In the early morning of December 20, Beijing time, the 18th round of the 2021-22 La Liga season was played again for 4 games. After some battles, Real Madrid drew 0-0 at home to Gadies, Osasuna lost 0-1 away to Getafe, Athletic Bilbao defeated Real Betis 3-2 at home, and Granada beat Mallorca 4-1 at home.
With 7 consecutive wins, who can stop the fiery Real Madrid, perhaps no one will think that it is the weak brigade Cádiz who is deep in the relegation zone who has done it at the Bernabeu. Cadiz has only one goal today, that is, to try to steal 1 point, put on a 90-minute iron barrel formation, and Real Madrid's 34-foot shot is powerless to break the goal. Hazard started for the full 90 minutes, but he basically scored all the shots, and in the 69th minute, Ancelotti replaced Valverde with Jovic. The last offensive opportunity in stoppage time was the epitome of the game, the real madrid penalty area on the front of the position of a very good free kick opportunity, Alaba took the penalty to shoot vigorously, The Airless Wall of Cadizmie blocked the ball, Kroos grabbed the second drop point and volleyed vigorously, the full-time brave goalkeeper Ledesma bravely held the ball once, the final whistle sounded, Real Madrid exploded a big cold 0:0 suffocated the relegation weak team, and the 7-game winning streak was ended.
From the perspective of the post-match, Real Madrid are unable to win in a row, which is a great opportunity for Betis to force the score closer, but they have not won in the previous 4 consecutive wins, and they have lost. Away to Bilbao, who won 8 rounds, just one minute into the opening, Betis was severely damaged, Munya was sent a scalpel-style straight plug by midfielder, Williams inserted a single knife to calmly push the shot, and Bilbao opened the record 1:0. Betis then responded quickly, 4 minutes later they scrambled to control the ball, Canales should send a precise over-the-top suspension, Moreno on the left side of the box fish jump head to the top, Juanmi followed up the ball into the empty goal, Betis quickly equalized 1-1.
After that, the two sides did not rewrite the score for a long time, the easy side of the battle was just opened, in the 51st minute, Betis launched an attack on the left side, Fekir and Carvalho played a wonderful collision with the wall, Carvalho back in the penalty area, Fekir cut diagonally into the penalty area to push a strong shot, the ball was in the net, Betis 2:1 to surpass the score. After leading to Rowe, Athletic Bilbao then launched a fierce counterattack, in the 71st minute, Bilbao launched a counterattack at the back, Santsette in the middle of the line should send a precise direct plug, Williams high-speed into the penalty area to shake off the defensive small angle of the fire, the ball straight into the near corner of the goal, Bilbao equalized 2-2. In the 89th minute, Bilbao quickly moved to the right, Sancett took the ball and continued to cut inside to get rid of several defenders, de Marcos preemptively fired a powerful shot at the arc of the penalty area, the ball was in the net, and Athletic Bilbao reversed the beat of Betis 3-2.
In the standings, after Real Madrid's seven consecutive wins were terminated, they had no chance to lock in the half-way championship in advance, leading the second-placed Sevilla by 6 points in one more game. Betis suffered a tragic reversal, and after the 4-game winning streak was terminated, he was unable to catch up with Sevilla and Real Madrid, and Sevilla was still in third place with four points.
In terms of the top scorers, Benzema topped the list with 13 goals, and Juanmi narrowed the gap between the two after scoring the goal, and now there is only a one-goal difference. Vinicius was ranked 3rd with 10 goals, Molina trailed Jose with six goals after the goal, Oyazaval and Mina squeezed into the top ten.