On the afternoon of February 17, Real Madrid, fresh from playing the first leg of their Champions League tie in Paris, faced the 24th round of La Liga away against Real Betis.
Real Madrid made extensive changes to their lineup. In the 11th minute, Vázquez crossed from the right, and Yang Yang's powerful shot was parried by the goalkeeper. Asensio followed up from close range and headed home to open the scoring for Real Madrid.
But in the 33rd minute, Real Madrid made a mistake defending a free kick. Their clearance went wrong, and Joaquin sent a cross from the left byline. Mandi headed home from close range to equalize for Real Betis.
Just two minutes later, Real Madrid found the net again, but Yang Yang's goal was ruled out.
After the sides switched ends, Real Madrid first came from behind with Ramos's corner-kick goal.
Yang Yang then played a through ball, and Mbappé fired home to extend the lead.
Asensio, Yang Yang, and substitute Suarez then scored in succession.
In the end, Real Madrid thrashed Real Betis 6–1 away from home. With a goal and an assist, Yang Yang beat Asensio, who had scored twice, to be named the Man of the Match.
During the week, the other four first-leg Champions League round-of-16 matches began. Real Madrid, meanwhile, played their postponed 16th-round La Liga fixture, which had been delayed because the team had traveled to the Middle East for the FIFA Club World Cup.
Zidane once again made extensive changes to the lineup, while Yang Yang was left out of the squad.
Leganés broke through Real Madrid's defense in just the sixth minute. But in the 11th minute, Casemiro set up Vázquez to score. Vázquez then returned the favor by assisting Casemiro, successfully completing the comeback.
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