La Liga: Real downs Osasuna 4-0; Vinicius Jr scores hattrick
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Madrid: Spanish football giants Real Madrid made a spectacular victory against CA Osasuna in the La Liga on Saturday with a 4-0 win. The victory was powered by Vincius Jr’s hattrick, along with Jude Bellingham’s first goal of the season, IANS reported.
Real had faced consecutive losses against archrivals FC Barcelona and AC Milan at home, the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. However, the coaching staff will hardly celebrate the new victory as injuries threaten the course of the season for the defending champions.
Rodrygo, who has recently suffered from a thigh injury, was forced to be subbed off in the opening exchanges of the game. The main concern for Ancelotti and his men will be Eder Militao's injury. With the team’s defence already stretched extremely thin, the Brazilian was seen screaming in pain in the 27th minute of the game and had to be stretchered off.
The 26-year-old centre-back missed a majority of the 2023/24 season after suffering an ACL injury on his left leg. According to reports, Real Madrid staff is worried that he may have undergone a similar injury, but this time, it was on his right leg.
Things seemed to be slipping away from Madrid until the 34th minute when Vinicius Jr dribbled into the Osasuna box and squeezed in the opener. The goal opened the floodgates as an overhead ball in the 42nd minute saw Bellingham chip the rushing goalkeeper. The Englishman celebrated with much relief after having been criticised in recent times.
Real led 2-0 at half-time when Ancelotti was forced to make yet another substitution. Lucas Vazquez, the team’s backup right wing-back who was covering after Carvajal’s season-ending injury, was also forced to be removed from the game. However, Real did not remove their foot from the pedal.
Real Madrid goalkeeper Lunin was the unlikely assist provider in the second goal as the Ukrainian’s delivery found Vinicius, who made no mistake in rounding past the keeper and tapping into an empty net in the 61st minute.
A mistake by the Osasuna defenders saw Vinicius grab his second hattrick of the season just eight minutes later and seal the 4-0 victory for Real Madrid.