2023-12-22 10:01:23
Thursday night did not seem conducive to Real Madrid in Vitoria. Alavés stood up to Ancelotti’s men, who were also left with ten players after Nacho’s expulsion. However, the white team once again expressed their competitive DNA to end up winning in Mendizorroza with a goal from Lucas Vázquez in stoppage time.
A double joy for the team from the capital, for the victory itself and because the three points placed them at the top of the league table after Girona’s draw against Betis (1-1). Madrid and Catalans are on the same points after eighteen rounds, but the lead is for the former.
Both of them have closed the first part of the course brilliantly, and in the case of the second ones also surprising because no one imagined that they would be there at this point in the season. Míchel’s men have left the initial goal of remaining in the top category of Spanish football far behind them and are now looking to Europe, whether it be the Champions League or the Super League.
The pursuers, far away
Barcelona, third in the table, is now seven points behind, while Atlético, fourth, remains ten points away but with one less game (which they will make up this Saturday at the Cívitas Metropolitano against Sevilla).
Below, matchday 18 has left a group of five or six teams that will go home to eat the nougat this Christmas anguished by the weight of the relegation zone.
Check HERE the complete classification of the First division of Spanish football after the dispute of the first eighteen days.
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