Spanish Championship Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema’s master in a duel against Barcelona’s Espanyol allowed the club to gain an even bigger advantage over its direct rival Barcelona.
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“Real” won “Espanyol” with the result 1: 0 (1: 0), which is likely to leave the strongest championship in Spain after the end of this season.
Both teams started the game actively, creating a dangerous moment for the “Espanyol” unit as well. Serhio Ramos and Kasemiro were close to putting the equalizer away after 80 minutes as the opposing defense lost control of the ball to in a scuffle. A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from Djego Lopess after 45 minutes, and prevented Real from going up another goal.
In the last minute of the first half, Benzema was in the penalty area with the ball, who did not waste time and played the jumping ball with his heel Kasemiro, the Brazilian reaching 1: 0 from a close distance.
“It was a beautiful pass, but most importantly, Kasemiro was infallible,” Benzema said after an important victory. “We only focus on our games, because each is important. Today we scored three points.”
At the helm of Espanyol, head coach Francisco Rufete made his debut on Sunday, replacing Abelardo Fernandes, who was fired on Friday. The team has changed coaches three times this year.
It has already been reported that the tandem of Spanish football chain Barcelona attack leaders Lionel Messi and Luis Svarez on Saturday in the 32nd round of the local championship did not save the Catalan club from losing important points shortly before the end of the season. “Barcelona” guests played 2: 2 (1: 0) with Vigo “Celta”, which can be found at the bottom of the tournament table.
With Sunday’s success, Real has already two points behind Barcelona in the tournament table. The Barcelona have six games left to make adjustments to the tournament table.
Barcelona also do not have the same number of points, because Real have a better balance in mutual matches.
With 71 points in 32 games, Real Madrid takes first place, two points ahead of Barcelona. Atletico Madrid and Sevilla follow with points 58 and 54 respectively. Villarreal finishes the top five with 51 points, followed by Getafe with 31 points.
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