So far the broadcast of the meeting.
The match between Real Madrid and Espanyol ended. The whites win 3-1 and get the three points to put pressure on the leader, FC Barcelona.
Opportunity for Valverde after entering the rival area and finishing off with the right. Pacheco left a great intervention to send the ball to a corner kick.
Goooooooal by Marco Asensio. The whites closed the match with a goal from the Mallorcan, who defined the short post with his left foot. Half a goal is from Nacho, who covered the entire field to end up leaving the Balearic Islands alone.
Five minutes are added.
Last change in local ranks. Vini Jr retires with an ovation to give entry to Álvaro Rodríguez.
Another yellow for Real Madrid. Carvajal saw it.
After a good center, Joselu’s header went to a corner kick.
Free kick for Espanyol on the side of the Madrid area, which also causes Ceballos a yellow card for protesting.
Latest substitutions at RCD Espanyol. Sergi Gómez and Pierre Gabriel himself leave the field, and Aleix Vidal and Nico Melamed enter.
Pierre Gabriel hurts on the ground, who seems to have been injured in an action in which he went to the ground to cut off a long pass from Ceballos to Vinicius Jr.
Vini Jr’s distant shot that Pacheco saves without problem.
More changes in the parrots. Denis Suárez and Puado enter for Rubén Sánchez and Gragera.
Rodrygo’s free kick attempt was close to ending in a goal, but it crashed against the crossbar.
Double change of meringues. Kroos and Tchouaméni leave the party for Ceballos and Rüdiger to enter.
First change for Ancelotti, who introduces Asensio onto the field and sits Modric on the bench, who receives a standing ovation from the entire Bernabéu.
Great opportunity for Toni Kroos. The German tried it with his left foot from the edge of the area and his shot went just wide.
Change in the Espanyolist ranks. Óscar Gil leaves the field of play for Pierre Gabriel to enter.
The parakeet defense cleared a direct free kick that Kroos hung up.
Foul by Carvajal to Cabrera for which the visitors asked for a yellow card.
Yellow card for Óscar Gil for a foul on Vini Jr. without the ball.
Cabrera finished off off after a cross from Darder’s corner.
It seems that the Spanish full-back can return to the pitch without any problem.
Óscar Gil hurts on the ground after a collision with Rodrygo. The assists come out.
Joselu saw Courtois ahead and tried it from midfield. His kick went quite far from the white goal.
The second act of the clash between Espanyolistas and Madridistas begins.
End of the first half. The referee Figueroa Vázquez did not add anything.
Great arrival of the meringues. Rodrygo caused a corner kick after a shot after a pass with the outside of Vinicius Jr.
Gooooooal from Real Madrid, great goal from Eder Militao. The Brazilian headed a cross with the outside of Tchouaméni for the ball to enter after touching the crossbar. The whites are ahead.
Ancelotti’s team is very intense in the recovery, the ball does not last long for the visitors.
Kroos’ attempt crashed against the Spanish barrier.
Dangerous foul for the meringues.
Yellow card for Vini Jr for cutting a counter against the visitors.
Carvajal put a great ball into the area that reached Vinicius Jr. The Brazilian saw how the Perica defense cleared his shot for a corner.
Tchouaméni was about to score. He tested it from the edge of the box and his shot went just wide.
Madrid tried again from outside the area. This time it was Fede Valverde with his left foot, but his shot went high.
Double chance for the locals. First, Rodrygo made Pacheco have to get a good foot, and then, Kroos tested him from the outside, although his attempt went wide.
Goooooooal for Real Madrid. Great goal from Vinicius Jr, who was doing the most damage for the whites. The Brazilian picked up the ball on the left wing, entered the rival area and feinted until he found a hole and finished low at the long post. Impossible for Pacheco.
Carvajal had it, who finished off a great cross from Vinicius from the left wing high.
Corner for Real Madrid. Carvajal provoked it.
First yellow of the match, Cabrera sees it for grabbing Rodrygo when the Brazilian was approaching the parrot area.
Great occasion for parrots. After a free kick taken from the right flank, Vini Souza’s shot had to be cleared by Courtois. The ball was loose but the Belgian goalkeeper got hold of it again. The parakeets asked for a penalty.
First shot on goal for Real Madrid. Camavinga fired into Pacheco’s hands after a pass from Vinicius.
Great defensive action by Nacho, who stopped an incursion by Darder into the Madrid field.
He is knowing how to do a lot of damage against Diego Martínez’s team against the whites.
Goooooooal for Espanyol. The visitors took the lead with a great goal from Joselu, who defined the squad with his left foot after a great pass from the band.
First great chance of the match. Espanyol stood in Courtois’ area, but Braithwaite’s shot was blocked very well by Militao sending the ball to a corner kick.
Start the clash between madridistas and parrots.
The parrots come out with Pacheco in goal; Óscar Gil, Cabrera, Montes and Sergi Gómez in defense; engine room for Rubén Sánchez, Vini Souza, Gragera and Darder; and for the goals Braithwaite and Joselu.
Ancelotti’s men form with Courtois under the sticks; line of four behind with Carvajal and Camavinga in the lanes, and Militao and Nacho as a pair of central defenders; midfield for Tchouaméni, Kroos and Modric; and in the attack zone Fede Valverde on the right, Vinicius Jr on the left and Rodrygo as an offensive reference.
The referee designated for this clash is Jorge Figueroa Vázquez, who will be assisted in the VAR room by Santiago Jaime Latre.
Carlo Ancelotti recovers for this match Luka Modric, who could not be against Real Betis due to accumulation of yellow cards, and Odriozola and Lunin, who were also absent for the game against the vediblancos.
The visitors will have neither Pedrosa, who has been injured since the start of the season, nor Keidi Bare, who has been out since January.
One of the topics discussed at the press conference was that of Kylian Mbappé and a possible signing for the white club, to which the Italian did not want to answer: “It is a question that you can ask me today, in three days, in two months… but it’s a question I’ll never answer”
The two teams will look for the three points to continue fighting for their goals. Another stumble for the Whites would mean saying goodbye to the league title definitively, while for Diego Martínez’s men it would be getting closer to the relegation zone, which Almería marks with 25 points.
The last time the madridistas and espanyolistas met was in August at the RCDE Stadium, in a match that ended in a 3-1 away victory after two late goals from Benzema that gave the madrileños all three points.
For their part, the parakeets come thirteenth in the standings, but only two points above the relegation. In their last three matches in the league competition, Diego Martínez’s men have reaped 2 wins and one loss, the latter against Real Valladolid on the last day.
The whites are not at their best moment of the season. In the last three games, against Atlético de Madrid, FC Barcelona and Real Betis, the meringues have not been able to win, with a balance of two draws, one defeat and only one goal scored.
The previous occasion in which the whites and the blue and whites met at the Madrid stadium was on matchday 34 of last season. The match, which proclaimed the meringues as LaLiga Santander champions, concluded with a resounding 4-0 win for Ancelotti’s men with goals from Asensio, Benzema and Rodrygo twice.
Welcome to the broadcast of the match between Real Madrid and RCD Espanyol.