{"id":1235407,"date":"2021-11-28T22:57:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T22:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1235407"},"modified":"2021-11-28T22:57:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T22:57:57","slug":"real-madrid-2-1-sevilla-casemiro-la-liga","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/real-madrid-2-1-sevilla-casemiro-la-liga\/","title":{"rendered":"Casemiro makes title statement after 2-1 Sevilla win sends Real Madrid four clear atop La Liga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"\/\/asset.fwcdn2.com\/js\/storyblock.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n<fw-storyblock channel=\"squawka\" playlist=\"5L00K5\" mode=\"pinned\" autoplay=\"autoplay\"><\/fw-storyblock><\/p>\n<p><strong>Real Madrid beat Sevilla 2-1 in a top of the table clash at the Santiago Bernabeu in what was a massive statement win.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Los Blancos came into the game one point clear of Atl\u00e9tico Madrid in second and knew that a win would put them four points and more than one game ahead of their nearest title rival (and give them a 10 point edge on struggling rivals Barcelona).<\/p>\n<p>Yet for 75 minutes it didn&#8217;t look like they were going to be able to do that. They had huffed and puffed but Sevilla were the superior side; Julen Lopetegui&#8217;s men took the lead, hit the bar, had a shot cleared off the line. And even when Madrid pulled an equaliser out of nowhere thanks to a Sevilla error, the visitors were still the better side.<\/p>\n<p>But in the last 15 minutes of the match, Los Blancos came alive and Vinicius Junior scored a wondergoal to give Real Madrid a late lead and a big win against a title rival. Los Blancos, the top scorers, were now four points clear.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p>After the match, Casemiro made the team&#8217;s ambitions very plain. Even though it&#8217;s late November, the Brazilian midfielder said of the hard-fought win against second-place Sevilla: &#8220;that&#8217;s what you need to be able to win titles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Even though there are two thirds of the season still to play, Casemiro is making clear that not only are Real Madrid intent on winning La Liga but that they&#8217;ve just pulled off the exact kind of win that helps you do so.<\/p>\n<p>And considering they could go seven points clear with a win against Athletic Club midweek (albeit having played a game more) it&#8217;s time to start talking about Real Madrid as heavy title favourites, rather than just contenders.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1143742\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/football-supports-black-lives-matter-movement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1143742\" class=\"wp-image-1143742 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/06\/02123223\/1143703_1143703_black-lives-matter-gestures.png\" alt=\"Black Lives Matter in football\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/06\/02123223\/1143703_1143703_black-lives-matter-gestures.png 1920w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/06\/02123223\/1143703_1143703_black-lives-matter-gestures-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/06\/02123223\/1143703_1143703_black-lives-matter-gestures-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/06\/02123223\/1143703_1143703_black-lives-matter-gestures-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/06\/02123223\/1143703_1143703_black-lives-matter-gestures-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/06\/02123223\/1143703_1143703_black-lives-matter-gestures-66x37.png 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/06\/02123223\/1143703_1143703_black-lives-matter-gestures-620x350.png 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/06\/02123223\/1143703_1143703_black-lives-matter-gestures-940x530.png 940w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/06\/02123223\/1143703_1143703_black-lives-matter-gestures-1200x675.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1143742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Black Lives Matter:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/football-supports-black-lives-matter-movement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more about the cause footballers are taking the knee for<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid beat Sevilla 2-1 in a top of the table clash at the Santiago Bernabeu in what was a massive statement win. Los Blancos came into the game one point clear of Atl\u00e9tico Madrid in second and knew that a win would put them four points and more than one game ahead of their&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":204,"featured_media":1235444,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Casemiro makes title statement after Real Madrid beat Sevilla 2-1","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Real Madrid beat Sevilla 2-1 in a top of the table clash at the Santiago Bernabeu in what was a massive statement win.","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"news-category":[],"class_list":["post-1235407","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"external_featured_image_url":"","hide_featured_image_pattern":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Casemiro makes title statement after 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