Villarreal offered a return to earth for Real Madrid. At the Santiago-Bernabéu, the Amarillos won a prestigious success on Real’s lawn following a spectacular match (2-3). Scorer of a double, Samuel Chukweze was the great architect of visitor success, built through sharp actions and a share of success. With this sixth consecutive match without defeat in the league (four wins and two draws), the team led by Quique Sétien offers FC Barcelona the opportunity to take a fifteen-point lead over their Madrid runner-up ten days before the end of this Liga 2022. -2023. For that, Barça will have to win once morest Girona.
Ligue 1
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We were waiting for Karim Benzema, it will finally be Chukweze. On Saturday night in Madrid, the 2022 Ballon d’Or had the chance to match legend Hugo Sanchez in number of goals scored in Spanish La Liga history. But in fact, KB9’s counter remained stuck at 233. Worse: Real bowed in its case and did not fill up with confidence before receiving Chelsea in the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League . Whose fault is it ? In Villarreal, a team full of offensive will and clever enough to neutralize the main dangers of the White House. Best symbol of the defensive pugnacity of the Valencian collective, Juan Foyth made a tight marking on the elusive Vinicius.
Samuel Chukwueze celebrates a goal
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Great goal from Chukweze
Throughout the match, the Brazilian appeared as the major danger in the merengue attack. It is also on his left side that the opener arrived, Pau Torres sent the ball in spite of himself into his own net (16th, 1-0). Voluntary but barred by a Thibaut Courtois in line with his last outings, Villarreal finally found a way to equalize thanks to a fake body and a precise shot from Chukweze (39th, 1-1). Held in check at the break, Real got back on track thanks to Vinicius (48th, 2-1), solo scorer. Los Blancos then missed the break point when the Brazilian spoiled a Benzema offering (54th).
Still in the match, the semi-finalist of the last C1 managed to equalize thanks to José Luis Morales following a cross from … Chukweze (70th, 2-2). And when arriving in the final stretch, the Nigerian gave his team the advantage on the scoreboard with a sumptuous left-footed curling shot into the opposite corner (80th, 2-3). No Villarreal player had scored two goals at the Santiago-Bernabéu since a certain Diego Forlán in May 2006. In added time, Marco Asensio missed the equalizer by sending the last chance free kick over (97th) . Fifth tonight, Villarreal remain four points behind Real Sociedad. For its part, Barça is indirectly approaching the title of champion of Spain …
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