Liga: Real Madrid and Bellingham completely overturn Barça and fly towards the title!

The La Liga title race may have reached a decisive turning point this evening. Leader with eight points ahead of its runner-up and historic rival, FC Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid welcomed the Blaugrana this Sunday with the objective of maintaining or increasing its lead over the Catalans. Barça, for its part, wanted to continue to vibrate at the end of the season by returning to five points six days before the end of the championship. For this part, the Merengues opted for their classic 4-4-2 diamond with a few tweaks. Lucas Vazquez, Aurélien Tchouaméni and Eduardo Camavinga accompanied Antonio Rüdiger in defense when Luka Modric started in midfield. For the Blaugranas, it was classic except in the midfield where Pedri started on the bench for the benefit of Andreas Christensen. And this decision from Xavi paid off quickly. On a corner kicked on the right side by Raphinha, Andriy Lunin completely missed his exit and thus offered Andreas Christensen the opportunity to score. The Dane was quick to head into the empty net (1-0, 6th). Surprised, Real Madrid did not wait long to react. Well found by Luka Modric, Vinicius Junior fired but couldn’t find the target (8th). The Merengues exploited the lanes well and Lucas Vazquez on the right side managed to maliciously obtain a penalty at the expense of Pau Cubarsi (17th). Without trembling, Vinicius Junior took charge of transforming the sentence with a heavy strike into the right corner which left Marc-André ter Stegen unmoved (1-1, 18th). In the process, Robert Lewandowski headed a corner hit on the left without managing to hit the target (25th).

A few minutes later, a new corner hit by Raphinha on the right brought further danger in favor of FC Barcelona. Andriy Lunin pushed the ball away in a hurry (28th) and one question remained: did he completely cross the line? As Goal-line technology is not installed in Spain, video refereeing was used without achieving a convincing result. The goal was not awarded and the match resumed with FC Barcelona pushing to regain the advantage. At the end of the first period, the Catalans also suffered a hard blow since Frenkie de Jong left on a stretcher and made way for Pedri (45th +7). Returning from the locker room, Lamine Yamal tested Andriy Lunin (46th) before Jude Bellingham missed the target (50th). Xavi decided to make changes by removing Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha for Joao Félix and Ferran Torres. And the latter was going to eat the sheet quickly by negotiating a counter badly and crossing his shot too much alone against the goalkeeper (67th). While the match remained very tense, it was ultimately FC Barcelona who took the lead. With a heel, Ferran Torres bothered Andriy Lunin who missed his intervention. Fermin Lopez lurked and went to score (2-1, 69th). But once again, Real Madrid reacted quickly. On a strong cross from Vinicius Junior on the left, Lucas Vazquez arrived at the far post to score with a volley (2-2, 73rd). The match accelerated and Real Madrid had some possibilities via Aurélien Tchouaméni (76th) and Vinicius Junior (78th). And Madrid’s efforts were rewarded at the end of the match with a goal on Bellingham’s gong, well found by Lucas Vazquez on the left of the area (3-2, 90th +1). A victory in the Clàsico for Real Madrid which increases its lead to eleven points over its rival with six days remaining. The title is getting closer in La Liga for the Merengues.