Soccer Football - La Liga Santander - Real Madrid v Rayo Vallecano - Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain - December 15, 2018 Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos heads at goal REUTERS/Juan Medina
MADRID (Reuters) - Real Madrid got a 1-0 win over minnows Rayo Vallecano on Saturday, earning a third consecutive La Liga victory and rising to third in the table, but they again failed to sparkle and had to endure booing from their unhappy supporters.
Karim Benzema beat a poorly constructed Rayo offside trap to score the only goal of the game in the 13th minute and Toni Kroos came close to doubling Madrid's advantage later in the first half when he struck a post from outside the box.
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