Sevilla focused on defense throughout the game, but against Real Madrid, victory is always the priority. Real Madrid kept pushing for a win until the final minutes. Then, Luka Modrić came in as a substitute in the 75th minute and scored. Despite being 38 years old, Modrić played like he was in his 20s, securing a late goal and three points for Real Madrid. Madrid managed to beat Sevilla, and following this win, Real Madrid extends their unbeaten streak to eight games.
Sevilla is built on strong grounds, they have balance when it comes to defensive football, in the early minutes, the coach and the players already knew they have no chances of beating Real Madrid but having to settled for draw points which was impossible for them. Sevilla had two options to reach against Real Madrid at Santiago Bernabéu which was either coming out with winning or draw tie while the hosts granted only winning. Real Madrid are topping the La Liga table and the only way to maintain gap interms of points was having winning streaks.
Just relying on defense is not enough to make them able to get a draw or even impossible to get a victory and that they feel in this match. Like it or not they have to be satisfied with this defeat and go home empty-handed from the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.
Their defense was good at the start, but it required a lot of concentration throughout the game. And it seems that they are not that strong to be able to continue to concentrate to be able to hold Real Madrid's draw in this match.
This victory allows Real Madrid to keep their distance from Girona who are just below them in the standings. Meanwhile Sevilla must be satisfied with 15th place in the standings.