Liga, Real Ko 1-0 with Espanyol. Atletico wins and is at -1

Surprise in Barcelona, ​​party in Madrid. The Espanyol leaves the relegation zone by beating Real Madrid 1-0 which now has only one point of advantage over Atletico, which to the Metropolitan has beaten the Majorca 2-0. And next Saturday at Bernabeu there is the derby between Ancelotti and Simeone. Barcelona also breathes, which is at -7 from Real but which today can almost halve the detachment by playing at home against Alaves.

controversy

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In Cornellà surprise and controversy: he decided a goal on the counterattack by Carlos Romero in the 85th minute, but the Espanyol player could be expelled in the 71st minute for an entry on Mbappé very launched that the referee judged as a warning without being recalled From the Var. And the bad news for Ancelotti did not end there. Time a quarter of an hour and Rudiger sits on the grass and asks for the gearbox: he had taken the field with a showy bandage to the left thigh but the problem is on the right one and obviously for Ancelotti it is defensive red alarm since he has already lost Carvajal and Militao for the entire season (and Camavinga for a while). Instead of the former Romanist, Alaba did not enter, looking for minutes after 13 months of inactivity, but Asencio. And the quartet Lucas Vazquez, Tchouameni, Asencio, Fran Garcia is not exactly of the highest level, but Florentino said before Christmas to Ancelotti not to expect gifts from the market. It seems difficult to change your mind with the closure set for tomorrow. Madrid, who in Liga away marked by 31 games, after a gray first half in the second half dominated and was unlucky in the long siege: Pali di Mbappé and Rodrygo, three great parades of Joan Garcia, Man of the Match. However, it is clear that Ancelotti’s team is split in two, just as the discomfort of Vinicius is clear, after returning after two days of disqualification in Liga and one in the Champions League. Carlo put it on his favorite clods, those of the left that Mbappé and Rodrygo likes so much, and wines has not combined anything.

anniversary

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In Madrid afternoon of memory and celebration to the metropolitan: eleventh anniversary of the disappearance of Luis Aragones, father of Atletico Madrid, and 500 Liga benches for Diego Simeone, ninth in the all-time ranking of the Liga but only one-club Man. The Cholo lined up Sorloth for Griezmann and Koke for the disqualified De Paul and found the victory goal in the 26th minute: the Normand steals the ball in Muriqi and the sphere arrives in Giuliano Simeone, a brilliant conduction as the cut for Samu Lino who with a Magnificent diagonal Brucia Greif. Before the break, the goalkeeper of Majorca makes a half miracle on Giuliano Simeone. In the second half the Normand remedied a heavy yellow that will make him lose the derby and Sergi Derder hit the crossbar twice, the first with a cross the second on punishment with a decisive intervention of Jan Oblak. Atletico sought a spectacular goal with a great volée from the edge of Pablo Barrios on the corner of Griezmann, in turn hit the crossbar with a magnificent kick placed by ‘Roro’ Riquelme entered for Samu Lino. In recovery Riquelme himself launched Griezmann behind the opposing defense and the Frenchman passed Greif with a wonderful 20 -meter running lob. Colchoneros resume their race in Liga after remedying only one point out of 6 in the last 2 days.