Rates of the players
Courtois: Attentive in the first ten minutes, when the few approaches from Valladolid arrived. He took a blow in a jump with El Yamiq, but without much problem. Three scares: two balls hit the posts and a free kick from the top of the area in the second half that he repelled without trouble.
Lucas Vázquez: Sergio León created some isolated problem with his back. With the entry of Odriozola he had the projection in attack that he could not deploy until then. He was about to beat Asenjo at 84 ′ and ended up scoring his goal at 91 ′ from a pass from Hazard.
Militao: Excellent in anticipation and impregnable in the air game. The head of the defense one more day.
Alaba: He returned after his injury and returned to form a central pair with Militao a month and a half later. Good match, no trouble. Substituted by Vallejo at 65′.
Camavinga: He continues to grow as a winger, although in match phases he tended to occupy positions more typical of the midfielder that he is, which caused some scares well solved by Alaba. A ball dispute won by Camavinga was the origin of the first goal.
Asensio: He started on the right wing, where he was not seen much. When Ancelotti changed his position, he changed the game for the Balearic Islands and for all of Madrid. He was much more active on the inside, going down to receive and dealing damage on drives. With one he braided the first goal, he also participated in the development of the third and fourth and scored the fifth. One of his best games of the season.
Rodrygo: The change in drawing could be interpreted as a concession by Ancelotti to exploit his qualities as a second striker, but he found his best version lying on the wing, where he connected wonderfully with Asensio, who gave him the 1-0 score, and Benzema, who served the 4-0. In the second half he appeared everywhere, he had two very clear chances: one he crashed into the post and in the other he scored but the goal was canceled due to a previous hand from Vinicius reviewed in the VAR. He was replaced by Odriozola at 82 ′.
Vinicius stance
Vinicius: Benzema’s best partner. It was to give the Frenchman an assist and Karim awakened his goal-scoring instinct. He insisted, insisted and insisted and always escaped from the cage in which Valladolid tried to lock him up. The match allowed Ancelotti to rest him in the final stretch of the match. Substituted by Ceballos at 69′.