Spain: "Atletico" is offside (video)

This article will tell you about the main events that took place in Spanish football on Saturday evening, the goals in the matches and the situation in the tournament table.

Espanyol – Atletico 1:1
Goals: Puado 71 (pen) – Azpilicueta 38.
Atletico: Oblak, Llorente, Le Normand (Jiménez, 28), Lenglet, Azpilicueta (Reynildo, 81), Simeone (Molina, 64), Gallagher (Riquelme, 81), Birrios, Lino (De Paul, 46), Serlot (Alvarez, 64), Griezmann.
Warning: Kubula 21, Velis 73, Jiménez 90+1.

The number of participants in the Spanish championship race has most likely been reduced to two, Atletico has left it. Madrid lost to Getafe and Barcelona before the FIFA days, and now - in the game with Espanyol, which is close to the danger zone, victory was missed.

^{The most interesting situation in the match was related to the linesman}
Although, at the end of the first half, after defender Azpilicueta placed the ball in the air in the penalty area and placed it in the top corner, the guests seemed not to lose this advantage. But everything was ruined by Langle's mistake, when, after a set piece, he pulled the opponent's shirt and knocked him down in the penalty area in front of the referee. There was no need for this at all, because Cabrera did not even come close to threatening the goal. In this episode, the ball simply went to Oblak, and in the end, important points were lost. Diego Simeone has only won one of his last six games at Espanyol. Atletico are now six points behind Barcelona, ​​who have yet to play in this round, and Spanish statisticians estimate the chances of the "Matras" for the title at 2.2 percent.

Real Madrid - Leganes 3:2
Goals: Mbappe (32nd penalty, 76th), Bellingham (47th) - Garcia (33rd), Raba (41st).
Real Madrid - Lunin, Vazquez (Valverde, 72nd), Rudiger, Asensio, Garcia, Modric (Chuameni, 81st), Camavinga, Diaz (Vinicius, 62nd), Bellingham, Guler (Rodrigo, 62nd), Mbappe.
Leganes — Dmitrovic, Rose, Poyrier, Nastasic, Hernandez, Neuilly, Tapia (Brasanac, 86), Cruz (Diomande, 86), Raba (de la Fuente, 86), Rodriguez, Garcia (Munir, 83).
Cautions: Hernandez (62), Acencio (62), Garcia (65), Tapia (75), Rodriguez (89).

Real Madrid also had a tough time, as they started the match against Leganes without their South American players after the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. Although at first it seemed that the cream-colored team had no serious problems. The hosts increased the pressure in their own style, created chances, and Bellingham's delicate pass into the penalty area ended with a foul on Guler.

Mbappe executed a Panenka-style shot. In this situation, the goalkeeper had a chance to return to the center and score the ball.

However, the hero of the first half was not Kylian, but his compatriot Rose. First, the Leganes winger joined the attack, which ended with a goal by Diego Garcia, and eight minutes later, after Braim Diaz lost the ball in the center of the field, Dani Raba completed the attack with a goal. Mbappe had two more chances to score before the break, but Madrid went into the dressing room in a sad mood.

The Leganes fans celebrated for another 15 minutes, but everything changed at the start of the second half. Real Madrid's first-half failures were forgotten in one attack: Garcia passed the ball to Bellingham, who landed a powerful shot. Dmitrovic returned the ball, which was met by Diaz, who hit the crossbar and then returned to Judd. This time, no one could save the visitors.

Soon after, Brahim's shot hit the post. Ancelotti, however, brought on Rodrygo and Vinicius for Arda and Diaz with an hour left. But Mbappe did the decisive thing. Rodrigo was brought down near the penalty area, and the visitors' defender Renato Tapia managed to get the ball, but referee Iturralde Gonzalez awarded a free kick.

Kilian played a set piece with Garcia, and the rebound was deflected into the net with a low shot. It was his 33rd goal in his debut season at Real Madrid, equaling Ronaldo and Van Nistelrooy's tally, with only Zamorano (37) ahead of him. He has a good chance of becoming the first player to do so in the remaining two months. He also took his professional goals tally to 364, level with Roger Courtois on the list of all-time French top scorers, behind only Karim Benzema (491) and Thierry Henry (411).

After the win, Real Madrid moved to 364 points. Follow “Zamin” news on “Telegram”