Before matches against Man City and PSG, Real Madrid and Barcelona rested their starters in their Liga victories.
Spain's Barcelona (AP) On Saturday, Real Madrid and Barcelona defeated
Barcelona on the road in the Spanish league while resting key players for their
separate matches against Manchester City
and Paris Saint-Germain in the
Champions League.
After winning 1-0 in Cadiz, league leader Madrid defeated Mallorca 1-0 to
maintain an eight-point advantage over Barcelona. After their matches in
Europe's top league, the two dominant Spanish teams will square off the next
weekend.
Three minutes after halftime, Aurélien Tchouaméni of Madrid scored the lone goal against Mallorca.
After a 3-3 tie in the Spanish capital this week, Madrid will travel to City on
Wednesday with their quarterfinal match set to begin.
We faced City in a really tough game, and we know that when we play for
Madrid, we have to give it everything we have, even when we are
exhausted," Tchouaméni remarked.
Eduardo Camavinga and Vinicius Júnior filled in for the last 30 minutes. Toni
Kroos and Rodrygo never came off the bench, but Dani Carvajal played on for the
last few minutes. Jude Bellingham began, and Camavinga took over.
Barcelona defeated relegation-threatened Cadiz with a goal from João Félix, but
Xavi Hernández rested numerous times in preparation for Tuesday's home
encounter against PSG.
Raphinha barely played the last ten minutes at Cadiz, despite scoring twice in
Barcelona's 3-2 victory in Paris. For the last thirty minutes, Lamine Yamal,
Jules Koundé, and possible starter Pedri González played. Ronald, Frenkie de
Jong, and Ilkay Gundogan João Cancelo and Araújo remained on the bench at
Cadiz. Due to his ban, Robert Lewandowski was not available.
MADRID SUCCESSES
The only way Madrid broke through Javier Aguirre's Mallorca defence was with a
long shot from Tchouaméni that ducked past a defender and into the net.
Tchouaméni's ban will prevent him from playing in the match in England. Holding
midfielder Carlo Ancelotti utilized him as a centre defence in the first leg of
the match versus City while Madrid was out due to injury.
With 183 league games coached for Madrid, Ancelotti tied Zinedine Zidane's
record; only Miguel Muñoz's record of 424 league games was surpassed.
Mallorca participated in its first match since its penalty-filled loss to
Athletic Bilbao in the Copa del Rey final the previous weekend. It persisted.
in position fifteen.
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Félix put up a solid showing overall and scored the game's lone goal to try to
persuade Xavi that he ought to play against PSG.
He scored the game's goal in the 36th minute after a Cadiz defender knocked
on a corner kick with a bicycle kick from the edge of the six-yard box.
As Félix put it, "We all work to be starters. I know I have what it takes
to help the team, so I'm just like any other player who wants to play.
The only genuine threat to the hosts in the 80th minute came from Diadié
Samassékou's thunderous shot, which Barcelona goalie Marc-Andre ter Stegen
stretched to get one hand on to preserve the three points.
Antoine Griezmann netted two goals. as Atletico Madrid improved its hopes of
placing in the top four with a 3-1 victory against Girona.
Griezmann converted a penalty kick following a handball by Girona to score his
first league goal since December. Artem Dovbyk's early opening was neutralized
by his equalizer in the 34th.
Álvaro Morata's quick thinking was crucial in giving the home team the lead in
stoppage time of the first half. He tracked down a ball before it crossed the
finish line and flicked it into the area where Ángel Correo scored with a
header into the top corner.
Then, in the 50th, Griezmann—Atletico's all-time leading scorer—blasted in a
loose ball for his 13th league goal of the year.
With his 17th goal, Dovbyk gave Girona the lead in the fourth minute and
overtook Bellingham as the league's top scorer. Atletico stayed in fourth
place, four points ahead of Girona in third. Athletic Bilbao dropped to fifth
place, trailing Atletico by five points. The Champions League spots for the
next season are awarded to Spain's top four finishers.
Griezmann declared, "We want to be in the Champions League next season. We
could turn things around after confronting them, even though we didn't start well.
After winning the first leg 2-1 in Spain, Atletico travels to Borussia Dortmund
on Tuesday as the front-runners in their Champions League quarterfinal.
At home, Rayo Vallecano and Getafe also drew 0-0.
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