Real Madrid 5 Points Behind Barcelona With A Win Over Osasuna

Real Madrid struggled in the first half, being forced to sit deep and attempt long balls towards Vinicius Jr, with Ancelotti confronting the referee over the number of fouls committed on the forward.

Real Madrid 5 Points Behind Barcelona With A Win Over Osasuna-SportRazzi
Real Madrid 5 Points Behind Barcelona With A Win Over Osasuna

Osasuna relentlessly pressured cause Real Madrid regular problems in front of a raucous home crowd. With top scorer Karim Benzema out injured, the visitors struggled in the final third.

However, goals in the second half from Federico Valverde and Marco Asensio secured a win for Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid, closing the gap at the top.

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Real Madrid struggled in the first half, being forced to sit deep and attempt long balls towards Vinicius Jr, with Ancelotti confronting the referee over the number of fouls committed on the forward.

After the break, Madrid looked much better and thought they had taken the lead when Vinicius finished from a David Alaba pass, but the Brazilian attacker was offside.

Valverde finally broke through in the 78th minute, finishing well to send a Vinicius cut-back past Osasuna goalkeeper Sergio Herrera.

Vinicius thought he’d gotten in on the act when he tapped in a cross from 18-year-old Alvaro Rodriguez, but VAR ruled it out for offside in the build-up.

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After combining with Rodriguez, Asensio doubled Real’s lead less than a minute later.

Real Madrid are second in the table, five points behind Barcelona despite having played one more game, while Osasuna are tenth.

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