Madrid does not give an option in Butarque and makes the League spicy

In Butarque Mbappé returned at times to that position on the left wing that he likes so much and was reunited with the goal that opened the white victory against Leganés, guided by Valverde’s devastating hitting and Bellingham’s opportunism. It was not a brilliant victory, but it was very solvent, and it allowed Real Madrid to take advantage of Barça’s failure in Vigo the day before and spice up the League, which would be just one point away from the two giants if the team of Ancelotti achieves victory in his postponed duel against Valencia.

Mbappé’s partial reconciliation with the luck of the goal, as he also missed a one-on-one and the offside situation once again robbed him of another goal, was accompanied by a happy debut as a starter from the youth squad Raúl Asencio, who had already done well note from the bench against Osasuna.

It was a validation for the Canarian central defender, also for Mbappé himself after the break in the national team break. The Frenchman appeared punctually on the left side, his favorite place on the field, and from the beginning he was the most active among the white attackers. Fast and intense, he benefited from Madrid’s successful circulation to shoot into the net, although from an offside position, the highlight of his time in Chamartín until now.

The interesting Madrid start, very dominant in the first quarter of an hour, was blurred by the Pepinero push, capable of seriously warning with a shot from Munir against the crossbar, invalidated by the Moroccan’s illegal position. Awakened by the scare, Madrid took a step forward, corroborated by Güler’s flash of individual talent, which Dmitrovic destroyed ‘in extremis’.

The Turk doubled his bet with a free kick and the Serbian goalkeeper cleared it again. Vinicius also tried, but when the first half seemed already diluted between the tactical solvency of Leganés and the classic brawl of the Brazilian with the rivals and the referee, the only cucumber defensive error was made the most of by Madrid. Altimira got into trouble, Bellingham stole, Vinicius scored and Mbappé pushed the extraordinary assist from his offensive duo partner into the net. This is how the white team, riddled with gunpowder, spends it. An oversight and a favorable result for Ancelotti’s team at half-time.

white control

After the break, Leganés’ momentum in pursuit of its first league victory against Madrid ran into the control of its rival, who this time was able to maintain its advantage with control of the ball. Only an overconfidence of Courtois with the ball at his feet altered the pulsations of the white team, which also put their victory on track with the feared cannon in Valverde’s right hand. The Uruguayan, in a state of grace, converted a low free kick from the center and eclipsed the Pepinera hope.

The second blow to the chin was too much for Leganés, who could not prevent a placid epilogue from Madrid. Ancelotti’s team liked each other, between heels from Mbappé, starts from Vinicius and flashes from Güler, who could have increased the cucumber punishment but ran into Dmitrovic for the third time. The goalkeeper tried to minimize the damage with another good intervention, one-on-one with Mbappé, but he could do nothing about Bellingham’s timely header to slot a ball spit over the crossbar. It was the icing on the cake to an incontestable victory, with which the whites already sighted Barça.