Winner of Osasuna this week, FC Barcelona was able to distance Real Madrid and Atlético in the ranking. But nothing is finished yet ten days from the end and Real Madrid had a great opportunity to put pressure on its Catalan rival during the reception of Leganés, 18th in Liga. With Mbappé, Bellingham, Brahim Díaz, Guller or Camavonga, Carlo Ancelotti had confidence in his bench to ensure victory in front of his audience. But everything did not go as planned for Casa Blanca.
The Merengues largely dominated the start of the game and chained the opportunities on the opposing goal, but Dmitrovic was vigilant (11th and 24th). And on a new attack, Arda Güler collapsed in the surface following a slight contact. Sufficient to whistle penalty… transformed by Mbappé of a daring panenka (1-0, 31st). But the Frenchman could not celebrate only a few moments, because on the action following the commitment, Diego Garcia equalized after a superb combination led by Rosier, the ex-Latéral of Dijon (1-1, 32nd).
Kylian Mbappé was still delighted
A motivating equalization for the Legionarios, since in the process, Oscar eliminated Lucas Vázquez by a hook and served Raba to give the advantage to Leganés before returning to the locker room (2-1, 41st). But Real finally woke up after the break and Bellingham rang the revolt, in two stages, to equalize (2-2, 47th). Leganés, which could have benefited from a penalty (52nd), was then in difficulty all the rest of the game. And inevitably, Borja's team fell for it … but in a rather surprising way.
Indeed, after a two-time combination with Fran Garcia, Mbappé offered a magnificent free kick, indirect certainly, but so rare that it had to be noted (3-2, 76th). The Frenchman gave the advantage to his team in the most beautiful way and therefore allowed Real Madrid to return temporarily to FC Barcelona, which will face Girona tomorrow. Hoping for a misstep from Barça, Real Madrid will play a king's Cup semi-final against Real Sociedad next week.
