real Madrid He breathed a sigh of relief in the dying moments of Sunday’s game against Sports Clubwhen Federico Valverde scored in the detention time to keep the reigning champions at a moving distance first in the race for the title of the League.
The advance came in the 93 minute of a game in which whites were the best side, but sometimes it looked far from the best. Real Madrid accelerated the rhythm in the dying minutes of the game while the head goal of the head, which came spectacularly from Valverde. He received the ball in the corner of the penalty area and hit it in the volley from that distance, hitting it enough to send it to the bottom of the network to give his team victory.
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The reigning champions did not have Kylian Mbappe available for them through the suspension on Sunday, but the rest of their All-Star team began, including Vinicius Junior and Jude Bellingham. However, they joined a slow first half in which they took only one shot in the target and gathered only 0.25 expected goals of five total shots.
There was a considerable increase in shooting after rest, when Endrick arrived for Dani Ceballos While whites sought the goal of the advantage. They seemed to obtain the reward for their efforts in the 80th minute when Vinicius a nice It ends from short distance, but the goal was withdrawn after it was discovered that Endrick was in an offside position during the play. Nine minutes later, Bellingham hoped to win a penalty, and although the referee and crew contemplated for a moment, they finally ruled that the lack in question did not guarantee a patio.
Valverde’s goal finally assured that Real Madrid would end the week with a positive note, especially after a disappointing week. His unequal defeat against Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League meant that his trophies decreased from three potential titles to two this season, as well as exposed an imbalance in the team that was still present on Sunday. His imperfections were also a distinctive seal of his double gain season a year ago, although his amazing ability to obtain a victory even in unidal circumstances has sometimes disappeared this season. He returned on Sunday and could offer a crucial impulse to Real Madrid in the last weeks of the season, but they will have to maintain that impulse to at least keep the rhythm in the race for the title.
Real Madrid has a formidable opponent in BarcelonaThey have lost only a game in 2025 and are in the middle of a 29 -day stretch in which they will play nine games. Despite the congestion of the games that weigh a lot on the Hansi Flick side, they still achieved a wild return and an important 4-3 victory over Celta Vigo on Saturday to stay at the top of the race for the title of the League and keep their hopes of triple alive. They finish the weekend with a four -point advantage over Real Madrid with six games for the League game.
What follows?
An important lot of accessories mid -week in the League, where both Real Madrid and Barcelona will have the opportunity to bet their claim in the race for the title. Barcelona will play seventh place Majorca On Tuesday, while Real Madrid will face 12th place Getafe other. Then, the couple will face the last edition of El Classic on Saturday in the final of the Copa del Rey, which marks the first opportunity of both teams to collect the main cutlery this season.
