On the evening of April 30, Beijing time, the 33rd round of La Liga ushered in a focus battle, with Real Madrid playing at home against Espanyol. In the 33rd and 43rd minutes of the first half, Rodrigo scored twice, Real Madrid took a 2-goal lead, opening the door to victory, and more than 50,000 Real Madrid fans witnessed Rodrigo slipping and kneeling to celebrate.
It is a showdown between championship teams and relegation teams, real Madrid are currently in first place with 78 points, the lead has expanded to 5 points, and it is 1 point away from winning the championship early, and espanyol is thirteenth with 39 points, only 1 win away from early relegation.
According to statistics, espanyol has won 97 times at the Santiago Bernabeu Estadium against Real Madrid, and the last win has to be traced back to 1996, when it won 2-1, and since then it has been 24 consecutive winless games, with a record of 3 draws and 21 losses.
In terms of starting, Real Madrid rotated the lineup, Rodrigo, Asensio and Mariano started together, Benzema and Vinicius came off the bench, espanyol continued the combination of De Thomas and Puado, and Wu Lei continued to come on the bench.
In the opening 3 minute, Modric counter-attacked after breaking the ball in front of him, and Mariano Díaz burst into the box with the ball and pushed it out of the bottom line. In the 7th minute, the Spaniard counter-attacked quickly, herrera's long-range shot directly from outside the box hit the defender and was then confiscated with a corner kick. In the 12th minute, Casemiro's header from the penalty area sailed wide and Mariano Díaz's shot hit the upright and popped up.
In the 33rd minute, Real Madrid played a wonderful match in front of the field, Marcelo returned the left rib of the penalty area, Rodrigo got the ball and shook off the angle to push the shot, helping Real Madrid to take the next city 1-0.
After the goal, Rodrigo staged a crazy kneeling celebration at the Bernabeu stadium, and then celebrated with Camaringa, and then the camera saw Modric and Marcelo two veterans embracing deeply.
In the 33rd minute, Herrera's dribble was snatched up at the back, and Rodrigo counter-attacked with the ball into the box and pushed a near corner to help Real Madrid extend the score 2-0, and the champion was beckoning.
Previously, in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals against Chelsea, Rodrigo scored at a crucial moment to help Real Madrid drag the game into extra time, and finally eliminated Chelsea 5-4 on aggregate. Now that La Liga has won the title, Rodrigo has scored twice and performed very prominently.
At the end of the first half, espanyol 2 goals behind, Wu Lei in the bench as a spectator, witnessed the team conceded the ball, the second half had the opportunity to come off the bench, domestic fans expect Wu Lei to be able to break the Real Madrid goal for the first time, whether the Spaniard loses or not does not matter.