Real Madrid celebrated a successful dress rehearsal for the quarter-final second leg in the Champions League at Chelsea. The Spanish football record champions won 2-0 (0-0) at FC Cadiz, but are still ten points behind arch-rivals FC Barcelona. The front-runners make a guest appearance at FC Getafe on Sunday (April 16, 2023).
Nacho (72′) and Marco Asensio (76′) scored for Madrid. At Real, national player Antonio Rüdiger was in the starting lineup, Toni Kroos was missing from the squad. Coach Carlo Ancelotti rested some regular players in view of Tuesday’s match in London. Real won the first leg 2-0.
Real Sociedad suffered a setback in the fight for Champions League qualification. The San Sebastian side suffered a 2-0 defeat at Athletic Bilbao but remain fourth on 51 points. However, the lead over fifth-placed Betis shrank to three points. Betis won 3-1 against Espanyol.