In the early morning of February 20, Beijing time, the 25th round of La Liga ushered in a focus battle: the leader Real Madrid hosted the relegation zone team Alaves.
Real Madrid's recent record has been poor, and after a 0-0 draw with Villarreal in the last round of La Liga, the lead in the La Liga table has shrunk to four points. In the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, the first leg of the away game was played in Paris, and the whole game was passively beaten 0:1, and the prospect of promotion was worrying. In the last 4 games in La Liga, copa del Rey and the Champions League, Real Madrid has scored only 1 goal and fallen into "edge weakness".
In the battle, Real Madrid started 433, Benzema, Vinicius, Asensio formed a forward trident, midfielders Modric, Casemiro, F. Valverde, four defenders F. Mendy, Alaba, Militão, Carvajal, goalkeeper Thiba. The starting eleven are worth a whopping 550 million euros, and Ancelotti apparently has no reservations. This was the forward configuration away to Paris in the Champions League, and the starting eleven made only one rotation, with midfielder F. Valverde replacing Kroos, who had been tired of consecutive battles.
Such a squad configuration, the Champions League against Paris all passively beaten, back to La Liga to play relegation zone team, what is the situation?
Alaves started 4141, Jose Lu played as a center, and the starting eleven were worth only 37.5 million euros.
As soon as the game began, Real Madrid attacked. In the 1st minute, Mendy went straight in and Vinicius broke through and swept the ball out of the bottom line. Alaves had the chance to attack as well, and in the 3rd minute, Jason's free-kick was released and Escalante's long-range shot was confiscated by Courtois.
In the 34th minute, Vinicius broke through again and was disturbed by Tenalia and fell to the ground, and the referee did not show any indication.
In the 35th minute, Rioja scored into the penalty area and shot, which was confiscated by Courtois.
In the first half, the two sides drew 0-0, with Real Madrid dominating the attack.
In the 60th minute, Asensio made a mistake in returning the ball, and Pons swung past Courtois and pushed the shot, but unfortunately it was deflected and missed a good opportunity to break the deadlock on the field.
In the 62nd minute, Real Madrid broke the deadlock on the field, scoring the goal of Asensio, who almost made a big mistake two minutes ago, and the foreign aid shot from a distance was straight into the corner. Real Madrid led Alaves 1-0.
In the 79th minute, the Real Madrid forward trident played a delicate combination, and finally Vinicius scored the ball, with an assist from Benzema. Real Madrid 2:0 Alaves.
In the 89th minute, substitute Rodrigo made a penalty and Benzema took the lead to secure the score at 3:0.
After the battle, Real Madrid accumulated 57 points in 25 games, continued to lead the La Liga table, led the second place Sevilla by 7 points in more rounds, and still grasped the initiative in the championship. The champions league quarter-final second leg of the home match against Paris will not arrive until the early morning of March 10, Beijing time, Ancelotti still has enough time to prepare, of course, Greater Paris is not a La Liga relegation team, to turn over, Real Madrid need to work hard, but also need luck.