Carlo Ancelotti’s wards continue their pursuit of “Barcelona” in the Spanish championship.
On Sunday, January 22, the match of the 18th round of the Spanish La Liga took place, in which “Atletico” and “Real” Madrid met.
The game took place at the “San Mames” stadium in Bilbao and ended with a 2:0 victory for the “creamy”.
The score in the game was opened in the 24th minute – from a pass by Marco Asensio, Karim Benzema scored a spectacular one-touch shot.
Real Madrid scored the second goal at the end of the game – in the 90th minute, German midfielder Toni Kroos scored a great long-range goal.
“Atletico” – “Real” – 0:2
Goals: Benzema, 24, Kroos, 90
“Athletic”: Simon, de Marcos (Lecue, 76), Vivian, Paredes, Berchiche, Sarraga (Herrera, 67), Vesga (Raul Garcia, 86), Nico Williams, Sunset (Munyain, 67), Berenger (Guruseta, 67 ) ), Williams
“Real”: Courtois, Nacho, Militao, Rudiger, Mendy, Valverde, Camavinga, Ceballos (Kroos, 85), Asensio (Modric, 73), Benzema, Vinicius (Rodrigo, 86).
Warnings: Berchiche, 50, Vivian, 58, Herrera, 88 – Kamavinga, 62, Vinicius, 79
Match review:
“Real” scored 41 points and is in second place in the Spanish league table. “Atletik” with 26 points is in the eighth position.
In the next round of the Spanish championship, “Real” Madrid will play against “Real Sociedad”, and “Atletico” will compete with “Celta”. Both matches are scheduled for January 29.
