Real Madrid beat Cadiz and shorten the distance to Barcelona ›FCBarca.com

Barcelona’s 2-1 victory over Osasuna on Tuesday at Al Sadd Stadium secured their leadership seat ahead of the upcoming World Cup break in Qatar. Real Madrid is a direct competitor Catalan Duma In the battle for the national championship, he played his last match before the World Cup on Thursday evening. Royal They hosted Cadiz.

Carlo Ancelotti’s side defeated the team from Cadiz 2-1, a result that reduced Barcelona’s advantage over Real Madrid to two points. In the first half, the Madrid team won and tried to create actions under Jeremias Ledesma’s goal, but the results were not clear. However, Cadiz’s team did not approach his half and tried his hand at the attack. One of the best chances was made by Alfonso Espino, after his shot from over 30 meters touched the crossbar and went out to the goal car. After a while, the match became more intense and the referee did not hesitate and showed five yellow cards. Real Madrid finally scored in the 40th minute, and after Toni Kroos’ cross, Eder Militao scored a goal from close range without being covered by anyone. At the start of the second half the game opened up a bit and you could see more action from both sides. But after a failed corner kick in the 70th minute, the ball rebounded to Toni Kroos, who fired the ball from the air without hesitation and scored 2-0. In the 79th minute, Luka Modric lost an exciting position, missing a free goal from a distance of five meters, after a shot from Vinicius. In the 82nd minute, Thibaut Courtois did a bad job in his penalty area, failing to catch the ball that hit the foot of Lucas Perez, who scored a contact goal for his team with a powerful shot. Until the end of the match, nothing else happened and Real Madrid scored three valuable points at home, but they again failed to keep a clean sheet.

Barcelona and Real Madrid matches after the World Cup

Both teams will play another match before the end of the year as part of the 15th round of La Liga. Barcelona will play the derby match with Espanyol at the Camp Nou, while Royal Real Valladolid will face away. The two teams will start the new year with away matches against strong opponents. Pride of Catalonia He will fight for points against Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid are waiting for the El Madrigal match against Villarreal. Later, the Spanish Super Cup semi-final matches will be held in Saudi Arabia. Blogger He will face Real Betis, and the day before his match will play Carlo Ancelotti’s team, who will fight for a place in the final against Valencia.

The situation on the table before the World Cup

Currently, FC Barcelona is at the top of the league with 37 points after fourteen matches. Behind her, Real Madrid is second with two points Catalan Duma. Real Sociedad (26 points) and Athletic Bilbao (24 points) occupy the remaining places that will reward the match in the Champions League next season. Atletico Madrid is in fifth place (24 points) and Real Betis is in sixth place with the same number of points. What reveals the start of the La Liga season is certainly Osasuna and Rayo Vallecano, who are ranked seventh and eighth respectively in the table. But the disappointment undoubtedly lies in Seville, which is in the relegation zone (18th place) with only 11 points, the same as that of Cadiz in 19th place.

* For technical reasons, the table on the website shows the number of wrong matches played by FC Barcelona (Blogger 14 games played so far)