Real Madrid prepared to face Liverpool, England, with a difficult victory over Osasuna 2-0, on Saturday, in the twenty-second round of the Spanish Football League.
Uruguayan Federico Valverde scored the first goal in the 78th minute, and substitute Marco Asensio added the second (90 + 2), bringing the Royal Club to 51 points, five points behind leaders Barcelona, who receives Cadiz on Sunday.
This is Real Madrid’s second successive win in the league, following its clean quad once morest Elche in the middle of the week, which brought it back to the winning streak following the shocking fall once morest Real Mallorca.
French striker Karim Benzema missed the match to “rest him” before the match once morest Liverpool in the first leg of the Champions League final on Tuesday, according to what his Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti announced on Friday, in addition to the German Toni Kroos, who just recovered from the flu.
Brazilian Vinicius Junior returned following being absent from the previous match due to suspension, in addition to Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who missed the last two matches due to injury, and both started.