He Real Madrid managed to assault this Sunday the leadership of the FC Barcelona, who had only been able to draw against him Seville at Sánchez-Pizjuán (0-0). The whites had the opportunity to unseat the azulgrana and they did not miss it, although with controversy since the two meringues goals came, once again, thanks to favorable decisions of the VAR, who have already benefited the merengue box in their previous two victories against Eibar (3-1) and Valencia (3-0) at the Alfredo Di Stéfano stadium.
Last night there were many actions discussed with the Llorente's controversial penalty to Vinicus, which transformed Sergio Ramos at 0-1, and also with a Benzema's goal, the one that meant 0-2, and in which television images showed that the French striker controlled the ball with his arm before beating the goal of the Real society. Also the referee Casemiro, the player with the most fouls accumulated in this League, forgave the red card, after taking the elbow to ‘walk’ and annulled a goal to Real Januzaj for a positional offside from Mikel Merino that should not have prevented the goal from going up to the scoreboard.
After this controversial victory away from home against the Donostiarras by 1-2 (the Whites had not won out of the league since their 1-4 against Osasuna in Pamplona on February 9), to the set of Zinedine Zidane They await him this week when two rivals enter with the water around their necks.
Next Wednesday (22.00 h.), Madrid will receive in the Alfredo Di Stéfano to Mallorca, second to last ranked who is fighting a titanic fight to maintain the category. On Sunday, the meringues will visit the also needy and bottom Espanyol at the RCDE Stadium, again at 22.00. Not adding six points to these two struggling rivals would be a monumental surprise.
After these two duels, which, a priori, Real Madrid should solve without excessive problems, the white team will face Valdebebas at neighbor Getafe, who still dreams of getting into Europe despite its weak results after the break due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Afterwards, Real Madrid will go to always difficult San Mamés to face Athletic. In the last four days, Zizou's team will receive Deportivo Alavés and the thriving Villarreal, while will visit Granada and a busy Leganés who will be his last rival in this unusual final of the LaLiga Santander 2019-20.