Actual Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring his facet’s opening objective in the course of the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Actual Madrid and Rayo Vallecano on the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Picture/Manu Fernandez)Actual Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring his facet’s opening objective in the course of the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Actual Madrid and Rayo Vallecano on the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Picture/Manu Fernandez)Actual Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe scores his facet’s opening objective in the course of the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Actual Madrid and Rayo Vallecano on the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Picture/Manu Fernandez)Actual Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring his facet’s opening objective in the course of the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Actual Madrid and Rayo Vallecano on the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Picture/Manu Fernandez)Actual Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring his facet’s opening objective in the course of the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Actual Madrid and Rayo Vallecano on the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Picture/Manu Fernandez)Actual Madrid’s Vinicius Junior, centre, in motion towards Rayo’s goalkeeper Augusto Batalla in the course of the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Actual Madrid and Rayo Vallecano on the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Picture/Manu Fernandez)Actual Madrid’s Vinicius Junior celebrates after scoring his facet’s second objective in the course of the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Actual Madrid and Rayo Vallecano on the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Picture/Manu Fernandez)Actual Madrid’s Vinicius Junior celebrates after scoring his facet’s second objective in the course of the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Actual Madrid and Rayo Vallecano on the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Picture/Manu Fernandez)
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Actual Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring his facet’s opening objective in the course of the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Actual Madrid and Rayo Vallecano on the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Picture/Manu Fernandez)
MADRID – Kylian Mbappé and Vinícius Júnior scored targets in a five-minute span within the first half as Actual Madrid held on to beat Rayo Vallecano 2-1 on Sunday and transfer stage on factors with Barcelona on the prime of the Spanish league.
Barcelona stays forward of Madrid on the head-to-head tiebreaker.
Rayo, which stayed in seventh place, hit again with a objective from Pedro Díaz in first-half stoppage time. It hasn’t received in 4 straight league matches, with three losses and a draw.
Atletico falters
Atletico wasted an opportunity to retake the league lead after conceding two late targets in a 2-1 loss at Getafe.
Diego Simeone’s staff scored first with penalty kick transformed by Alexander Sorloth within the seventy fifth, nevertheless it could not maintain on to the lead after Ángel Correa was despatched off with a straight crimson card for a tough foul.
Midfielder Mauro Arambarri equalized for the hosts within the 88th and scored the winner two minutes into stoppage time.
