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Real Madrid wins and maintains its lead
This Saturday Real Madrid and Getafe met at the Santiago Bernabéu for matchday 31 of LaLiga. The home side won the game with a final score of 2-0 and remain 12 points ahead of Sevilla, which is currently second.
The meeting began with some news in the white line-up. Ancelotti rested Mendy and Dani Carvajal and this time placed Marcelo (captain) and Lucas Vázquez on the wings. He also placed Valverde and Camavinga in midfield alongside Casemiro and left Modric and Toni Kross on the bench.
As forwards were the usual Benzema and Vinicius along with Rodrygo. The game began with white dominance and constant attacking chances, however, many of them without disturbing the goal defended by Soria.
Quickly, at minute 3, Benzema scored a goal after a long-distance pass that fell to Rodrygo near the area and he gave it to the Frenchman to score, but the '9' was clearly offside and did not increase the marker.
At minute 8 the first clear Madrid would take place and this time through Marcelo. The play came after a corner clearance by the Getafe defense and the Whites' captain waited for it and hit it with a right volley, but the ball went straight into the hands of Soria who saved in two halves.
At 14 'the local team had another clear. Lucas Vázquez received down the right wing and dribbled past the defender entering the area, daring to hit him with his left foot, but the ball hit the side of the net.
At 18' Valverde almost scored the first. The play occurred with a center to the area from the right and the ball fell to the Uruguayan who was unmarked, who decided to hit it with a volley. The ball bounced and went to the right corner, but Soria deflected it, preventing them from hitting their goal.
A minute later, the one who would lead the attack would be Vinicius, who received a pass down the left wing and dribbled past the 'azulón' defender, passed the ball through the center of his legs and entered the area to decide to hit the goal directly, but the ball was saved without problems, again, by the visiting goalkeeper.
However, the first goal would come at minute 38, when Vinicius once again led the white attack and this time from the left and raised a cross into the area with the outside of his right foot, Benzema jumped to head in, but he did not reach, which he did It was Casemiro who scored the first goal of the game with a header.
With that score they would go to rest, but before that, at 42', Casemiro committed a foul that cost him a yellow card and due to this warning he will not be able to be in the game against Sevilla next Sunday, April 17. Valverde, a minute later, also got a yellow card for a strong tackle on Villar.
Before the start of the second half, the Getafe coach changed Aleñá and Mayoral for Óscar and Sandro. In the first few minutes, the visiting team tried to lead several attacking moves, but without disturbing the goal defended by Courtois. Marcelo, at 57', took a powerful shot that hit the side of the net.
At 64' Madrid had a clear one again. This time it was Rodrygo who gave it to Valverde and the Uruguayan fired a powerful shot that skimmed the post. However, at 68' the play of the second goal would take place. Vázquez passed it to Rodrygo who, entering the area from the right wing, passed it to the Galician and he hit him with his left foot, placing it on the left post.
That was the last goal of the match, after that Militao had a chance where he headed a ball after a corner and went very close. At minute 74' Bale and Ceballos enter for Benzema and Casemiro. The Welshman was greeted with a big whistle from the crowd, but the player responded with laughter.
The last of the game was for Getafe, after a pass that appealed to Ünal's speed that was marked by Militao, but he took a powerful shot that hit the left post and went. Getafe almost scored the discount, but the game ended with a score of 2-0 in favor of Real Madrid.
With this victory the white team reaches 72 points and Sevilla 60 units with the victory this Friday. Barcelona will play this Sunday against Levante in Valencia.
Atlético lost, Villarreal tied and Betis won
For its part, other games were held this Saturday. Atlético de Madrid visited Palma de Mallorca at the Son Moix stadium and lost by the minimum.
Those led by 'Cholo' Simeone played a bad game in which they did not create much danger in the area defended by goalkeeper Sergio Rico. The best chances were for the locals and at minute 67, Reinildo stepped on Maffeo inside the area and the referee did not hesitate to award a penalty and give the mattress player the yellow card.
Muriqi charges from the eleven steps directly to the right corner, Oblak guessed the trajectory, but was unable to deflect it. Final 1-0 and Mallorca keeps the three points. Atlético, meanwhile, is left with 57 points, the same as Barcelona that plays tomorrow and Betis, with today's victory, reached 56 units.
Precisely, Betis visited the Nuevo Mirandilla Stadium to face Cádiz in a tough match that began losing, but then ended up coming back to win with a final score of 1-2.
The goals were scored by Iván Alejo at minute 58 by the locals, while Cristian Tello at 78' and Borja Iglesias at 85' from a penalty sealed the comeback for the Verdiblanco team, which is entrenched in fifth position in the table, in the Europa League, together with Real Sociedad, which is sixth with 51 points and which plays this Sunday against Elche.
In the same way, Villarreal tied at one goal with Athletic Bilbao at the Estadio de la Cerámica. It was a very complicated game for the locals who started losing at the end of the first half with a goal from Raúl García at minute 43.
However, in the second half the 'yellow submarine' tied the game at minute 60 through Alfonso Pedraza, after a great action with many passes and the player ended up defining the far post.
With this tie, Unai Emery's men remain in seventh position with 46 points, while 'the lions' are eighth with 45. This was a duel of direct rivals.
