SPANISH LA LIGA
ROUND 26
REAL MADRID–SEVILLA 1–0 (0–0)
Madrid, Santiago Bernabéu Stadion, 74 969 viewer. Led by: Diaz de Mera (Fernández Buergo, 66.)
REAL MADRID: Lunyin – Lucas Vazquez, Nacho (Modric, 75.), Rüdiger, F. Mendy – Valverde, Kroos, Tchouaméni, Brahim Diaz (Ceballos, 90.) – Rodrigo (Alvaro Rodriguez, 90+4.), Vinicius Junior. Head coach: Carlo Ancelotti
SEVILLA: Nyland – Jesus Navas (Juanlu, 75.), Bade, Sergio Ramos, Kike Salas (Nianzou, 90+1.) Oliver Torres (Suso, 75.), B. Soumare, M. Sow, Ocampos (Januzaj, 90+). 1.) – En-Nesziri, I. Rosemary (Veliz, 75.). Head coach: Quique Sánchez Flores
Scorer: Modric (81.)
In the last Sunday match of the 26th round of the Spanish football championship, Real Madrid hosted Sevilla at home. The last time the visitors managed to win in the Spanish capital was in December 2008, and although they had finished their previous two league games without conceding a goal, that streak was unlikely to continue tonight.
The match started with a Sevilla situation, in the 8th minute Romero passed to En-Nisziri, but the Moroccan shot over the goal in a roaring situation. Two minutes later, the home team scored a goal, Lucas Vázquez shot into the bottom right corner following Vinícius’ lift. However, the referee used VAR to invalidate the goal due to an earlier foul. In the 39th minute, the net of Sevilla’s goal shook, but following Tchouaméni’s shot, the ball only landed in the side net. The half ended with Valverde’s cross, Nyland pushed the ball over the crossbar following the Uruguayan’s attempt.
The second half also started with an opportunity for Valverde, in the 49th minute, the Uruguayan hit the post. In the 52nd minute, Sevilla might have scored, but following Ocampos’ excellent outside pass, Romero’s shot was brilliantly saved by Lunyin. In the 60th minute, we witnessed an almost five-minute interruption of the game, as the referee of the meeting, Diaz de Mera, was injured. For the rest of the game, Fernández Buergo, the reserve referee until then, took his place. In the 75th minute, Carlo Ancelotti made a big move, sending him on the field Luka Modricot. In the 81st minute, the Croatian played a trick past Soumaré following the ball was passed, then shot into the bottom left corner from 19 meters. With the victory, Real Madrid strengthened its leading position at home. 1–0
SPANISH LA LIGA
ROUND 26, Sunday matches
Cádiz–Celta Vigo 2–2 (Juanmi 66., Machís 90+10., ill. Aspas 11., Swedberg 58.)
Real Betis–Athletic Bilbao 3–1 (Ávila 13., Berchiche 38. – own goal, J. Cardoso 67., or Guruzeta 45+7.)
Exhibited: Ni. Williams (Athletic, 40.)
Las Palmas–Osasuna 1–1 (Kirian Rodríguez 52., ill. Unai García 49.)
Real Madrid–Sevilla 1–0 (Modric 81.)
ON MONDAY
21.00: Girona–Rayo Vallecano (Tv: Player2)
THEY PLAYED ON SATURDAY
Almería–Atletico Madrid 2–2 (L. Romero 28., 64., ill. Á. Correa 2., De Paul 57.)
Barcelona–Getafe 4–0 (Raphinha 20., Joao Felix 53., F. de Jong 61., Fermin Lopez 90+2.)
Alavés–Mallorca 1–1 (Benavidez 76 and Nastaszic 88)
The Granada-Valencia match scheduled for 2 p.m. was postponed due to the fire in Valencia.
THEY PLAYED ON FRIDAY
Real Sociedad–Villarreal 1–3 (Merino 87., ill. Comesana 17., 47., Sörloth 90+5.)
1. Real Madrid26205154–16+38 65 2. Barcelona26176356–34+22 57 3. Girona25175354–32+22 56 4. Atlético Madrid26164652–28+24 52 5. Athletic Bilbao26147546–26+20 49 6. Betis261012431–2 6+5 42 7. Real Sociedad261010635–26+9 40 8. Valencia25106929–290 36 9. Las Palmas261061026–260 36 10. Getafe26810833–38–5 34 11. Osasuna26961130–37–7 33 12. Alavés26781125– 32–7 29 13. Villarreal26781138 –48–10 29 14. Rayo Vallecano255101022–33–11 25 15. Sevilla26591230–38–8 24 16. Mallorca264121023–34–11 24 17. Celta Vigo26491329–39–10 21 18. Cádiz262121217–37–20 18 19. Granada25281527 –49–22 14 20. Almería26–91725–54–29 9 THE JOB
