YELLOW CARDpublished at 43 mins
Rayo midfielder Mario Suarez hacks down Dani Ceballos and he's booked.
Courtois makes first start under Zidane in one of eight changes
Vallecano six points adrift of safety after win
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Rayo midfielder Mario Suarez hacks down Dani Ceballos and he's booked.
Real Madrid last lost to a team bottom of La Liga on 16 May 2004. Zinedine Zidane assisted a Guti goal but they lost 2-1 to Real Murcia, who are in the third tier these days.
They're spraying stuff on Gareth Bale's knee as Zinedine Zidane talks to a couple of Real's midfielders.
Uh oh, Gareth Bale is down in pain after landing awkwardly following an aerial challenge with Abdoulaye Ba.
The medical staff are on.
Dani Ceballos glances a header just wide from Dani Carvajal's cross.
Right-back Carvajal is one of the few players whose future is likely to be safe this summer.
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Was brought here by the headline "hosts take shock lead". Does it really count as a shock anymore? Par for the course for Real at the moment.
Daniel
Real Madrid striker Mariano chips goalkeeper Alberto Garcia but the offside flag is up and his goal is ruled out.
Real midfielder Luka Modric is having a poor game, he's lost the ball seven times already. He is playing on the right side of a midfielder four to be fair. Not exactly his specialty.
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John McEnerney: Roy Keane spoke midweek about self motivation he didn’t mention self respect or professional pride he didn’t need to he exuded it as a player, this RM squad need 2 take a long hard look at themselves they downed tools long ago & most will be deservedly jettisoned
Both sets of players tussle from a Real corner. Mariano appears to clash with a Rayo defender and the referee consults with VAR whether it is a red card offence. They say no.
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Marty the Tyke: Real Madrid are that bad that Paul Pogba and David de Gea could get a game there.
Gareth Bale is desperate for a goal today, but his ambitious 30-yarder is straight at a defender.
Rayo counter but it fizzles out.
A win here would put Rayo Vallecano within six points of safety with three games to go. It would still be a long shot but maybe they could start to dream of safety.
Gareth Bale is playing at centre forward today. This time he goes on a run down the left and his cross is headed behind for a corner.
I'm going to shock you. Bebe has just done some bad football. He gets the ball on the right side of the box and whether it's a cross or a shot it's awful and goes into the side-netting.
Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric leaves a hand in the face of Alex Moreno and gets himself booked.
It's a classic modern football yellow card.
Rayo Vallecano's defence are doing well as they step up to catch Gareth Bale and Mariano Diaz offside for a second time.
Rayo midfielder Mario Suarez brings down Dani Ceballos and is possibly lucky to avoid a booking.
Adrian Embarba is now Rayo Vallecano's joint second top scorer with season with four goals.
By the way, had Gareth Bale scored that chance it would have been disallowed and Rayo would have been given their penalty instead.