury. Much disputed Serbian striker Luka Jovic took his place and performed pretty much the same as Benzema performs this year.In the 23rd minute, Real Madrid’s other young Brazilian winger, Rodrygo, fashioned a shot from the edge of the box after receiving an accurate pass. Alex Remiro made a stunning save to stop the effort from flying into the right side of the goal.Four minutes later, 2018 Ballon d’Or winner Luka Modric also tried – a big opportunity was wasted. The creative Croat produced a mid-range rocket of a shot towards the left side of the goal. Unfortunately for him, Alex Remiro pulled off a fantastic save to stop the effort.Desolation according to Barca – Xavi tastes defeat for the first time since returning homeFew more opportunities were not materialized by Los Blancos and they could have been punished in the 44th minute – Mikel Oyarzabal collected the ball from the free kick and immediately sent his close-range effort narrowly wide of the left post.However, visitors from the Spanish capital opened the second half furiously.Before the Madridians scored their first goal, a defence-splitting pass was taken in his stride by Rodrygo in the box. Without even looking up he drilled a shot towards the right side of the goal, but Alex Remiro pulled off a brilliant save.Madman Simeone comes crashing down after the maddest ten minutes at Wanda MetropolitanoBut there was nothing Remiro could do seconds after. Vinicius Junior showed good awareness inside the box as he latched on to a brilliant pass from Luka Jovic and fired a first-time shot into the bottom left corner.It did not take long before the Royal Club doubled their lead – courtesy of the substitute, Luka Jovic.Nice headed pass by Casemiro to the Serbian, who caught it and put the ball into the back of the net with a fine header.Hosts sort of started turning the attention to Thibaut Courtois’ goal but their attempts were not dangerous enough to frighten Carlo Ancelotti’s crew.Aware of the situation on the scoreboard and on the pitch, Real Madrid players took the foot of the gas pedal and slowly brought the match to a calm ending.With these three points, Los Blancos are pretty far away from their followers – eight points more than the second-placed Sevilla is quite a palpable advantage.LA LIGA – ROUND 16FridayGranada – Alaves 2-1 (1-0)/Puertas 14, Arias 86 – Abram 81 og/SaturdaySevilla – Villareal 1-0 (1-0)/Ocampos 14/Barcelona – Betis 0-1 (0-0)/Juanmi 79//Atl.Madrid – Mallorca 1-2 (0-0)/Cunha 68 – Russo 80, Kubo 90+1/Real Sociedad – Real Madrid 0-2 (0-0)/Vinicius Junior 47, Jovic 57/Sunday16:00: (2.25) Rayo Vallecano (3.25) Espanyol (3.60)18:15: (2.20) Elche (3.15) Cadiz (3.90)20:30: (2.60) Levante (3.10) Osasuna (3.10)23:00: (2.15) Celta (3.40) Valencia (3.70)Monday23:00: (3.60) Getafe (3.00) Ath.Bilbao (2.40)***odds are subject to change***
