Barça won without shining at home at the expense of poorly ranked Getafe (1-0) at the end of the afternoon, then in the evening Real went to win 2-0 at Athletic Bilbao, with a goal from his captain and Golden Ball Karim Benzema, author of a very good match.

The positions therefore remain unchanged at the top of the standings: Barcelona (1st, 44 pts) ahead of Real (2nd) by three points and Real Sociedad (3rd) by six.

The astonishing Basque team, which has one game more than the first two, won 2-0 on Saturday at Rayo Vallecano (9th).

Behind this trio, off the hook, point Atlético Madrid (4th) and Villarreal (5th) with 31 points, seven less than Real Sociedad.

Atlético beat Valladolid (3-0) in Madrid on Saturday and Villarreal dominated at home Girona 1-0 on Sunday.

Barcelona, ​​without their suspended striker Robert Lewandowski, settled for the minimum but remain undefeated at home after this fourteenth victory of the season.

Busquets celebrated

Getafe, for its part, remains clinging to sixteenth place tied on points (17) with Celta Vigo (17th) and Valladolid (18th and first relegation).

At Camp Nou the kick-off was given after the presentation of the Super Cup trophy won a week ago against Real (3-1).

And captain Sergio Busquets was celebrated for his 700 matches in the Blaugrana jersey.

A jersey stamped with the number 700 was also offered to the 34-year-old international, who had been joined on the lawn by his two children.

Captain Sergio Busquets honored by President Joan Laporta for his 700 matches with FC Barcelon, January 22, 2023 at Camp Nou © Josep LAGO / AFP

Barça scored in the 35th minute through their young international Pedri (20), who took over a center from the left of Raphinha in full swing.

Since their 3-0 defeat against Bayern Munich in the Champions League on October 26, Barça have not lost and remain on a series of eight wins and three draws in all competitions.

Kroos enters and scores

In Bilbao, Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the 24th minute: on a center from Federico Valverde on the right side, Marco Asensio involuntarily put back his head for the Frenchman, whose volley from the left deceived Unai Simon.

Benzema now has nine La Liga goals this season.

Then at the end of the match, the German Toni Kroos, who came into play five minutes earlier, doubled the lead by taking a pass from Rodrygo (90th), who also came into play shortly before, at the entrance to the area. .

Toni Kroos and captain Karim Benzema both scorers for Real Madrid on the field of Athletic Bilbao, January 22, 2023 © ANDER GILLENEA / AFP

Earlier the Basques had thought to equalize by Inaki Williams, but the goal was disallowed for offside (77th).

Real remained on a defeat in the league, January 7 in Villarreal (2-1).

The Madrid team had already won in Bilbao last season, with a double from Benzema (2-1).

For Bilbao, on the other hand, Europe moves away a little more.

Ernesto Valverde's team is in eighth place and has still not won since the post-World Cup resumption (2 losses, 2 draws).

The day ends Monday (9:00 p.m.) with the meeting Valencia (13th)-Almeria (15th).

© 2023 AFP