An important victory that revives Real Madrid's fortunes in the La Liga race
Real Madrid achieved an important victory over its guest, Deportivo Alaves, with a score of 2-1, in the match that brought together the two teams at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, in the thirty-third round of the Spanish League.
With this victory, the royal team raised its score to 73 points in second place, temporarily reducing the difference to 6 points with leaders Barcelona, while Alaves’ score froze at 33 points in seventeenth place.
The half witnessed The first was a relative advantage for Real Madrid, which culminated in the lead goal in the 30th minute through Kylian Mbappe, after he fired a shot from outside the penalty area that hit one of the defenders and changed its direction into the net, before Eder Militao suffered an injury in the last minutes of the half.
With the start of the second half, Real Madrid continued its pressure, so that Vinicius Junior was able to consolidate the score with a second goal in the 50th minute, with a powerful shot from outside the area that did not leave any opportunity for the goalkeeper. Alaves.
Despite the delay, the visiting team did not give up, as they intensified their attempts in the last minutes and threatened Real Madrid's goal on more than one occasion, but the brilliance of goalkeeper Andrey Lunin and the goal post prevented him from scoring.
In stoppage time, Alaves succeeded in reducing the difference through Tony Martinez in the 90th + 2nd minute, after a shot from outside the area, but that was not enough to change the result, so Real Madrid settled the confrontation and continued chasing the lead.