Football
Real Madrid won in Bilbao and are still in the lead. Watch Karim Benzema’s incredible goal
Carlo Ancelotti can be very pleased with the way his charges finished 2021, with a 2-1 win at a nasty Athletic Bilbao to take an eight-point lead at the top of the table into the short winter break. Real Madrid won the game with two goals from Karim Benzema, especially the first one was an exhibition.
Carlo Ancelotti can be very pleased with the way his charges finished 2021, with a 2-1 win at a nasty Athletic Bilbao to secure an eight-point lead at the top of the table heading into the short winter break. Real Madrid won the match with two goals from Karim Benzema, especially the first one was an exhibition.
The match had an unexpectedly sharp pace from the start. It was as if the Real Madrid players wanted to apologize to their fans for Sunday’s goalless draw with Cadiz.
At the start of the fourth minute, Vinícius pulled the ball down the left flank, and with a back pass found Kroos on the whitewash. He unselfishly crossed the ball to Benzema from the first touch and the French marksman confirmed his extravaganza this season.
He didn’t hesitate at all and although it was quite from an angle, he curled the ball beautifully without preparation to the back post. A beautiful goal.
But the White Ballet didn’t let up. Three minutes later, they were two goals up. Valverde won the ball brilliantly in the middle of the pitch and Real Madrid went on a fast break. The young midfielder passed the ball to Hazard, who failed to pass at all and only hit the Balenciaga defender, but with luck the ball bounced to Benzema and La Liga’s top scorer made no mistake.
However, the crazy game continued. In fact, as early as the 10th minute we could see the third goal of the game, this time on the home side. Oscar De Marcos found Sancet in the middle of the pitch, who played the ball into the box and beat Courtouis with a beautiful shot against the bar.
Then the game calmed down a bit and no more goals were scored, although there were many opportunities. Real Madrid dominated the first half, Athletic were a bit better in the second half and had several chances to equalise, but didn’t score the second goal. Los Blancos, on the other hand, had plenty of opportunities from quick counter attacks, but they were caught by the great Agirrezzabala.
Source: Livesport
