Real is still here and they will fight to the end for the throne in Primera. He squandered a nice point advantage over Barcelona in recent weeks (there was a seven point difference after the 21st round), fell below Athletic, but with all the problems and ’hiccups’, this team is again in the first place. Admittedly, with Barca’s game less.KYLIAN MBAPPE WHAT A GOAL! 🤯 pic.twitter.com/zMVPoUvNZC— TC (@totalcristiano) March 9, 2025 The Royal Club has serious problems with injured players (Courtois, Ridiger, Carvajal, Militao, Ceballos…), but Carlo Ancelotti did not want to risk anything against Rayo Vallecano and brought out the strongest team he had. And, when Real uses the entire offensive arsenal it has, then the rivals are generally written off badly. Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior broke Rayo with pure individual class and signed the victory – 2:1. It’s too much power, speed, talent to defend a modest city rival. Perhaps Ancelotti’s only surprise was Luka Modrić before Valverde, but the Uruguayan also needed some rest. The Croatian started and equaled the legendary Kamacho in ninth place on the all-time list in Real Madrid for the number of games played. Both have 577 of them.🚨🇪🇸 GOAL | Real Madrid 2-0 Rayo Vallecano | Vinicius JrWHAT A GOAL FROM VINICIUS JR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!pic.twitter.com/6akvRowxr9— Tekkers Foot (@tekkersfoot) March 9, 2025 It took Real a good half an hour to warm up and get into the game. Even Rayo was more dangerous in that period and almost took advantage of some bad judgments by Lunino and Asensio. But when Kylian Mbappe accelerated his speed, it was over. Almost from the center, he started a penetration that ended with an undefendable shot, for 1:0. And as if with that move he challenged his teammate to do something more attractive. Vinicius Junior soloed for a long time, did not give the ball to anyone, but in the end he successfully scored in Rayo’s net.+10 – Rayo Vallecano have made 20 shots compared to 10 for Real Madrid. Except Barcelona, this is the biggest difference for a Real Madrid opponent at Bernabéu in a @LaLigaEN game (+10) since January 2008 (+10 vs Real Zaragoza). Workers#RealMadridRayo ⚡ pic.twitter.com/1TLLUIR8MQ— OptaJose (@OptaJose) March 9, 2025 Rayo managed to reduce before half-time with an effective shot from Pedro Diaz off the crossbar and to keep hope for a long part of the game. But that was all. Real was better in the continuation, Vinicius and Mbappe missed some good chances to decide the game and almost got a penalty in the end. In the last moments of the match, Trejo had a chance to freeze the Santiago Bernabeu, but he was not precise. Real used Atletico’s setback to overtake him, and reached Barcelona, who have a game in hand. A hell of a triple race awaits us until the end of the Primera season.LA LIGA – MATCHDAY 27SaturdayCelta – Leganes 2-1 (2-1)/Mingueza 26, Gonzalez 45+1 – Rosier 19/Alaves – Villarreal 1-0 (1-0)/Sanchez 11/Valencia – Valladolid 2-1 (1-1)/Lopez 7, Sadiq 58 – Latasa 40/Barcelona – Osasuna POSTPONEDSundayGetafe – Atl.Madrid 2-1 (0-0)/Arambarri 88, 90+2 – Sorloth 75 pen/Real Madrid – Rayo Vallecano 2-1 (2-1)/Mbappe 30 Vinicius 34 – Diaz 45+2/20:30: (1.63) Ath.Bilbao (3.90) Mallorca (6.25)20:30: (1.45) Betis (4.60) Las Palmas (7.20)23:00: (2.15) Sociedad (3.20) Sevilla (3.70)Monday23:00: (3.25) Espanyol (3.30) Girona (2.40)***odds are subject to change***