Tikteknu: today's summary clip in sports, 1.3 (Sport1)
The 24th round of the Spanish league reaches its climax tonight (Sunday), when Barcelona host Valencia for a close battle and later Real Madrid will play a difficult away game at fifth-ranked Betis.
Will the Blaugrana's seven-point gap at the top increase at the end of the cycle?
Made good use of Busquets' huge ball.
Rafinha celebrates (Photo: GettyImages, JOSEP LAGO/AFP)
Barcelona - Valencia
Relegation from Europe, a missing squad and a surprising loss in Almeria - Barcelona had all the excuses for the first El Clasico in the semi-finals of the cup, but they got a precious 0:1 at the Santiago Bernabeu ahead of the second leg at the Camp Nou next month.
Now the leader comes to a battle of ends against the disappointing bats, who are below the red line, and wants to re-generate positive momentum despite a missing roster.
Xavi himself was absent from the meeting due to accumulating yellow cards, and Gabi is also out for the same reason.
Ousmane Dembele and Pedri are still injured, as is Robert Lewandowski who is targeting a return next week for the tough away game in Bilbao.
The positive news comes from the direction of the stopper Andreas Christensen who is fully fit and returned to the lineup after missing the El Clasico, and Enso Fati, who against Real Madrid came on as a substitute after recovering from an injury, was included in Barcelona's 11.
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the progress of the game
Minute 15: Goal, 0:1 to Barcelona!
With a delicate, beautiful and incredibly accurate arc about 15 meters outside the box, Busquets cooked for Rafinha who made a good movement and hit in the goal of the advantage.
Minute 24: Pati made a short dribble from the left wing to the center and left it to Rafinha, who looked for the far corner with his left foot, but narrowly missed the frame.
32nd minute: Torres tested Mamardashvili's defenses with a long-range kick, the Valencia goalkeeper crouched to the right and headed.
37th minute: Rafinha spun an excellent ball from the right wing into the box, but Fati did not meet it well enough with his head - and missed big from a good position.
39th minute: Torres complicated Ter Stegen when he sent back a long pass, the goalkeeper took control poorly and Leno had a good chance to equalize, but kicked over the goal.
"We have no problems in attack."
Ancelotti next to Vinicius (Photo: Reuters)
Betis - Real Madrid (22:00)
Precisely after the electrifying 2:5 in Liverpool, Real Madrid returned to stuttering with a 1:1 home derby against Atlético and a 1:0 loss to Barcelona in the first leg of the cup semi-finals.
The streak of difficult games for the Blancos continues with a visit to the cup holder, who is ranked in fifth place and dreams of a ticket to the Champions League.
Real Madrid disappointed in the El Clasico with zero shots on target, but coach Carlo Ancelotti rejected the claims that there is a problem with the attack: "We don't have (problems with the attack), at Anfield we scored five, we scored more than any team in the league."
About the game itself, the Italian said: "There is no room for mistakes, Betis is very good and we will have to play perfectly."
Luka Modric will miss the match due to accumulating yellow cards, the injured Fralan Mendy will continue to be absent but Ancelotti announced that he is expected to return to action next week.
By the way, from tomorrow until the next game, Real expects a full seven days' rest, something that hasn't happened to them since September (not including selected breaks).
The host is also at the beginning of a challenging period, as on Thursday they will go to Old Trafford for the first of two matches against Manchester United in the round of 16 of the Europa League.
Manuel Pellegrini will have to manage until the end of the season without Nabil Fakir, who suffered an injury to the cruciate ligament and underwent surgery.
More games
Valladolid - Espanyol 1:2
for Valladolid: Ivan Sanchez (25), Albero Aguado (62).
For Espanyol: Martin Braithwaite (87)
Rayo Vallecano - Athletic Bilbao (19:30)
Spanish League 2022/23
Group
games
victories
draw
losses
gates
points
1
Barcelona
23
19
2
2
8-45
59
2
Real Madrid
23
16
4
3
18-47
52
3
Athletico Madrid
24
13
6
5
19-38
45
4
Real Sociedad
24
13
5
6
23-32
44
5
in flight
23
12
4
7
25-32
40
6
Villarreal
24
11
4
9
23-28
37
7
We saw it
23
9
7
7
25-29
34
8
Osasuna
23
9
6
8
23-22
33
9
Athletic Bilbao
23
9
5
9
26-33
32
10
Majorca
24
9
4
11
25-21
31
11
Girona
24
8
6
10
38-38
30
12
Valladolid
24
8
3
13
34-18
27
13
Espanyol
24
6
9
9
36-30
27
14
Celta de Vigo
23
7
6
10
34-26
27
15
Cadiz
24
6
8
10
35-18
26
16
Almeria
24
7
4
13
42-28
25
17
Seville
24
6
7
11
39-27
25
18
Getafe
24
6
7
11
32-23
25
19
Valencia
23
6
5
12
27-27
23
20
Alecha
24
2
6
16
48-18
12
The cycle will be closed on Monday when Osasuna hosts Celta Vigo (10:00 p.m.).
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