real Madrid took advantage of this Saturday the wrong step of the leader Spanish League, Atletico Madrid, who lost at home to Levante (8th place) 2-0, three points behind the first-place finisher, winning in the field of Valladolid (19 and penultimate) 1-0, on the 24th.
A little head of those very active in attack Casemiro, in the 65th minute, awarded three valuable points to the second in the table, in a game in which the other white hero was the Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, which allowed him to stay close to Athletic, although the rojiblanco team, in addition to the three points of advantage, has one game less.
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Valladolid He started with a lot of enthusiasm and had clear chances in the first quarter of an hour, especially a shot in the area of the Swiss Saidy Janko in the 6th minute, which he managed to erase with difficulty, with his body, Courtois.
Step by step Real Madrid, and Mariano Díaz, the substitute of the injured Karim Benzema, scored two goals, which were canceled for offside.
Real Madrid he had another clear chance with a Brazilian header Casemiro which disappeared, almost to the rest, but the marker did not move in the first 45 minutes.
Casemiro could put the advantage again Real Madrid In the first minutes of the second half, with a new header that knocked me out.
But Courtois again became the savior of his team when his French teammate Ferland Mendy made a childish mistake when he wanted to prevent a ball from going to a corner, with such little success that he made a cross in his own area, which reached the Chilean Fabián Orellana, who finished with pleasure, but found the good position of the Belgian goalkeeper.
But the third time would be the charm for Casemiro, who after two heads that went to sea, managed to connect a good one in the 65th minute when he finished a free kick by the German Toni Kroos in the 65th minute.
A hopeful goal after Athletic they acknowledged their second defeat of the season in LaLiga after losing 2-0 at home to Levante.
DEFEAT SURPRISE
Colchoneros received the first goal in the 30th minute, scored by José Luis Morales, assisted by the Brazilian Felipe de Almeida, who deflected the ball.
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With the match lost, Athletic received the second in the reduction, with Jorge De Frutos as protagonist (90 + 5), who scored on an empty net, as the Slovenian goalkeeper Jan Oblak had come to complete a corner, in a desperate attempt to equalize.
The rojiblanco team thus concludes a series of eleven unbeaten games in LaLiga.
On a good day for the teams of the capital of the Levantine region, Valencia (12) defeated Celta 2-0 (10), with two goals in reduction, 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; Guardiola.
Real Madrid: Courteous; Lucas, Nacho, Varane, Mendy; Casemiro, Kroos, Modric; Asensio, Vinícius and Mariano.