Real Madrid wins in Pamplona and caresses the League title
The Whites won 1-3 against a brave Osasuna who took them to the limit in a very exciting game.
Benzema was jinxed against Herrera: two missed penalties in just seven minutes.
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Real Madrid resolved another of the complicated clashes that remained, the visit to Osasuna, with great authority. The three points achieved by El Sadar mean that the League title is very, very close to being white. It could even arrive without playing if FC Barcelona does not win Real Sociedad this Thursday or Rayo Vallecano on Sunday.
The start was frantic. The Madridistas arrived euphoric after the latest results both in the Champions League, with qualification for the semi-finals, and in the league competition, with the comeback against Sevilla, but so was the Navarrese, with three consecutive victories. Thus, neither of them gave up looking for the goal, leaving a most colorful duel.
After a couple of arrivals, one per side, it was Madrid who struck first. A strategic play on a lateral free-kick took the ball to Benzema, who crossed to a David Alaba who shot from close range. Sergio Herrera deflected the Austrian defender's first shot as best he could, but couldn't with the second.
The red reaction was immediate, in the following action. Chimney won his back against the white defense on the right-wing and his center, low and very tense, was finished off by the enraged Ante Budimir at will.
Osasuna was not satisfied with having equalized and pressed Real Madrid, overwhelmed for many minutes. Budimir 'dunked' again, but this time offside, the goal did not go up on the scoreboard.
Real Madrid recovered in the final stretch of the clash and Alaba warned with a left-footed shot to which Herrera responded. It was before the second goal, which came after a fine pass from Camavinga that found Ceballos in the area. The Sevillian met the local goal, but Asensio caught the rebound and did not forgive without opposition.
Alaba's injury just before the break was the worst news for Real Madrid, even more so with Guardiola's City in less than a week.
He was able to sentence the white team as soon as the second half began, on two occasions. A clear hand from Chimy inside the area sent Benzema to eleven meters, but his shot stopped it, with a great stretch, Herrera. And a few minutes later, another penalty, this time on Rodrygo, repeated the scene. Again Karim threw it and again the red goalkeeper stopped it with a stop practically identical to the previous one, below and to his right.
It could have been two blows for Ancelotti's men, but it wasn't like that. Madrid's dominance was clear and forceful, and the strange thing was that the third did not fall. Ceballos tried with insistence, also a Benzema who did not have his day, and Camavinga with a long shot that went close to Sergio Herrera's post.
Arrasate moved the bench to look for a reaction, but without finding a way to do damage as he had done in the first half, and the clearest chances continued to be Real Madrid until the sentence came in the last minute of added time, from Lucas to a pass of Vinicius.
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- With Madrid counting the days to sing the alirón, Barça has no margin to exhaust its few options.
Without rest concerning matchday 32, matchday 33 of LaLiga arrives, where Real Madrid will seek to take another step towards the desired alirón. The white team has taken the victory of Sadar, after Atlético's puncture against Granada of the recently signed Aitor Karanka, with whom he did not pass the draw. Barcelona, amid a maelstrom and with Xavi questioned, has no choice but to beat Real Sociedad if it wants to continue with options.
Majorca 2-1 Alaves
Mallorca has defeated Deportivo Alavés 2-1 at the Son Moix stadium with goals from Abdón Prats from the Balearic Islands and Vedat Muriqi from Kosovar and provisionally leaves the relegation zone.
Mexican Javier Aguirre's team went ahead 2-0 on the scoreboard, but their own goal by their captain Antonio Raíllo with 15 minutes to go put the Victorians fully into the game.
Betis 0-1 Elche
A goal by José Antonio 'Tete' Morente in the 83rd minute gave Elche victory over Betis (0-1) at the Benito Villamarín on Tuesday, a result that almost certifies the Elche's permanence in the First Division after their triumph on the last day against Mallorca (3-0).
After the second half of clear Betician dominance, a play in the final stretch of the match has decided the duel in favor of the Alicante team despite the push of Chilean Manuel Pellegrini, who has put all their artillery on the field in search of the three points that will bring them closer to the Champions League positions.
Villarreal 2-0 Valencia
Villarreal clearly beat Valencia at La Cerámica (2-0). The team from Castellón cemented their victory in a great first half where they dominated as they pleased and scored both goals.
Danjuma became the best player of the locals and the great protagonist of the duel by scoring both goals. The first did it by converting a penalty at the hands of Jaume Costa, which they had to review in the VAR, and the second, after completing a counterattack and beating Cillesen low.
Atletico Madrid 0-0 Granada
Atlético and Granada drew 0-0 at the Wanda Metropolitano in a tense and ugly match due to how much was at stake, but in which neither was able to generate brilliant football or much danger, except for a ball from Cunha that hit the post in the minute 89.
After an even first half, Atlético once again took control of the match at the beginning of the second half, with shots from Griezmann and Correa, while Granada resisted in the first instance to scare the locals in the last part of the match, in which it came with everything open and alternatives for both.
Celtic 0-2 Getafe
Getafe took a giant step in its aspirations to continue next season in the First Division. The team led by Quique Sánchez Flores beat Celta after completely dominating the entire match.
Borja Mayoral became the star of the match by scoring the two zones goals, one in each half. In addition, the VAR annulled another goal against Enes Ünal in the second half due to the Turkish footballer from Getafe being offside.
Osasuna 1-3 Real Madrid
Real Madrid conquered El Sadar with goals in the first half from David Alaba and Marco Asensio, which left Osasuna's reaction to nothing after the draw signed by Ante Budimir, in a match dominated by the leader, who forgave two penalties missed by Karim Benzema before the sentence in the addition of Lucas Vázquez.
With rotations of Carlo Ancelotti and reserving players for the semifinals of the Champions League against Manchester City, Real Madrid achieved its fourth consecutive victory in LaLiga Santander to get closer to the mathematical conquest of the title. Alaba opened the scoring after 12 minutes taking advantage of a rebound and only a minute later Budimir leveled.
Marco Asensio appeared just before the break to sign his eleventh goal of the season, ninth in the league and beat his best goalscoring record since he arrived at Real Madrid. In the second half, Sergio Herrera saved two penalties from Karim Benzema and Lucas Vázquez put the finishing touch on the counterattack in added time
Controversy increases: they remove the disputed referee from Sevilla-Real Madrid for the next day of LaLiga
- Guillermo Cuadra Fernández was appointed to carry out the VAR and has been replaced.
The Arbitration Committee for Professional Competition (CACP) has decided to change the appointment of Guillermo Cuadra Fernández from the Balearic Islands as VAR for the Espanyol-Rayo Vallecano match, which will be played next Thursday at 7:00 p.m. on matchday 33 of the First Division.
As confirmed on Monday by the Technical Committee of Referees (CTA), the substitute for Cuadra Fernández will be the Castilian José Luis González González, who will join the refereeing team headed by the Valencian Antonio Mateu Lahoz.
Cuadra Fernández directed the matchday 32 Sevilla-Real Madrid match (2-3) last Sunday, in which his performance was questioned by both teams, since he did not admonish the Madridista Eduardo Camavinga for an action in which Martial was injured and that it would have been the second yellow card for the French footballer. Martial himself had to be substituted and his protests cost him a warning before leaving the field.
Real Madrid claimed a possible penalty from Diego Carlos for a handball in the area and strongly protested the referee's decision to annul a goal from the Brazilian Vinicius, which would have tied 2-2. The referee upheld his decision after reviewing the video of the play, in which the Madridistas insisted on the legality of the goal.
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