Real Madrid already knew what it was winter champion before facing the Athletic Bilbao. However and despite the countless casualties, the whites They have completed a great game in La Catedral to prevail before a very good Athletic thanks to a doublet of Benzema (1-2).
The truth is the start of the match was spectacular. By both teams. There were many spaces and little control in the midfield (with the exception of Kroos). Benzema fitted to the long stick a precious thread to open the marker, and just two minutes later he scored his second goal after a locked play of Hazard.
The beginning was sensational, and in order not to lower the bar, Ohian invented a whiplash that after hitting the stick beat unquestionably to Courtois. The basques They didn’t want to stop and set pieces were close to drawing, with two high finishes of Vencedor. I said, the first half hour of the meeting was trepidante until Kroos decided to cool down a bit the party.
The second part continued with the same script that I ended up with the first. Marcelino wanted to shake up the meeting a bit and gave entrance to Nico Williams. An error in Lucas’s pass Vázquez almost cost a Real Madrid annoyance that until that moment he had lived in peace. That play, in addition to the changes of Raúl García and Lekue, they agitated the local team.
In the last quarter of an hour, Iñaki and NIco enjoyed again a couple of occasions clear but they ran into Courtois. Very sober the Belgian, who completed a great encounter. Like his compatriot Hazard. The truth is that Eden was much more active than other days, he associated a lot with Benzema and even he was about to mark at the end. Quite the opposite of a Vinicius Gray.
In short, Real Madrid won a vibrant match thanks to their order, to the quality of their players and above all that has a player of the tbeyond Benzema. He goes on vacation with an 8-point advantage over Sevilla and the feeling that, or a catastrophe, or this league is already starting to be dyed white. White Christmas in the league.
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