サッカー-Asensio, Vinicius earn Real comfortable 勝利，勝つ over 10-man Valencia
By Fernando Kallas
MADRID, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Marco Asensio and Vinicius Jr. 得点する／非難する／２０d second-half goals to earn Real Madrid a solid 2-0 勝利，勝つ over struggling Valencia on Thursday as the 訪問者s finished the match with 10 men.
Valencia defender Gabriel Paulista was shown a straight red 18 minutes from time for chopping 負かす／撃墜する Vinicius with a wild 取り組む that almost started a brawl の中で players on the pitch.
The LaLiga 支持する／優勝者s climbed to 45 points in second place in the standings, five behind leaders Barcelona. Valencia, who 解雇する／砲火／射撃d 経営者／支配人 Gennaro Gattuso on Wednesday, are on a five-game winless streak and are 14th on 20 points, one （疑いを）晴らす of the relegation zone.
Real, bidding to 保持する the 肩書を与える, are under 圧力 from their arch-競争相手s Barca who are unbeaten in their last 14 matches in all 競争s and on a four-game winning streak in LaLiga.
They were the better 味方する for large parts of the game and controlled the 速度 on a chilly night in Madrid, but it took them a while to find their mojo in 前線 of goal, with Vinicius and Karim Benzema wasting good 適切な時期s in the first half.
Antonio Rudiger had a goal 支配するd out by VAR for a Benzema foul in the build-up just before halftime.
Real looked 詐欺師 after the break, however, and struck twice in two minutes, a magnificent curling 発射 into the 最高の，を越す corner by Asensio after 52 minutes followed by Vinicius slotting home from の近くに 範囲 to finish off a 雷 quick 反対する-attack.
Real controlled the 残り／休憩（する） of the game against 対抗者s whose 失望／欲求不満 was shown by Paulista's 無謀な challenge on Vinicius.
"We need to 保護する Vinicius," Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to ld DAZN.
"He is a very 急速な／放蕩な and 爆発性の player that uses a lot of dribbling. Defenders don't like it. They feel they're 存在 刺激するd, but it's his way of playing.
"I'm happy that today a 審判（をする） had the courage to show the red card because it's a 取り組む without the ball, meaningless. Not only to Vini, to anyone."
It was not all good news for Real Madrid, however, with defender Eder Militao and 今後 Benzema, 重要な players for coach Carlo Ancelotti, leaving the match 早期に 予定 to 脚 傷害s.
Real Madrid play Mallorca in LaLiga on Sunday and travel to Morocco on Monday for the FIFA Club World Cup.
"This is what happens when you play every three days," Ancelotti said.
"Militao is out for Sunday but Benzema (傷害) looks to be minor." (報告（する）／憶測ing by Fernando Kallas, editing by Ed Osmond)
