Liga: Real Madrid hooked by Bétis before finding Dortmund in the C1 final

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The end of the season is approaching for Real Madrid. Before heading to Wembley to play the Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund scheduled for next Saturday, the Madrid club had a final battle to fight in the league against Real Bétis. If the stakes surrounding this meeting were anything for the Merengue team, crowned champion of Spain for the 36th time in its history, Carlo Ancelotti nevertheless brought out the heavy artillery, as evidenced by the presence in the starting eleven of Bellingham, Kroos – for his last in La Liga -, Vinicius Jr or even de Courtois, preferred to Lunin to defend the Madrid cages.

Faced with a Sevilla team with revenge after their defeat last week against Real Sociedad, Real Madrid struggled to make a difference and even thought they were trailing before the break. Finally, the VAR decided otherwise by refusing Cardoso’s goal, lying in wait for a boxed ball from Courtois, for an offside position by one of his teammates in the action (39th). Returning from the locker room, the two teams went blow for blow, Vinicius Jr responding to Perez without achieving the expected success (51st, 52nd). While Real Madrid insisted via Bellingham, author of a powerful strike blocked by Vieites (56th), Miranda subsequently forced Courtois to work to repel the Spaniard’s shot (61st). Jostled by an enterprising Andalusian team, Real Madrid settled for a goalless draw at the Santiago Bernabéu. Despite everything, the White House finished the season being the only team in La Liga to have never lost at home.

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