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Real Madrid extends its advantage in the leadership of LaLiga
Matchday 33 of LaLiga continued this Wednesday at El Sadar where Osasuna (ninth in the standings) received Real Madrid in a match in which the 'merengues' won 1-3.
Ancelotti took advantage of the opportunity to make some rotations. In midfield he placed Camavinga, Ceballos and Valverde, while Benzema was in attack along with Rodrygo and Asensio. In defense were Nacho, Alaba, Militao and Lucas Vázquez.
The match began with several occasions from the locals through Budimir, disturbing Courtois's goal with some shots that went wide. The insistence of the Croatian striker was so great that Camavinga, in a tough tackle to try to stop him, earned a yellow card at minute 5. The Frenchman was conditioned for the rest of the game.
But at 7' the white team responded, in an individual action by Rodrygo who, starting from the left wing, reached the edge of the area where he took a powerful shot at the near post, but goalkeeper Sergio Herrera deflected it for a corner. However, the first goal of the match was for those led by Ancelotti and it happened at minute 12.
In a free kick down the left wing near the area, the white player took a short kick for Ceballos and he sent a long pass to the far post where Benzema arrived. The Frenchman passed it from first to the penalty spot where Alaba arrived who finished off and the goalkeeper stopped, but the rebound fell back to the Austrian who pushed it with his knee to make it 0-1.
In the same way, Osasuna reacted quickly, through an attack that started from Moncoyola from the center of the field and he sent a filtered pass to Ávila who came from the right wing and entered the area to the bottom line, taking a cross creeping for the Croatian striker to define an empty goal. Partial tie and only 13 minutes went.
At 32' Osasuna would go ahead, but the move was invalidated for offside. It started from a corner from the left that fell outside the area so that Ávila centered it at the near post, looking for a player to head it and thus it fell to Budimir near the small area, who sent it to the back of the net. The referee annulled the goal for illegal position.
Then, at minute 39, Madrid would try again and this time through Alaba who, from the edge of the area, launched a powerful shot to the left post, but goalkeeper Herrera deflected it to the left.
However, the second goal for the Whites would come in the 45th minute. Camavinga receives from the edge of the area and crosses to the near post for Ceballos to shoot first, but goalkeeper Herrera saves and rebounds towards the center where Asensio came from., who finishes off first by sending her to the bottom of the nets. 1-2 partial and at rest.
Alaba was substituted due to injury before the start of the second half. Carvajal entered for him, who was located on the left side and Nacho in central. In the first minutes, Osasuna would try to tie, but without reaching the white area with enough danger.
At minute 51, Benzema leaked a pass for Rodrygo to arrive at speed and he entered the area from the left near the baseline and dribbling Ávila who marked him and, in addition, he had swept, touched the ball with his hand and the referee did not hesitate to signal the maximum penalty.
Benzema was in charge of taking the penalty and shot it down and to the left, but goalkeeper Herrera stopped it. At minute 58, Rodrygo would re-enter the area through the center, but Nacho Vidal would knock him down, preventing him from a free shot. The referee returns to point out the maximum penalty.
The '9' of Madrid takes the ball again to collect the penalty and in doing so fails again. He throws it the same way, down and to the left, and Herrera stops it again. The score remained the same and Osasuna would try to equalize in the remaining minutes.
At minute 70, Ancelotti would change Ceballos for Kross and three minutes later he would put Isco in for Camavinga. Osasuna would also move the bench. Javi Martínez left and Oier entered. Brasanac was also replaced by Roberto Torres.
For its part, at 80', an object was thrown at goalkeeper Courtois from the stands and the referee decided to stop the match momentarily, until what was happening was announced from the megaphone, asking the public to stop throwing objects.
Two minutes later the game resumed and after 90 minutes the referee added six more. At that moment, Rodrygo was replaced by Vinicius. The Brazilian would have a chance at 90+4' when Isco sent him a pass from the Madrid area, appealing to his speed and he went hand-in-hand with the goalkeeper, but the shot went wide of the far post.
However, a minute later, Benzema launched a filtered pass for Vinicius to lead Madrid's counterattack from the left and, entering the area, he threw a pass for Lucas Vázquez to arrive and this crossed left-footed shot to convert the final 1-3.
This is the classification
With this victory, Real Madrid moved away from the lead with 78 points, waiting for Thursday's matches between Sevilla and Barcelona, who are currently 18 points behind (60 both), although Barcelona have one less game.
If Barcelona loses tomorrow and Sunday in their game against Rayo Vallecano, mathematically the meringues are proclaimed champions. Sevilla visits Levante tomorrow at the Ciudad de Valencia stadium, while the Catalans arrive at Anoeta to face Real Sociedad.
For its part, this Wednesday Atlético de Madrid also received Granada at the Wanda Metropolitano in a match that was tied without goals. The team led by 'Cholo' Simeone with this result reached 61 points and are currently second in the table.
Similarly, Celta received Getafe in Bailados in a match where they lost 0-2. Both goals were scored by Borja Mayoral at minute 23 and at 51'. With this result, the 'azulones' reach 14th place with 35 points, while the sky-blue team remains in eleventh position with 39 units.
