Real Madrid widen the gap, Barcelona…

KOMPAS.com – Real Madrid as the leader of the LaLiga standings, the highest caste of the Spanish League, for the 2021-2022 season, managed to widen the distance over their closest competitor, Sevilla.

Los Blancos, nicknamed Real Madrid, are now more comfortable at the top of the Spanish League standings with an eight-point advantage over Sevilla who are in second place.

This situation cannot be separated from the results achieved by Real Madrid in the 27th week of the Spanish League season 2021-2022.

In the 27th week of the Spanish League, Real Madrid hosted Real Sociedad at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Sunday (6/3/2022) early morning WIB.

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Real Madrid won the match 4-1 thanks to goals from Eduardo Camavinga (40′), Luka Modric (43′), Karim Benzema (76′-penalty) and Marco Asensio (79′).

The four goals confirmed the rise of Real Madrid, who had fallen behind due to a penalty from Real Sociedad’s mainstay, Mikel Oyarzabal, in the 10th minute.

Thanks to the victory over Real Sociedad, Los Blancos now lead the standings with a collection of 63 points from 27 matches. They have a history of 19 wins, six draws and two losses.

Karim Benzema et al widened the distance from Sevilla, who failed to pick full points in the opening match of the 27th week of the Spanish League against Alaves, Saturday (5/3/2022).

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Sevilla was deadlocked when they played the match which took place at the Mendizorrotza Stadium. They had to settle for ending the match with a score of glasses aka 0-0.

As a result, Sevilla was stuck in second place in the Spanish League standings with a collection of 55 points from 27 matches.

When Real Madrid managed to widen the distance over Sevilla, Barcelona had the opportunity to move up to the top three of the Spanish League standings.

Currently, Barcelona is in fourth place with 45 points from 25 matches. They are only one point behind Real Betis who are ranked third.

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The difference in one point is what opens Barcelona’s opportunity to move up to the top three of the Spanish League standings.

Barcelona’s opportunity is fairly large, considering that they will face a mid-table club, Elche, in the 27th week of the week, Sunday (6/3/2022) night WIB.

Meanwhile, Real Betis, whose position is threatened by Barcelona, ​​is scheduled to meet a formidable opponent, namely Atletico Madrid, on Monday (7/3/2022) early morning WIB.

Barcelona will move up to the top three if they beat Elche, while Real Betis failed to pick up full points over Atletico Madrid.

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For Barcelona, ​​the best scenario is to beat Elche and the Real Betis vs Atletico Madrid match ends in a draw.

Because, Atletico Madrid, who will be the opponent of Real Betis, also has 45 points, just like Barcelona.

A draw will make Atletico Madrid stuck in fifth place, while Real Betis will be evicted from third place if Barcelona win over Elche.

• Alaves 0-0 Sevilla
• Osasuna 1-0 Villarreal (Ezequiel Avila 63′)
• Spanish 2-0 Getafe (Leandro Cabrera 17′, Erick Cabaco 27-gbd)
• Valencia 3-1 Granada (Goncalo Guedes 48′, Maximiliano Gomez 51′, Carlos Soler 62′-p/Jaume Domenech 56’gbd)
• Real Madrid 4-1 Real Sociedad (Eduardo Camavinga 40′, Luka Modric 43′, Karim Benzema 76′-p, Marco Asensio 79’/Mikel Oyarzabal 10-p)

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