the Real Madrid took advantage of the misstep of the leader of the Spanish league, el Athletic Madrid, Who lost at home against Levante (8th) by 2-0, to be placed three points behind the first place, in the field victory of the Valladolid (19º and penultimate) by 1-0, in the 24th day.
A header from the very active in attack Casemiro, In the 65th minute, gave three valuable points to the second of the table, in a match in which the other white hero was the Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, which allowed him to stay close to the Athletic, Although the white-set, in addition to the three-point lead, has one game less.
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the Valladolid started with a lot of desire and had clear opportunities in the first quarter of an hour, especially a shot in the area of the Swiss Saidy Janko in the 6th minute, who was able to clear with difficulty, with his body, Courtois.
Little by little he woke up the Real Madrid, And Mariano Díaz, the substitute of the injured Karim Benzema, scored two goals, which were annulled for offside.
the Real Madrid he had another clear chance with a header from the Brazilian Casemiro who marched out, close to the break, but the scoreboard didn’t move in those first 45 minutes.
Casemiro could once again put the ‘ Real Madrid in the first minutes of the second half, with a new header, which went me off.
But Courtois again became the savior of his team when his French teammate Ferland Mendy made a childish mistake on the volley to prevent a ball from going into the corner, with so little success that he made a cross on his own area, which came to the Chilean Fabián Orellana, who finished with pleasure, but found the good placement of the Belgian goalkeeper.
But in the third it would be the loser for Casemiro, Who after two headers that went outside managed to connect a good one in minute 65 when finishing off a free shot of the German Toni Kroos in minute 65.
A hopeful goal after the Athletic conceded his second defeat of the season to Laliga by losing 2-0 at home to Levante.
surprising defeat
The Matalassers conceded the first goal in the 30th minute, scored by José Luis Morales, assisted by the Brazilian Felipe d’Almeida, who deflected the ball.
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With the game lost, the Athletic receive the second in the discount, with Jorge De Frutos as the protagonist (90 + 5), who scored empty-handed, because the Slovenian goalkeeper Jan Oblak had come to finish off a corner, in a desperate attempt to tie.
The mattress set thus ends a series of eleven games without defeat in Laliga.
In a good day for the teams of the capital of the Levantine region, Valencia (12th) won 2-0 at Celta (10th), with two goals in the discount, scored by Manu Vallejo (90 + 4 ) and the Frenchman Kevin Gameiro (90 + 8).
ALIGNMENTS:
Valladolid: Masip; Luis Pérez, Joaquín, Bruno, Nacho; Alcaraz, Roque Mesa, Janko, Kike Pérez, Orellana; Piggy bank.
Real Madrid: Courteous; Lucas, Nacho, Varane, Mendy; Casemiro, Kroos, Modric; Asensio, Vinícius and Mariano.