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00:00 ...expected to return here from a bruised thigh injury but he hasn't made it. So Dani Carvajal and Aurelien Chouamani who's returning from a ban, play as a makeshift centre of defence. ...he doesn't go whether he'd play but he does play. He passed a fitness test. But there is a loss of two key men from suspension, Daley Blint and Yangal Harer.
00:19 ...who's his assistant, Selva. He's frustrating. A change outfit today for Girona who've got the world talking and here's Miguel at Vinicius. Fizzing one! Oh! What a brilliant goal from Vinicius!
00:38 ...Winton like a rocket. Goalkeeper kicking himself but Real Madrid lead early. What a strike! Yes he had a bit of time on the ball but he's a long way out on his right foot. He hit it with power. He gets I think a little bit of bend on it as well.
00:57 ...of course he should be closed down a lot quicker. Comes infield on his favoured right foot. Look at this for a strike. Just enough bend. Starts wide of the goal. Perfect. No chance for the goalkeeper whatsoever. There's a little dummy that buys him that space. But you can't get better than that.
01:17 ...Girona cope with that. It's a real test of their character and nerve. Dalbeck given an opportunity early on here. Their top scorer can he get a shot away? He managed to get the block in Carvajal. Camavinga likewise with him gliding across the turf as he does.
01:39 Look at this. Now then he's brought down by one play there. And it's given but just outside the box. Wow.
01:48 ...well he's got great acceleration for a midfield player. Gets his angle and he gives him a little nudge. Was it in the box? That's the question. No it's just outside the box. Garcia, Eric Garcia was coming back. So I don't think he stopped a goal scoring opportunity.
02:08 ...and I think he realised he wasn't going to stop him by legal means. You'd have to say that is quite professional.
02:21 ...Valverde. They set it up nicely. They're rushing out to close the ball down. Almost hits Vinicius Tudor. In this game at the moment. Lucas Vasquez. It's lovely football isn't it? Rodrigo with a slightly heavy touch by his stand. It's Bellingham here.
02:41 Trying to hit it with his laces. Comes to him. Off Valverde's touch. Gets it out of the goal.
02:54 As if. Here's Vinicius. That's a great idea towards Bellingham. He's got in here. To Bellingham. 2-0 Real Madrid with a brilliant goal.
03:08 Bellingham. More gloss between the two players. He runs from deep. He runs in behind Eric Garcia. You should see the run a lot earlier. The touch is brilliant.
03:17 But what a pass as well from Vinicius. He's scored one. He's made one outside of the boot. Into the space. Absolutely perfect. The touch. Big enough to take it beyond Gazzaniga but not big enough to take it off the pitch.
03:31 And he just strokes it in with his left foot. That's another wonderful goal from Real Madrid. But far too easy. Eric Garcia has to see the danger of that run from Jude Bellingham.
03:47 That's his 19th goal in a Real Madrid. He hasn't got his crosses away in this half. And that is half time. And I think to be honest with you, Girona needed that early goal. Beautifully struck from Vinicius. That was 1-0.
04:04 He hasn't been able to make too much impact or get too many games there. But he's on now to replace Porto who wasn't really able to make much of an impact up front, was he? Absolutely not. He didn't give Dovbik any sort of support.
04:26 That's one little change. Hoping that he might just become a catalyst playing off Dovbik. And it doesn't go the full way. The liverments are OK.
04:38 You can sometimes carry on in the game you're playing in as you quite rightly say. But it stiffens up and gets worse after a couple of days. The adrenaline is still flowing at the moment in the blood. I think anyone who's ever played football for any length of time has probably had that injury.
04:57 It's a very painful turn in the ankle. Alishka Sia is going to try his luck from a long way out.
05:14 He just got a touch on it. I think Iankouto did well there.
05:24 It's close. Vanissius again. Looking to torment that defence. Lovely footwork from him. He nearly gets it in. And they do score. Bellingham's there again. Injured or not. Hurt or not. Right place, right time. 3-0. And that is probably that.
05:44 Well this one is all about Vanissius Junior. Look at the trickery here from Vanissius Junior up against Iankouto. He's probably better going forward than he is defending. He's trying to pass it into the corner. It's a fairly decent save from Gazzaniga. Again he can't do much more than push it out.
06:03 And Bellingham comes in. A very easy finish. That's the skill. Zagankov can't get there either. Nor can Eric Garcia. And Bellingham makes it two.
06:19 Here's Lucas Vazquez. Just over the top of the bar this time. It would have to be quite a fall from grace in the closing weeks of the season if they were to miss out.
06:44 Rodrigo. Running and running. Allowed to run and scores. Nobody challenged him. They said "Why don't you have a shot?" He said "Thanks." And Real Madrid are absolutely running away with this now.
06:58 Well he's had a difficult game. Iankouto. He's had Vanissius Junior go past him. Doesn't come across. Wampate. And with a fairly short backlift he smashes it beyond the goalkeeper. And again that talks about the athleticism of Real Madrid.
07:20 Kamavinga. Floating across the turf. You sometimes get the impression that he wouldn't even leave the footprint if he was on snow.
07:31 He's got the yellow card. Good play from Kamavinga. There's that pace again that you were talking about. And then just runs across the challenge. He knows.
07:48 I think Iankouto is going to wake up in the night having nightmares about Vanissius isn't he?
07:53 The yellow card being given here for this challenge. Yeah that's right as well. The ball had been played off. He was going to get in behind Mindy. And he just carried on his run and elbowed him as well.
08:08 Very much in pole position doesn't he? He had a good little spell in AC Milan. Always in the side but had a good run when they won the title.
08:24 Scored the goal that knocked out Spurs in Europe last year. Fran Garcia. Brahim Diaz here. Kicking himself. It was a difficult angle but he didn't get it right.
08:43 Iankouto. It's good effort. Just couldn't keep it down. To go home with Girona but it wouldn't be much of a consolation in truth.
08:57 Arregula. Towards Hoselou. Arregula. Good run from him. Close control. Looking to jink his way through. And this time a penalty is given.
09:22 Here we can see it. Does he stick that leg out? He does. Yes he goes over quite easily but the leg does come out. Does catch him.
09:31 Stops him making the forward run. Referee was right on the spot. It's another poor challenge I'm afraid by Iankouto.
09:41 And hits the post with it.
09:49 And the referee blows his whistle. Straight away. Nothing to add on.
09:55 - Putain, putain, putain, putain ! - Putain, putain, putain, putain !