First Division - Day 37

Real Madrid 4 - Sevilla 1

Madrid: Keylor Navas; Danilo, Varane, Sergio Ramos, Nacho; James (Casemiro 61’), Kroos, Kovacic (Modric 72’); Marco Asensio, Morata (Lucas Vázquez 61‘), Ronaldo. 4-3-3.
Sevilla: Sergio Rico; Mercado, Carriço, Nico Pareja (Walter Montoya 46’), Lenglet; Kranevitter, N’Zonzi; Joaquín Correa (Diego González 89’), Krohn-Dehli (Ben Yedder 89‘), Vitolo; Jovetic. 4-2-3-1.

Goals:
1-0. 10. Nacho. Quick free kick from outside of area which caught out defence.
2-0. 23. Ronaldo. Tap-in past Sergio Rico after keeper saved shot from James.
2-1. 49. Jovetic. Latched on to short Vitolo pass and struck low shot past Navas.
3-1. 78. Ronaldo. Curled shot inside near top corner of net from Kroos centre.
4-1. 84. Kroos. Poked shot wide of keeper after Nacho laid ball back from left.

Yellow cards: Danilo 39’, Morata 56’, Mercado 69’, Correa 80’, Nacho 80’, Lucas Vázquez 83’.

Real Madrid won 4-1 against fourth placed Sevilla on Sunday to stay level on points with leaders Barcelona, Nacho starting things off with a quickly taken free kick which caught the visiting defence totally off guard. Jovetic hit the woodwork soon afterwards, but Ronaldo made it two after Sergio Rico saved from James, and James himself came close to a third with a wide free kick. Jovetic lobbed a shot against the bar again though, and Keylor Navas had to save a couple of times from Joaquín Correa before the break, and some four minutes in to the second half Jovetic got one back following a quick passing move. However Ronaldo got his second of the night with a shot in to the near top corner of the net from a Toni Kroos centre, and Kroos wrapped things up after Nacho laid the ball back near the end. Madrid visit Celta next Wednesday to play their game in hand before the last round of fixtures at the weekend, and if they can pick up four points from their last two matches they will be sure of a first league title in five years.