MADRID: Real Madrid ended their long wait for a La Liga victory by beating Real Valladolid 2-0 on Saturday with two late goals in interim coach Santiago Solari’s first home game in charge of the struggling European champions.
Brazilian teenager Vinícius Júnior gave the new coach and an impatient Bernabéu crowd a lift in the 83rd minute by cutting in from the left and firing a shot which was heavily deflected into the net off Valladolid’s Kiko and awarded as an own goal to the defender.
Real had been very fortunate not to go behind on two occasions in the second half when Rubén Alcaraz and Toni Villa hammered the crossbar, but the home side sealed a first win in six league games when captain Sergio Ramos converted a penalty in the 88th minute.