Welcoming Sevilla at home, Real Madrid, with their spirit and mentality high after winning the 2024 Intercontinental Cup, also wanted to close the old year with a victory. Therefore, the defending La Liga champions quickly pressured their opponents after the opening whistle and opened the scoring in the 10th minute. The author of the goal was Mbappe with a dangerous shot outside the penalty area.

In the following period, Sevilla rose strongly, but the visitors’ attacks were not enough to trouble goalkeeper Courtois. In the 20th minute, Real even raised the score to 2-0 after a beautiful long-range shot by Valverde.

Continuing the momentum, Real played with more and more excitement. In the 34th minute, Vazquez “set the table” for Rodrygo to raise the score to 3-0. Only then did Sevilla truly wake up. Not long after the third goal, the away team shortened the gap thanks to Romero. 3-1 in favor of Real Madrid was also the score in the first half.

In the second half, Real re-established their 2-goal lead after a good combination between the trio Vazquez, Mbappe, and Brahim Diaz. This time, Mbappe played the role of assisting Diaz to score by breaking free and shooting the ball into the top corner very accurately.

Sevilla’s efforts at the end of the match only helped them reduce the gap to 2-4 in the 85th minute after Lukebakio scored.

With a resounding victory, Real took second place in La Liga from Barcelona (40 points/18 matches), 2 points ahead of their arch-rivals and 1 point behind the leader Atletico.