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Continuation of the 22nd day of Liga with Real Madrid who was moving on the lawn of Espanyol Barcelona, 18th in the ranking at the start. Carlo Ancelotti's training therefore had the opportunity to consolidate its place as a Liga leader while Atlético de Madrid, Dauphin, had managed to win a little earlier during the day. For the occasion, Casa Blanca appeared with a typical team and the Bellingham, Rodrygo, Vinicius, Mbappé in front. Tchouameni was still aligned with a role of central defender.
But the start of the meeting was far too exciting between the two teams. Real Madrid logically dominated debates in the face of a Catalan team in need of confidence. Vinicius Jr thought of opening the scoring shortly before half an hour of play, but his goal was canceled for a fault by Kylian Mbappé a few seconds before. In the wake of bad news, Antonio Rudiger was forced to give way after a muscle injury. So much for the information to remember from this first period.
Real Madrid falls
On the return from the locker room, the Madrid continued to push but stumbled on a very low block and which multiplied the faults to break the pace. Defender Carlos Romero could also have been excluded after a dangerous tackle from behind on Mbappé. But the referee surprisingly gave a yellow card. A decision that will have its importance for the rest of the match … If the Frenchman, who remained on the ground after this time, then illustrated with a few occasions, he always lacked precision in the last gesture.
For its part, Espanyol Barcelona was harmless and seemed to be satisfied with the draw point. Until this 85th minute. On a counterattack sheds light on and a precise center of the right side Omar El Hilali, it was … Carlos Romero who took up the leather at the second post and was courteous. The Spanish left side, who could have and had to be expelled in this match, therefore managed to offer victory to his team against the course of the game. A beautiful heist on the part of the Barcelona in front of a little inspired Real Madrid and with harmless stars. With this underperformance, Real remains the leader but sees Atlético returning to a point. Espanyol does the big operation and leaves the red zone.
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