After wins for Barcelona and Atletico Madrid on Saturday, Actual Madrid have now responded 24 hours later to maintain tempo within the La Liga title race after choosing up a cushty 2-0 victory over Girona on the Santiago Bernabeu.
The opening 40 minutes had been robust for Actual Madrid as they struggled to interrupt down a resilient Girona aspect, who got here into the encounter with 4 defeats of their final 5 matches in La Liga – though they didn’t look quick on confidence. Nevertheless, they had been damaged down within the closing phases of the opening interval, and in some fashion too as from the sting of the field that left Paulo Gazzaniga with no likelihood.
The second half noticed a a lot better efficiency from Actual Madrid, however once more, they struggled to search out that elusive second aim. The likes of Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius had probabilities, however a mix of poor ending, good goalkeeping and colossal defending from Girona centre-back Ladislav Krejci meant that it stayed 1-0 till the 83rd minute.
It was at this level that . Mbappe and Vinicius mixed properly for the previous to play via the latter, and his rushed end caught Gazzaniga off guard, and the ball trickled into the again of the online to make it 2-0.
Mbappe had one other massive likelihood to proceed his scoring type in stoppage time after nice play from Endrick Felipe, however he was once more denied by Gazzaniga. Nevertheless, it mattered little as there have been no extra objectives earlier than full time.
It was a profitable afternoon for Actual Madrid. They had been delighted to see David Alaba come via his first begin in 14 months unscathed, and so they can now sit up for Wednesday’s Copa del Rey semi-final first leg towards Actual Sociedad.