Real Madrid rose to the top of the Spanish Football League with a difficult victory over its host Getafe with an early goal by Brazilian defender Eder Militao, in the eighth stage of competitions, Saturday.
And the Royal Club raised its score to 22 points, hoping that Celta Vigo would do an unexpected service against its host Barcelona on Sunday.
And Real was satisfied with a 1-1 draw at home with Osasuna in the previous stage, opening the door for its Catalan rivals to take the lead last weekend for the first time in nearly two years after its victory over Real Mallorca.
The Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti, the French striker, Karim Benzema, was absent due to a “muscular problem”, knowing that he missed a decisive penalty kick against Osasuna with his return to the competitions after an absence of nearly a month due to injury.
He also participated in the victory over Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 midweek in the Champions League, but he did not train with the team on Friday after a new setback.
And the royal rushed to open the scoring with a Militao header in the third minute after a corner by Croatian Luka Modric.
The first half did not witness many opportunities, as Getafe did not take a shot on the goal, while Real Madrid waited until the 39th minute to shoot again through the Brazilian Rodrigo, who was 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 invoking the video assistant “VAR” because the ball crossed the touch line in the construction of the attack.
The Turkish Enis Unal hit between the three blocks for the hosts for the first time with the start of the second half, it was easy in the hands of the Ukrainian goalkeeper Andriy Lunin, the Belgian substitute Thibaut Courtois, who is still suffering from an injury, before he also later removed a strong ball from Carles Alenia and turned it into a corner.
The French Aurelian Chuamini shot from inside the area was saved by the Getafe goalkeeper.
And “VAR” canceled a goal for Rodrygo to sneak into the area after a ball he received from the Uruguayan Federico Valverde, who hit a powerful ball from outside the area and was blocked by the goalkeeper.
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Atletico Madrid recovered from its continental loss in the middle of the week, with a 2-1 victory over its guest Girona with the Argentine double Angel Correa.
The capital’s team advanced to fourth place, a point behind Real Betis, who is fifth, who beat Valladolid on Sunday.
Atlético entered the match after falling 2-0 against Club Brugge in Belgium on Tuesday in the Champions League to receive its second continental defeat for one win.
And Rojiblanco won its second successive local victory, after its victory over Seville 2-0 last week, after it fell against Real Madrid before two stages.
Frenchman Antoine Griezmann started after Barcelona coach Xavi confirmed that his club “told me that an agreement was reached” to convert the striker’s loan into a permanent transfer, adding, “But it is not official yet. If there is an agreement, it means that all parties are satisfied. I wish success. to the player.”
The Argentine coach, Diego Simeone, used the Frenchman most of the time from the bench, as Atletico tried to avoid activating the mandatory purchase clause in the initial deal.
Griezmann played a key role in Atlético’s first goal after he raised the ball, followed by Correa at the far post in the fifth minute.
And the Brazilian Matthews Konya could have doubled the result for the hosts, had it not been for goalkeeper Juan Carlos to save from close range.
However, Correa managed to do so with the start of the second half after he cut a wrong pass from the goalkeeper to put the ball into the net.
Rodrigo Riquelme, loaned to Girona from Atletico in particular, reduced the difference with a long shot that bounced off the opponent to continue to the goal.
And there were two chances for the visitors to equalize the score at an exciting end to the match, had it not been for the brilliance of Slovenian goalkeeper Jan Oblak to tackle Alice Garcia’s long ball before Uruguayan substitute Christian Stuani’s header bounced off the post.
Argentine coach Jorge Sampaoli began his new mission at the helm of the coaching staff of Seville, with a 1-1 draw with its third guest, Athletic Bilbao.
Sampaoli succeeded Spain’s Julen Lopetegui, who was sacked minutes after the resounding loss at home in the middle of the week 4-1 against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League, his second was a continental match against a draw.
The Andalusian team, which always competes in the advanced positions, also suffers locally, as it was satisfied with Lopetegui with a single victory against four defeats and two draws in La Liga.
At the Ramon Sanchez Bisjuan stadium, Oliver Torres opened the score for the hosts in the fourth minute, while Athletic scored the equalizer with a quarter of an hour before the end through Mikel Vesga.
And coach Ernesto Valverde’s team raised its score to 16 points in third place, compared to five points for Sevilla, the seventeenth.