Real Madrid 3-2 Villarreal: report, notes and reaction as Mariano Diaz sinks the yellow submarine

Real Madrid dominated the game by beating Villarreal at the Bernabeu stadium thanks to two goals from Mariano Diaz and another from Jesus Vallejo.

Mariano, starting from Karim Benzema, opened the scoring less than two minutes before Villarreal equalized nine minutes later. Vallejo ensured that Los Blancos intervened at the break, and Mariano scored again early in the second period by converting a pbad from Dani Carvajal to Villarreal's goal.

Despite a majority of ball possession and creating many opportunities, Real can not convert his domination into goals that would have given this match a more flattering score in favor of the locals, especially after the last goal of Villarreal.

Here is 90min the distribution of the game.

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Key discussion point

Mariano Diaz, in the ensuing 84 seconds, found himself rushing into the crowd as he put the ball in the nets of Villarreal.

Former Manchester City youth Brahim Diaz stripped Santi Cazorla before feeding Mariano, who coldly pbaded the ball Andres Fernandez in the visiting goal, confirming his claim to stay in Madrid.

It was Los Blancos' fastest goal this season and he was referring to the intention that Zinedine Zidane wanted of his players. The Frenchman would have been impressed to see Brahim Diaz so tenacious from the start and the young Spaniard could figure in his coach's plans for next season.

Player ranking

From XI: Courtois (6); Carvajal (7), Vallejo (7), Varane (7), Marcelo (7); Kroos (7), Casemiro (8), Valverde (6); Vazquez (6), Mariano (9) *, Diaz (8)

substitutions: Asensio (6), Isco (6), Vinicius (6)

Man of stars

With Benzema injured and Gareth Bale not even being selected for the match, Mariano had the perfect opportunity to prove his worth to his coach while Zidane would try to rebuild this Real Madrid this summer.

With two goals and a solid performance at Los Blancos, Mariano will believe that he showed the French what he could bring to the Spanish giants.

His physique and his will to get stuck have caused problems in Villarreal several times. What was more promising was the way Mariano was badociated with Diaz, a combination that resulted in the goal of opening.A flawless stay

Aged 25, his manager will have a lot to think about over the next few months.

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Player ranking

From XI: Fernandez (6); Quintilla (6), Funes (6), Gonzalez (6), Gaspar (5); Cazorla (6), Iborra (6); Pedraza (5), Fornals (7), Chukwueze (5); Moreno (7)

substitutions: Trigueros (6), Bacca (6), Costa ()

Look to the front

The penultimate game of the Los Blancos season will be held at Real Sociedad, Zidane continuing to decide who will still play under the famous white shirt next year. The real players know that they play for their survival at the club, which could make the last two games exciting as they try to prove everything.