Real Madrid climbed to the top of the Spanish football league with a tough win over host Getafe with an opening goal from Brazilian defender Eder Militao in the eighth stage of competition on Saturday.
And the Royal Club raised the score to 22 points, hoping that Celta Vigo would deliver an unexpected serve against their host Barcelona on Sunday.
And Real were pleased with their 1-1 home draw against Osasuna in the previous round, opening the doors to their Catalan rivals to take the lead last weekend for the first time in nearly two years since their victory over Real Mallorca. .
The Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti, the French striker Karim Benzema, was absent with a “muscle problem”, knowing that he missed a decisive penalty kick against Osasuna on his return to competition after an absence of almost a month due to injury .
He also participated in the 2-1 midweek victory over Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League, but did not train with the team on Friday after a new setback.
The royal rushed to open the scoring with a header by Militao in the 3 ‘from a corner by Croatian Luka Modric.
The first half did not see many chances, as Getafe did not shoot on goal, while Real Madrid waited until the 39th minute to shoot again with the Brazilian Rodrigo, saved by the goalkeeper.
The referee awarded a penalty kick in favor of the other Brazilian, Vinicius, after he was obstructed, before canceling it after calling the video assistant “VAR” because the ball crossed the sideline in the construction of the attack. .
Turkey’s Enis Unal struck for the first time between the three walls for the hosts at the start of the second half, it was easy in the hands of Ukrainian goalkeeper Andriy Lunin, of Belgian substitute Thibaut Courtois, still injured, before also taking away a strong ball by Carles Alenia and turn it into a corner.
Frenchman Aurelian Chuamini, a shot from inside the area, was saved by the Getafe goalkeeper.
And the “VAR” cancels a goal for Rodrygo who sneaks into the area after a ball received by the Uruguayan Federico Valverde, who hits a powerful ball from outside the area and is blocked by the goalkeeper.
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Atletico Madrid recovered from their continental defeat midweek, with a 2-1 win over their host Girona with Argentina brace Angel Correa.
The team from the capital moved up to fourth place, one point behind Real Betis, fifth, who beat Valladolid on Sunday.
Atlético entered the game after falling 2-0 to Belgium’s Club Brugge on Tuesday in the Champions League, claiming their second continental defeat for a win.
And Rojiblanco won his second consecutive local win, following a 2-0 win over Sevilla last week, after falling to Real Madrid before two rounds.
Frenchman Antoine Griezmann started after Barcelona manager Xavi confirmed that his club “told me an agreement has been reached” to convert the striker’s loan into a permanent transfer, adding: “But it’s not yet official. If there is an agreement, it means that all parties are satisfied. I wish the player success. “
The Argentine coach, Diego Simeone, used the Frenchman most of the time from the bench, while Atletico tried to avoid activating the mandatory redemption clause in the initial negotiation.
Griezmann played a key role in Atlético’s first goal after lifting the ball, followed by Correa at the far post in the fifth minute.
And Brazilian Matthews Konya could have doubled the result for the hosts, had it not been goalkeeper Juan Carlos who saved from close range.
However, Correa succeeds at the beginning of the second half after cutting a wrong pass by the goalkeeper to put the ball in the net.
Rodrigo Riquelme, particularly on loan to Girona from Atletico, reduces the difference with a long-range shot that bounces off the opponent to continue on goal.
And there were two chances for the visitors to equalize the score in a thrilling finale, were it not for the genius of Slovenian goalkeeper Jan Oblak to take on Alice Garcia’s long ball before Uruguayan substitute Christian’s header. Stuani bounced off the post.
Argentine coach Jorge Sampaoli began his new mission at the helm of Sevilla coaching staff, drawing 1-1 with his third host, Athletic Bilbao.
Sampaoli succeeded Spaniard Julen Lopetegui, sacked minutes after a resounding 4-1 midweek home defeat to Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League, his second being a continental match against a draw.
The Andalusian team also suffers locally, always competing in the advanced positions, contenting themselves with Lopetegui with only one victory against four defeats and two draws in La Liga.
At the Ramon Sanchez Bisjuan stadium, Oliver Torres opened the scoring for the hosts in the fourth minute, while Athletic equalized a quarter of an hour before the end with Mikel Vesga.
And the team of coach Ernesto Valverde raised the score to 16 points in third place, against five points for Sevilla, seventeenth.
