Ancelotti’s team goes even below the third last in the standings, but overturns the match and momentarily reaches the Blaugrana. Atletico makes 1-1 in the Espanyol house and slips to -6
Real Madrid beats Leganes 3-2, Atletico Madrid equalizes 1-1 in Barcelona with Espanyol and Liga seems inexorably transformed into a two-way race. Waiting for Barça-Girona tomorrow afternoon this is the ranking 9 days from the end: Barcelona and Real 63, Atletico 57.
Two episodes
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At Bernabeu, Real struggled terribly to beat Leganes, newly promoted and third -last, in a game heavily marked by the bad evening of the referee Gonzales Fuertes, a whistle not new to performance widely under the sufficiency. The “League” is right, rightly, the penalty of the 1-0 of Madrid and the foul that led to the 3-2 final. In the middle, many other errors that have affected the two teams.
penalty …
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Ancelotti without courtois left the South American Vinicius, Rodrygo and Valverde on the bench. Madrid started strong, Dmitrovic made a great parade on Mbappé but was unable to stop the tablespoon of the Frenchman who in 32 ‘transformed the highly contested rigor whistled for an alleged foul of Oscar on Arda Guler.
… and come back
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Time 8 minutes and Madrid found himself incredibly chasing. A handful of seconds for the draw of Leganes, signed by Diego Garcia after a great gallop by Rosier and a touch of Oscar with rebound on Lucas Vazquez. Defense of the collective sleeping Madrid, and the same shortly after when on a lost ball of Brahim the “League” starts a quick transition with the assist by Javi Hernandez in Raba. Male Asencio, absent Lucas Vazquez.
the decisive foul
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At the beginning of the recovery Madrid scored after 92 seconds in an overwhelming action: Dmitrovic’s miracle on Bellingham, a providential Tapia by deviating on the crossbar a shot by Brahim rebound for the same Jude and draw. Followed by a new huge opportunity wasted by Diego Garcia and a Palo of Brahim in an indomitable match. Ancelotti entered Vinicius and Rodrygo for Brahim (OK) and Arda Guler (Male). But it was another mistake of the referee, who punished a clean entry of Tapia on Rodrygo with a foul and a yellow
as a Christian
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On the kick placed touch by Fran García for Mbappé and the French network: there are 22 in Liga, -1 from Lewandowski, 18 in 2025 in the various competitions, 33 in the season like Cristiano Ronaldo at the end of his first year in Blanco, even if the Portuguese played 35 games and Mbappé is already 45. The game remained alive, Munir had the ball on the head and the Madrid fire until the end, without burning.
Adios alla Liga
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In Barcelona, Atletico took the lead but he had the Espanyol reassembled: 1-1 and just 9 out of 21 points in the last 7 of Liga for the Colchoneros who in this cursed spring also lost the Champions League in the derby with Madrid decided by the famous two touches by Julian Alvarez. In Cornellá on the day of the primacy of Antoine Griezmann, a foreigner with multiple games in Liga, 521 between Real Sociedad, Atletico and Barça, one more than Leo Messi, at 38 ‘the advantage of Atletico with Azpilicueta. Magnificent right on the fly from the edge of Kumbulla rejected to sign his first goal in Liga at 35 and a half years old and after 133 games.
wretched penalty
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In the second half Lenglet retained as evident as it is unfortunate Cabrera in the area causing a penalty transformed by the captain “Périco” Puado (71 ‘). Match that went out like the hopes of the title of Atletico, even if the Cholo and his men say they will surrender only in front of arithmetic.
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