Faced with the very good shape of FC Barcelona, Real Madrid had to win at the Benito Villamarín stadium to put pressure on its eternal rival on this 26th day of Liga. In the absence of Bellingham, suspended, Carlo Ancelotti trusted Brahim Diaz, in support of Mbappé and Vinicius, while Real Betis, invigorated since the arrival of Antony in the winter transfer window, was keen to win in European places.
Well entered their match, the Merengues quickly confiscated the ball at the start of the match and walked quietly into the opposing camp. On the first frank occasion, Mbappé delivered a wonder from outside the foot to launch Ferland Mendy, who used Brahim intelligently for the opening of the score (1-0, 10th). But Real Madrid released again after opening the scoring and left the Beticos accentuating the pressure. On a well-played corner, Johnny equalized the head, well helped by the fault of the hand of Courtois (1-1, 34th).
Real Madrid has released
In great defensive difficulty, Real Madrid failed to concede a new goal on corner and forced courteous to release the big game, after a deviation from Tchouaméni (45th+1). Things did not work out in the second half, like a Rüdiger-Alaba hinge without a benchmark. The German also conceded the penalty, after a fault on Jesus Rodriguez… well converted by Isco, the former Merengue (2-1, 54th). What worry, while Cucho was only a few centimeters to increase the score (67th).
Time was marched on the stopwatch and it worried Carlo Ancelotti because of the helplessness of his team. Malmed, the Merengues only waited until the last five minutes to finally try to speed up. In vain, since the Andalusian defense will have held perfectly and has a major success, allowing him to return to 6th place before facing Las Palmas. For its part, Real Madrid performs the wrong operation and is not immune to losing its place as a leader in the event of a barça victory this weekend, and even to go to 3rd place in the ranking in the event of the success of Atlético de Madrid, its next opponent in the Champions League.
