On Tuesday evening, two matches of the 26th round of the Spanish "La Liga" championship were played.
In Barcelona, "Espanyol" clashed with the country's champions, Madrid's "Real". Demonstrating excellent sports form lately, "Real" unexpectedly succumbed to the Catalans at the end of the match.
Zinedine Zidane was without the injured Marcelo, Toni Kroos, and Marcelo in these matches, and as if that wasn't enough, he decided to rest Cristiano Ronaldo as well.
The coach's plan in these matches did not pay off - the "whites" had only a few dangerous opportunities to score throughout the match, and the visitors were saved by Keylor Navas more than once.
At the end of the match, the visitors from Madrid tried to press the opponents, but it backfired - "Espanyol" scored a winning goal during a quick attack, with Gerardo Moreno as the scorer.
Before these matches, "Real" had already achieved four consecutive victories, while "Espanyol" had not tasted victory in five consecutive matches.
The Madrid team still remains in third place, but "Valencia" will have the opportunity to move ahead of "Real" after this round. "Espanyol" climbed to 13th place after the victory.
In the other match, "Girona" surpassed Vigo's "Celta" with one goal.
Results:
"Espanyol" 1 - 0 "Real Madrid" 90+3' [1 - 0] G. Moreno
"Girona" 1 - 0 "Celta" 14' [1 - 0] Portu
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