Following FC Barcelona’s 1-0 victory against Valencia CF in the afternoon, Real Madrid found themselves relegated to 10 lengths behind their eternal rival. As a result, the Merengues absolutely had to beat Real Betis Balompié for the 24th day in order to regain hope. For this match, the Verdiblancos opted for a traditional 4-2-3-1 with Claudio Bravo as the last bastion behind Youssouf Sabaly, German Pezzella, Luiz Felipe and Juan Mirando. Guido Rodriguez and William Carvalho made up the double pivot. Alone up front, Borja Iglesias was supported by Aitor Ruibal, Rodri and Ayoze Perez. For its part, Real Madrid was articulated in 4-3-3 with Thibaut Courtois in the cages. In front of him, Lucas Vazquez, Eder Militao, Antonio Rüdiger and Eduardo Camavinga formed the defense. Aurélien Tchouaméni was placed as a sentry with Federico Valverde and Toni Kroos. Finally, Rodrygo Goes and Vinicius Junior accompanied Karim Benzema in attack.
The match started in a good tone with Real Madrid taking the game against and Real Betis Balompié interesting in transitions. It was the Verdiblancos who stood out first with a fine strike from Ayoze Pérez repelled by Thibaut Courtois (9th). In the aftermath, Real Madrid obtained an interesting free kick and Karim Benzema curled a fine shot into the right corner of Claudio Bravo, but Antonio Rüdiger had deflected the shot with his hand so the video assistance disallowed the goal (13th). An attractive start between two clubs carried forward. Launched on the left, Vinicius Junior did damage in the opposing defense like a useful foul from German Pezzella in front of his area (22nd). Better and better, the Merengues pushed to force their destiny and following a corner from Toni Kroos, Federico Valverde volleyed, but his shot went over the frame.
Real Madrid haven’t found the solution…
Betis was not left out, like a cross from Aitor Ruibal which forced Thibaut Courtois to intervene (36th). At the break, the two teams were logically back to back with a goalless draw. On returning from the locker room, we resumed beating drums like a huge long shot from Aitor Ruibal repelled by Thibaut Courtois (46th) then in stride it was Karim Benzema who pushed Claudio Bravo to the parade (48th). Just after, Lucas Vazquez lost the ball to Juan Miranda whose cross found Borja Iglesias whose recovery was narrowly repelled by Thibaut Courtois (53rd). Passed close to punishment, Real Madrid reacted with a missile from Federico Valverde well 40 meters from the cages (55th). In the process, Rodrygo Goes took advantage of the work of the Uruguayan, but lacked success (61st).
Dominators, but drafts, the Merengues multiplied the attempts. Dani Ceballos split with a recovery (75th) before Vinicius Junior fell again on Claudio Bravo (76th). The Chilean intervened again a few seconds later on a header from Nacho Fernandez (77th). Real Madrid took risks and failed to be punished like this cross from Rodri for Aitor Ruibal who was narrowly cleared by Eder Militao in disaster (84th). Despite dominating until the end of the match, Real Madrid could not do better than this draw (0-0). FC Barcelona has a nine-point lead over a rival who has probably said goodbye to the title.
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