Real Madrid, the defending champions, returned to the winning streak in the Spanish Football League, before its London trip on Tuesday to face Chelsea in the second leg of the Champions League final, by defeating its host Cadiz 2-0 on Saturday in the 29th stage of the competition.
And in light of Barcelona’s departure in the lead and its march towards winning the title for the first time since 2019, by moving away by 10 points from its rival before its Sunday match with its host Getafe, Real Madrid wrestles with its neighbor Atletico for the runner-up, and it moved away from the latter by 5 points temporarily following compensating for its fall in the last stage once morest Villarreal at home 2-3.
Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti’s team prepared well for its match at “Stamford Bridge”, where it will try to build on its victory in Madrid, with the double of Frenchman Karim Benzema and Marco Asisnio, in order to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League and continue the campaign to defend its continental title.
In the absence of Brazilian Vinicius Jr. and German Toni Kroos due to two minor injuries and Croatian Luka Modric sitting on the bench, Real dominated its match with Cadiz, who had not defeated the royal club in the league among its fans since 1991 (1-0).
Nacho opened the scoring for Real Madrid in the second half, thanks to a shot he fired from outside the area into the net following a pass from Frenchman Aurelien Choameni in the 74th minute, before Marco Asensio secured the three points with a second goal with a shot from inside the area following a pass from Uruguayan Federico Valverde in the 76th minute.
In another meeting, Valladolid braked its host Villarreal, who is fighting for a qualifying position in the European Champions League, by dropping it in its stronghold 2-1 with a Moroccan double.
The “Yellow Submarines” team entered the meeting with its guest, who is struggling to get away from the relegation zone, on the back of 3 consecutive victories, including two at the expense of Real Sociedad 2-0, and Real Madrid, and without defeat for 6 consecutive stages.
However, Valladolid surprised him from the start of the match when he opened the scoring in the second minute with a goal by Moroccan Salim Amlah, who was also behind the second goal by passing the ball to his compatriot Jawad Al-Yamiq following a counterattack in the 34th minute.
Coach Quique Setien’s team waited until the 74th minute to return to the atmosphere of the match, with a goal for French substitute Etienne Capouet.
Real Betis was the biggest beneficiary of the fall of Villarreal and Real Sociedad, as it snatched fifth place from the first and became 3 points away from the second, following returning to the path of victories that it deviated from in the past two stages, by defeating its guest Espanyol 3-1.