Real Madrid beat Sevilla again, Atletico Madrid overtake Espanyol. Football News – Times of India

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After thrashing Chelsea 3-0 on Tuesday to seal their place in the Champions League semi-finals, Madrid beat Sevilla to win what was sure to win them La Liga.
The defeat would have given new hope to the chasing pack, with both Sevilla and Barcelona starting the day 12 points behind, with Barca with two games in hand.
Instead, goals in the second half from Rodrigo, Nacho Fernández and Benzema in the 92nd minute meant Madrid extended their advantage to 15 points, with six games to go.
An Ivan Rakitic free-kick and Erik Lamela’s smart finish put Sevilla at Ramon Sanchez Pizzuan twice.

“It’s hard to understand why we played like this in the first half and to be honest, how we played like that in the second half,” said Carlo Ancelotti.
“In the first half we looked tired. In the second half, the intensity was superb.”
Benzema’s goal ended Chelsea on Tuesday after Rodrigo forced extra time at the Santiago Bernabeu and those two were again crucial with Vinicius Jr.
Benzema now has 44 goals in 46 appearances this season and 15 in his last 10.

Rakitic gave Sevilla the lead after Luka Modric brought down Papu Gomez in the 25th minute.
Lamela doubled the advantage four minutes later, when Tekatito knocked out Thibaut Courtois and left the net wide open.
But a brilliant Vinicius backhill for Danny Carvajal allowed Rodrigo to take a goal back in the 50th minute.
Vinicius thought he had made it 2–2 in the 74th minute, only to deny the goal, the referee judging the Brazilian, controlled with his hand and not his chest.
Madrid however was adamant as Rakitic walked away from a corner, only for Carvajal to go over the line and pull back to eliminate Nacho.
And then in the 92nd minute, Benzema completed another remarkable revival, collecting Rodrigo’s pass, controlling and firing the last three Sevilla defenders on the line.

ten member Atletico Madrid Dropped it too late as Yannick Carrasco scored the winning penalty for a 2-1 win over with the last kick of the game Espanyol,
Atlético looked set to drop another two points at Wanda Metropolitano when Geoffrey Kondogbia was sent off in the second half and then three minutes later Ral de Tomas canceled Carrasco’s opener, hitting his finger through Jan Oblak’s fingers. Free-kick squaring.
But de Tomas handballed deep into extra time, with the referee providing a spot-kick after lengthy consultation with VAR, before Carrasco caught his nerves. The ball hit the net and the clock neared 100 minutes.
“It was an important game for us and when you score with the last kick of the game it feels even more important to get your goal this season,” Carrasco said.
Atletico are tied with Real Betis in fifth and third place Sevilla.

After losing in Mallorca last weekend and then being knocked out of the Champions League by Manchester City in mid-week, Diego Simeone’s side could do another damage to their morale.
The importance of the win was demonstrated by Argentina celebrating Carrasco’s winning penalty, rolling down the touchline, before cornering their relieved players.
Atletico opened Espanyol in the 52nd minute as Matthias Cunha slipped into Carrasco at half-time, who turned inside and passed Diego Lopez at the pass.
But the game turned in Espanyol’s favor in the 71st minute when Kondogbia was shown a second yellow card for blocking Sergi Darder’s shot from his hand and then from the resulting free-kick, de Tomas equalized.
The usually reliable was Oblak’s fault as the goalkeeper thwarted a simple save, with the ball hitting the post and dribbling.
With an extra man, Espanyol wanted a winner but Atlético found a way out.
In the 95th minute, De Tomas went to clear a flicked header from Antoine Griezmann but his angle went wrong and the ball hit his elbow.
Carrasco made no mistake in the 100th minute.