Liga: in Bilbao, Real Madrid still wins thanks to a penalty

Another story of penalty. For the third time since the La Liga's recovery, Real Madrid won thanks to a penalty by Sergio Ramos (1-0), this Sunday in Bilbao for the 34th day, and relegates FC Barcelona, ​​who face Villarreal in evening, seven points.

Real Sociedad, Getafe, and now Bilbao: in these three key games, the Madrilenians have played their cold realism by their unbeatable captain Sergio Ramos (34), author this Sunday of his 10th goal of the season in the Spanish league (73), which takes the White House in its wake towards a 34th Liga title in its history.

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💪 Real Madrid doing the job in Bilbao
⚽️ Sergio Ramos scored his 10th goal of the season
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And as after the victory against Real Sociedad, this success based on a disputed penalty is likely to make scream the Catalan press and annoyed the Basques, reassembled after a small bridge a bit of room by Luka Modric at the end of the match. But four days before the end of the championship, the odds become very high for Barça.

Barça in crisis and forced to impose itself

Because it is an advance rarely seen that the men of Zinédine Zidane now rely on the Catalan rival: before his trip to Villarreal, another team candidate for European places, this Sunday evening at 10 pm Barça, in full crisis and delicacy with his game, finds himself seven points behind the Madrid leader.

A delay that we do not see how the teammates of superstar Lionel Messi could fill, as they seem lost and so much Real seems focused on its title goal.

For Zinedine Zidane, who insists on repeating that his team "has not won anything yet" and to shell out the number of matches remaining by qualifying them as "finals" before each meeting, moving to this San Mames cathedral behind closed doors represented the last big poster before a gently sloping end of the calendar, against Alavés, Grenade, Villarreal and Leganés.

Without Eden Hazard (hit in his right ankle) and Raphaël Varane (preserved after his neck shock Thursday against Getafe), Real still hung the precious three victory points, following the tempo dictated by an unwavering Ramos, Author of five goals in seven games since the resumption on June 11.

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Fortunately, the end of the season, on July 19, is already on the point for the people of Madrid, because men in white are finding it more and more difficult to tell the difference. After their broad successes 3-1 and 3-0 respectively against Eibar and Valence for their return to competition, Real have won their last three matches, against Espanyol Barcelona, ​​Getafe and therefore Bilbao, on the lowest score ( 1-0).