JWSport Jacek Waszak – Sport journalist
Real Madrid footballers for the 34th time in history, but for the first time they recovered after three years. Real has an amazing ending to La Liga.
In the 37th round of the Premier League they won with Villarreal 2:1 at home yesterday and have a seven point advantage over Barcelona before the last round. But the Catlonians already have some vice-championship of the country. After a sensational loss to Osasuna 1:2 yesterday Barcelona has a 10 point lead over Atletico Madrid.
The “Royal” team won all ten matches after a break due to the coronavirus pandemic, losing only four goals in them.
From the first minutes, the team led by Zinedine Zidane kept the ball longer and set the pace of the competition. The next attacks of the “Kings” were again and again going on the goal of Villarreal, but there were no clear-cut situations. One of the better ones was only Carvajal at the very beginning of the meeting, who tried to lobby his rival goalkeeper, but Sergio Asenjo did not let himself be surprised and caught the ball.
This is how we lived to see it in the 29th minute, the “Kings” managed to take the lead. Luka Modrić played to the right to Karim Benzema. The Frenchman calmly prepared his position for the shot and a flat blow, between the legs of Asenjo, he put the ball in the net.
Dot over and bet again the 77th minute was dictated by a penalty kick by the judge. In this way the Frenchman increased his score this season to 21 goals and only gave way to Argentinean Lionel Messie, who scored two more goals in Barcelona.
However, there was no shortage of emotions, as in the 83rd minute, after one of the few Villarreal actions, Iborra was hit by the net. Despite this, Real lasted till the end and finally defeated the visitors 2:1. Winning the match against Villarreal on Estadio Alfredo di Stefano sealed the win of the Royal “Spanish Championship”.
“We scored the most points, so we won. This is one of the best days of my career. I play a role, but it’s the players who fight on the field. We have a team of great personalities. I want to thank all the players. ” “It’s an incredible feeling. The performance of my players is impressive. Yes, the Champions League is the Champions League, but this title makes me happier than I was then. Celebrating with empty stands was pretty weird for everyone. We’d like to be with our fans on Cibeles, but we can’t. I’m sure the fans are happy in their homes. We did it for them.
The individual gave Zinédine Zidane to Sky Sport
The squeeze in the La Liga table reigned to about the 13th queue. After thirteen matches between the first team (FC Barcelona – 26 points, Real had the same number) and the fifth team (Realem Sociedad) there were only three points difference. With time the situation began to clarify. The “Pride of Catalonia” and “Royal” clearly took the lead and it became clear that despite the average start of both teams, once again the fight for the title will be decided between these clubs.
Real Madrid – Villarreal CF 2:1 (1:0)
Karim Benzema 29′, Karim Benzema (penalty kick) 77′, Vicente Iborra 83′.
Real Madrid: Thibaut Courtois – Dani Carvajal (84′ Lucas Vazquez), Raphael Varane, Sergio Ramos, Ferland Mendy – Luka Modrić (85′ Isco), Casemiro, Toni Kroos (85′ Fede Valverde) – Rodrygo (62′ Vinicius Junior), Karim Benzema, Eden Hazard (62′ Marco Asensio).
Villarreal: Sergio Asenjo – Ruben Pena (46′ Bruno Soriano), Mario Gaspar, Soufiane Chakla, Pau Torres, Xavier Quintilla – Samuel Chukwueze (46′ Javier Ontiveros), Manuel Morlanes (63′ Vicente Iborra), Andre Zambo Anguissa (82′ Manu Trigueros), Moi Gomez (63′ Santi Cazorla) – Gerard Moreno.
Yellow cards: Carvajal, Modrić and Isco (Real) and Chakla and Quintilla (Villarreal).
