Real Madrid responded to the arch-rivals Barcelona, ​​the defending champions and leaders, by presenting a remarkable performance in one half of the match that ended in its favor 3-1 against its guest, Levante, after he scored his three goals in the first 45 minutes Sunday in the 28th round of the Spanish league, which resumed its activity this week after It has been stalled since March due to an outbreak of the Corona virus.

Real and returned the difference separating him from Barcelona to two points after he reached Saturday to five after the great victory achieved by the Catalan team outside their stadium over Real Mallorca 4 - zero.

After an orphan’s victory over Barcelona in particular (2-0) out of five games he played before stopping, one of which was in the away leg of the Champions League final when he fell at home to Manchester City (1-2), the club was hit hard at the start of the return behind the gates Locked in the "Alfredo de Stefano" stadium in the "Valdebebas" exercise center, due to the work in his stronghold "Santiago Bernabeu".

Real will play his remaining six home games (with Sunday's) in the domestic league (out of 11 in total) on this small stadium with a capacity of six thousand spectators, which is usually used by the women's team of Tacon of the Royal Club, and the reserve men's team.

For French coach Zinedine Zidane, playing at "Alfredo de Stefano" is a return to the roots, as he began his training career there when he supervised the Real Madrid youth team (third degree) for two seasons, before joining the first team.

Zidane decided to involve his Belgian striker, Aden Hazar, who is returning to the stadium after undergoing an ankle surgery after an injury he suffered in late February, after suffering a similar injury in early December that necessitated his departure from the stadium for two months.

By and large, Hazar missed 24 games for his team this season after moving from Chelsea, and he played only 15 games during which he scored one goal.

Zidane and Marcelo's 200th game celebrate kneeling

Hazar played in the front line alongside the heart of the French attack, Karim Benzema and the Brazilian right-wing youth, Rodrigo (19 years old), and presented a distinguished performance in a ceremonial meeting of his coach Zidane, who celebrated the best way in his two hundred matches in all competitions as a coach for Real, to join only other coaches and arrived to This number of matches with the "Merengens", namely Miguel Muñoz (605) and Vicente del Bosque (246), according to "Opta" for sports statistics.

Real began the match perfectly, as the score was opened since the fourth minute, through German Toni Kroos, who reached the ball at the outskirts of the region after a failed incursion attempt by his French colleague Karim Benzema on the left side, and he shot it wonderfully in the upper left corner.

Real entered the break of the two halves in a very comfortable position after adding two goals, the first through Commander Sergio Ramos after a team game and a pass from Benzema to Hazar, who attended it on a plate of its silver to overthrow the defense, so he deposited the empty nets (30), and the second through his colleague in the Brazilian defense Marcelo With a powerful shot from the outskirts of the region, after the ball fell in front of him after a shot by Hazar saved by Serbian goalkeeper Marko Dimitrovic (37).

The 32-year-old celebrated this goal by kneeling, denouncing the death of the black American citizen George Floyd on May 25, asphyxiation by a white policeman in Minneapolis who fixed him to the ground and kneeled over his neck, in an incident that sparked a wave of ongoing mass protests in dozens of American cities.

Real appeared in the beginning of the first half less rush after he reassured the result, which allowed Ibar to return to the meeting and reduce the difference with a fatal mistake from the Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who passed the ball from his legs after a shot turned to the guests from the back of their alternative defender Pedro Pegas (60).

To avoid any injuries in the shadow of the long hiatus, Zidane decided to rest Hazard (he put snow on his ankle after leaving), Ramos and Rodrigo and replace them with the Brazilian Vinicius Jr. and his compatriot Eder Milliato and the Welsh Gareth Bale Tualia (61), after he also made his first substitution at the beginning of the second half with the participation of the French Verlan Mandi instead of Danny Carvajal.

And the royal club was unable to repeat what it offered in the first half, in return for the inability of its guest to reach the net again, so that the result remained the same until the end of the match whistle, which is certainly less difficult than what is expected for Zidane's men on Thursday at the same stadium against Valencia and four days later in the hospitality of Real Sociedad.

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