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Updated Saturday, February 10, 2024-20:26

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The

Santiago Bernabéu

hosted a vital duel for the League title between

Real Madrid

and a Catalan team. A classic. Except that the rival was not wearing Barça. If they had told

Ancelotti

in July that the championship was going to be played against

Girona

and with

Carvajal

and

Tchouaméni

as centre-backs, he would raise his eyebrow all the way to

Mars

. Given the surprise of the course, Ancelotti's Madrid punched the table of Spanish football and confirmed itself as the best team of the season. A 4-0 thanks to

Vinicius and Bellingham

that raises them five points above second place and puts the League on a silver platter.

The injuries to

Rüdiger and Nacho

conditioned the starting eleven and put fear in the stands, aware of the good year of the giant

Dovbyk

and the skilled

Savinho

. Lucas on the right and Carvajal next to Tchouaméni was

Carletto

's decision

, fulfilling his own rule: rather a footballer who is in elite rhythm and knows the mechanisms of the team than a youth player. He did well.

Madrid dominated Girona

both in defense and attack. He gave her the ball, but showed her that he was not going to allow her to circulate it easily. The whites exerted

their best pressure of the season

in the first half . Attempts and tightening the connection of Juanpe and Eric García with Aleix and Iván Martín, the visitors did not breathe with the ball, something vital in their game. They need pause and combinations, and Madrid offered them electricity and verticality. There he died.

Vinicius, unstoppable

Furthermore, Míchel's men found themselves with

the best version of Vinicius Júnior

, unstoppable, decisive and a goalscorer. In the 5th minute, the Brazilian invented a missile from the left corner of the large area that slipped through Gazzaniga's left net. A shot that is the result of the work and repetition that the Brazilian has done in training. A weapon for your game that did not exist before. We'll see if he has any more up his sleeve these years.

The goal established the Madrid plan, brave from the bench for Ancelotti's idea. Instead of waiting back, he pressed three quarters of Girona's field and created his best chances from there.

Bellingham, Pichichi

The match also went to Madrid because of their imposing physique.

Camavinga, Valverde, Bellingham and Vinicius

gave no respite or advantages to the Girona midfielders and again and again tilted the match towards Gazzaniga's goal. A start from

Camavinga

, another from Rodrygo, another from Vinicius... In the 36th minute, the former Flamengo player invented another goal. He drew a pass with the outside from the left side as if he were Croatian and found the unmarking of

Bellingham

, who avoided the goalkeeper and scored his 15th goal in the League, where he is Pichichi.

The break did not change the score of the game. Míchel tried to give even more control to his midfield by bringing in

Pablo Torre for Portu

, but Madrid's transitions sentenced his team. In the 54th minute, Vinicius sat down Yan Couto again with a croquette, he entered the area, shot at Gazzaniga and the goalkeeper's rebound pushed him into the

Bellingham

net , marking his 16th goal in the domestic tournament and the 20th among all competitions.

Girona, which has dominated almost all the teams in the League and was even able to score four goals against

Barcelona in Montjuic

, found no response against one of the best versions of Ancelotti's Madrid, which despite the joy of the victory did not ended his bad luck. After scoring his second goal of the afternoon, Bellingham retired with ankle problems after a clash with Juanpe and a tackle by Pablo Torre. The Italian coach did not hesitate and decided to sit the Brit down thinking about Tuesday's duel against

Leipzig

in Germany.

The match was a foregone conclusion and it only served for

Rodrygo

to find the goal again. He first tried it after a cross from Tchouaméni and a header that grazed the crossbar and then he found it with a personal play. In the 61st minute and after a robbery by Vinicius on Couto, Rodrygo accelerated due to the passivity of Eric García and Juanpe and connected a whip that Gazzaniga could not reach.

The forward, who had not scored since the final of the Spanish Super Cup against Barcelona, ​​celebrated it with rage, and Ancelotti enjoyed it, who once again gave him a chance ahead of

Brahim

.

Joselu

, in the 90th minute, missed the penalty that would have given Chamartín the hand.

Madrid is going to Leipzig to confirm its good level in the League in the Champions League, where it triumphed in this year's classic to move away from the fight for the title. A blow to the championship and reality for Girona.