Madrid.- Marco Asensio unblocked the duel and Real Madrid beat Getafe 1-0. This result forces Barcelona to win on Sunday to be crowned champion of the Spanish league.
Asensio sent a left-footed shot into the net from outside the area, which was deflected by Nemanja Maksimovic, to break the goal at 70 minutes.
The meringues faced this league match with several starting modifications thinking about their duel on Wednesday in the second leg of the Champions League semifinals against Manchester City, a commitment that is tied 1-1 on aggregate.
With this victory, Real Madrid provisionally regained second place in the standings with 71 points, 11 behind Barcelona (82), for which a victory on their visit to Espanyol is enough to win their first league title since 2019, in the post- Lionel Messi.
Getafe will end the day in the relegation zone, staying in 18th position with 34 units.
“The important thing was to win. Getafe set up a very complicated match closed behind. With Asensio’s goal they put us in our face,” said defender Nacho Fernández. “It’s always positive to win to gain confidence and on Wednesday we have a very important final.”
Real Madrid sent a team full of substitutes to begin with with a view to the next duel against City. Only goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, Eduardo Camavinga and Federico Valverde started the team that played the first leg of the Champions League semifinals midweek.
The new Merengue bet arranged for the Belgian Eden Hazard, who barely had 133 minutes in league games, to start for only the second time in the tournament.
The Whites, who won the Copa del Rey title the previous Saturday after beating Osasuna 2-1, had a very poor performance in the first half, in which they hardly took a shot on goal.
The stars Toni Kroos, Luka Modric and Vinicius Junior entered the complement and a revolution came to attack.
Asensio celebrated his ninth goal of the championship (12th of the season) with his powerful left-footed shot that surprised goalkeeper David Soria, after his trajectory was changed.
Camavinga turned on the red flags of concern for Real Madrid by having to leave the field in the final stretch after receiving a severe blow to his left knee that made him ask for his substitution.
