Real Madrid head coach Santiago Solari was relieved to have signed off from LaLiga action for the year with a battling home win over derby rivals Rayo Vallecano at the Bernabeu. Karim Benzema’s early strike, the France forward later going off with an ankle problem, was enough to secure victory which put Real Madrid third in the table and closed the gap on Atletico Madrid and Barcelona to two points. “We’ll have to see, we haven’t had a chance to have a look,” the Real Madrid coach said. That’s what we all work towards, so that they’re all available,” the Real Madrid coach said. “I try to get things right when I name my squads, line-ups and with my substitutions.

Source: Irish Examiner December 15, 2018 22:07 UTC