The Real Madrid took advantage of this Saturday’s misstep of the leader of the Spanish league, the Atletico Madrid, who lost at home to Levante (8th) 2-0, three points behind the first placed, by winning in the field of Valladolid (19th and penultimate) 1-0, on matchday 24.
A little head of the very active attack Casemiro, in the 65th minute, he gave three valuable points to the second of the table, in a match in which the other white hero was the Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, putting him close to the Athleticalthough the rojiblanco team has one less game in addition to the three advantage points.
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The Valladolid He started with great enthusiasm and got clear chances in the first fifteen minutes, especially a shot in the area of the Swiss Saidy Janko in minute 6, which he managed to get rid of with difficulty with his body, Courtois.
Little by little the For real Madrid, and Mariano Díaz, the substitute for the injured Karim Benzema, scored two goals, which were canceled for offside.
The For real Madrid again had a clear chance with a Brazilian header Casemiro it went away, from the rest, but the marker didn’t move in those first 45 minutes.
Casemiro could put the benefit again For real Madrid in the first minutes of the second half, with another header that made me fall out.
But Courtois once again became his team’s savior when his French team-mate Ferland Mendy made a childish mistake trying to prevent a ball from going to a corner, with so little success that he made a cross into his own area, which the De Chilean Fabián Orellana, who finished at will, but found the good position of the Belgian goalkeeper.
But the third time would be over the charm Casemiro, who went wide after two heads, managed to make a good connection in the 65th minute when he finished a free kick by the German Toni Kroos in the 65th minute.
A hopeful goal after the Athletic admitted their second defeat of the season at LaLiga after losing 2-0 to Levante at home.
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The Colchoneros conceded the first goal in the 30th minute, scored by José Luis Morales, assisted by Brazilian Felipe de Almeida, who reversed the ball.
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With the lost game, the Athletic got the second in the discount, with Jorge De Frutos as the protagonist (90 + 5), who scored on an empty goal, as Slovenian goalkeeper Jan Oblak had come to finish a corner in a desperate attempt to equalize.
The rojiblanco team thus ends a series of eleven matches without a defeat in LaLiga.
On a good day for the teams from the capital of the Levantine region, Valencia (12th) defeated Celta 2-0 (10th), with two goals in discount, scored by Manu Vallejo (90 + 4) and Frenchman Kevin Gameiro (90 + 8).
ALIGNMENTS:
Valladolid: Masip; Luis Pérez, Joaquín, Bruno, Nacho; Alcaraz, Roque Mesa, Janko, Kike Pérez, Orellana; Guardiola.
Real Madrid: Courtois; Lucas, Nacho, Varane, Mendy; Casemiro, Kroos, Modric; Asensio, Vinícius and Mariano.