MADRID.- He real Madrid This Sunday recovered the second position of the Spanish League by imposing 2-0 on Girona, so he draws points with the leader Barcelonawith 54, and take one to Atlético, third.
Both Barça and Atlético had pressed the white team by winning on Saturday as visitors, against Las Palmas (2-0) and Valencia (3-0), respectively.
In this Sunday’s duel at the Bernabéu, the veteran Croatian Luka Modric (41) He opened the score with a whip and the Brazilian Vinicius (83), the most active shock player, certified the victory of the white team, which will face Wednesday with good sensations the first leg of the semifinals of the Copa del Rey against Real Sociedad in Anoeta.
Before the initial beep, the merengues followers protested with a thunderous whistle against the Federation for the arbitration controversies of the last weeks and against the president of the League, Javier Tebas, who declared a Spanish media that Real Madrid “is a Flor “
The moment occurred during the posate of the Real Madrid players next to the banner “respects the referee, respects football.”
Carlo Ancelotti’s pupils came out in Tromba since the beginning of the game with a Vinicius incursion, which was not precise, although it does incisive.
But the first fright of Míchel’s men. Arnau Martínez put in trouble the Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois in the 5th minute of the match. Frenchman Kylian Mbappé replied moments later, but Argentine goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga stopped the auction.
Goals
The Madrid players dominated possession until Modric controlled the ball on the front to throw a volley shot that sneaked through the squad near the break (41).
After the resumption, the Madrid team continued to show more craving for victory with a spectacular vinicius, which came to touch the second goal after his ball hit the crossbar with another whip in the 59th minute of the game.
In the last section, Mbappé leaked a perfect ball to the Brazilian to climb the second goal (83) to the electronic, in a play that evidenced the good understanding between the two Madrid stars.
