Real Madrid puts 2020 behind them and the disappointing draw with Elche in the last match before the break by beating Celta Vigo 2-0 without major worries. A success at 'Di Stefano' which bears the signatures of the forwards Lucas and Asensio, scored respectively in the first minutes of the first and second half.
Real climbs to 36 points in the standings, one more than Atletico, who play at Alaves on Sunday and also have two more games to recover. Meanwhile, Diego Simeone returns to have Kieran Trippier, the English full-back who the London Football Association just before Christmas disqualified for 10 weeks - and with effect internationally - for using confidential information to bet on his transfer, through a intermediary. Fifa intervened and decided to suspend the sanction as a precaution, but perhaps too late to allow Trippier to face the away match with the colchoneros.