Real Madrid dispatched Cádiz this afternoon with its B unit in a game of seasoning, with a bad first half and a good second (something constant this season) and took another step towards the league that it has practically had in its pocket for days. . The whites will wait a few hours for Barcelona’s result in Montilivi. If the Blaugrana don’t win, they will sing the alirón tonight. If Xavi’s team wins, Madrid will still be missing a point.
In Madrid, only Nacho of those who played against Bayern repeated and the big news was the return of Courtois to the goal in what was his debut this season since he broke his cruciate in the summer. Cádiz was pressing its limited chances of salvation and against Madrid they limited themselves to defending in an agonizing exercise, aware that their chances of scoring a point depended on a bad day for the whites and no concessions behind. He had his moment with a chance from Chris Ramos, but he didn’t know how to react to Brahim’s goal.
The first half was as dull as it could be, with Madrid at a low pace, very much in keeping with the siesta time at which the game was played. Managed by Modric and Camavinga, Madrid came out with little vigor. Up top, Joselu did not receive a proper ball and only Brahim’s timid attempts and some of Güler’s touches seemed to carry some danger. In the first half hour Ledesma only had to be used to deflect a very distant shot from Militao that found the goal. Before, almost at the beginning, Joselu did not reach a center from Fran García. The Galician complained about being grabbed by Fali.
Between yawns, Cádiz’s first chance arrived, a two-for-one counterattack that caught Madrid’s defense in a bad position. When the Bernabéu was already fearing the first visitor goal, Nacho came to block Rubén Sobrino’s shot. Nacho returned to play against his brother, Alex Fernández, also from La Fábrica, but in his case he could not make it to the first team.
Cádiz’s chance did not wake up Madrid, who were not at ease. Furthermore, the visitors began to use their firewood streak, which ended up distressing the white players, who for nothing in the world wanted to suffer a physical mishap four days before hosting Bayern with the Champions League final at stake.
The second half began with the same eleven and a free kick from Güler deflected by Ledesma. Then Chiris Ramos hunted a counterattack, he left Militao due to speed but could not beat Courtois in one-on-one. The Belgian received the ovation of the afternoon and the Bernabéu chanted his name.
The play was the beginning of the end for Cádiz because, then, Brahim took his quality for a walk. The man from Malaga received a ball from Modric in the area, cut outside and launched a howitzer at Ledesma’s squad. From 0-1 it went to 1-0.
From there everything turned in Madrid’s face. Belligham came on for Güler in the 65th minute and the Englishman came in with the goal just three minutes later, taking advantage of a killer pass from Brahim. His 18th goal in the League.
Vinícius came on and Madrid played almost at will for the last quarter of an hour. Ledesma made the save of the match from Militao who headed in a Vinícius rabona. Joselu sent a ball to the post and in the 92nd minute the Galician striker managed to finish off a cross from Nacho. The Bernabéu has been chanting “champions, champions” for some time now. The players went to the back of the young stands to celebrate a league in which they have ruthlessly ruled from start to finish. The 36 of the whites is already taken for granted.
