Madrid leaves El Sadar alive on the shoulders of Vinicius

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El Sadar is one of those fields where

are won

.

Whoever survives

has more lungs than the rest to fight for the championship.

did it

before the

despite the expulsion of

and Madrid did it last night, in an exercise in extreme survival thanks to a goal from

from a pass from Vinicius.

Last season, the whites touched glory with a beginning and an end: Courtois on one side,

and

on the other.

With the Belgian back after his injury and without the Frenchman, recovering from "muscular fatigue", the white team handed over their destiny in

to the usual:

.

And in El Sadar it came out expensive.

Ancelotti started with

to try to control the midfield.

Without

, his axis, or Kroos, his rudder, it cost him before the constant pressure of Osasuna in the ball out.

The Andalusian played the German, listing to the left side at the base, while the Frenchman stood in the position of his compatriot.

The Croatian, meanwhile, got loose.

Madrid tried to contain the Navarrese euphoria by

, once they passed the rival first line.

Upon achieving it, he unsuccessfully tried to connect with Rodrygo who was too close to the central defenders, and only found air when Vinicius appeared behind Moncayola.

Thus came the clearest chance of the first half.

In the 9th minute,

spotted a hole for the Brazilian's career and he went one-on-one against Sergio Herrera, whom he tried to beat with a pipe.

The goalkeeper, however, rejected the shot.

Vinicius's threat did not make Osasuna tremble, but rather convinced him of his ideas.

From him.

The Navarrese let Madrid play when he handled the ball in the rival field, already at the feet of Ceballos, Camavinga and Modric, but when the ball was in the area of ​​Courtois, Nacho, Militao, Rüdiger or Alaba, they bit everything

could , besieging the whites and forcing losses that almost ended in a goal.

Budimir had the first, headbutting

when he was already thinking about how to beat Courtois.

Osasuna

, but with both football and literature.

The hostile atmosphere that Madrid always receives in Pamplona is usually highlighted, but yesterday they faced a great football team.

Half-time was reached without clear chances, but with controversy over a

that caused Ancelotti to approach Munuera Montero to protest.

The tension on the way to the changing room tunnel suited the game well, which

: from a tactical duel without too many chances to a

in which both were able to succeed.

Rodrygo, looser at the start of the second half, and Vinicius had several clear options to put Madrid ahead.

The first with a great shot that grazed Herrera's post and the second with a disallowed goal and a bad decision before the goalkeeper left after an excellent dribble over Moncayola.

Madrid grew as always: on its Brazilians.

But Osasuna, in case it has not been clear, does not wrinkle.

The best minutes for the Whites preceded the best chances for the Navarrese, including a shot by

that surprised Courtois.

Vinicius put Madrid on his shoulders again

and had a third one-on-one with Herrera, but failed again.

It seemed the same hell that Benzema had experienced against the Navarrese goalkeeper, who saved him three penalties, but five minutes later the Brazilian successfully assisted Valverde to make it 0-1 after a great counterattack.

With Osasuna overturned, Vinicius saw another goal disallowed for offside and Asensio scored in added time after a great steal from youth squad player Álvaro, who played the last few minutes and showed his quality.

Madrid, five behind Barcelona.

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