The goalkeeper then saw a header from Benzema narrowly miss the target (15th) then he released a shot from Valverde (20th), before losing on a penalty from the French striker, following a handball from Roco ( 31st).
Elche then came out of his torpor but Carmona struck wide (37th) but the red lantern conceded a new penalty for a foul by Roco on Rodrygo, following an action initiated by Eduardo Camavinga. Benzema transformed him again, even if Badia had started on the right side this time (45th + 2).
Rodrygo untenable, Camavinga very active
After the break, the untenable Rodrygo failed twice against the goalkeeper (50th, 52nd), as did his teammate’s Ballon d’Or (54th), and like Asensio from the volley (64th). Very good as a sentry, after an interim of several matches as a left-back, Camavinga narrowly missed the target (62nd) before offering a decisive pass to Modric (80th), who entered a quarter of an hour earlier in the company of Tchouameni.
The Croat cleared the right corner of poor Badia (80′), with a shot from the right at the entrance to the area. The goalkeeper will however have done his part of the work since he had to face 13 shots on target from Madrid.
The number of wins for Elche this season in La Liga. Only Cremonese (Italy) does worse in the 5 major European Championships.