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Real Madrid beat Getafe s 2:0 in a postponed match of the 20th round of La Liga. Both goals were scored by Joselu. The match offered many scoring opportunities, but the precise finish was lacking. The “White Ballet” had as many as 9 accurate shots, and Vinicius had several chances to score, but failed. With this win, Real Madrid returned to the top of La Liga with 57 points, while Getafe remain in 10th position with 29 points.
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In the 9th minute, Joselu raced into the penalty area to reach a pass but hit the crossbar with his shot. Shortly after, Vinicius made space in the danger area and fired a fine shot into the bottom right corner, but Soria made a stunning save to thwart his effort.
In the 14th minute, Lucas Vaxes broke down the right flank and sent a great cross to Joselu, who fought through the air and headed the ball into the goal, leaving no chance for the Getafe keeper to react – 1:0 to Real Madrid.
That was the most interesting thing about the first part.
Getafe’s best chance came in the 52nd minute when Mason Greenwood showed great technique to get to the edge of the box and set up a shot, but the ball hit the right post and then went out.
Shortly after, Joselu elegantly controlled a good pass from Vinicius Junior, looked up and nailed the ball inexorably into the bottom right corner with a shot from the edge of the penalty area – 2-0 to Real Madrid.
In the 63rd minute, Vinicius Junior showed his class and took a good pass in the box, having a chance to score, but Soria made another save. Five minutes later, Valverde fired just wide of the right-hand post from the penalty area after latching on to a pass from Modric, but the ball was out of play and he was kicked out.
Seconds later, Vinicius broke past two defenders and shot in front of goal, but Soria made a brilliant save to keep the shot in the middle of the goal. In the 73rd minute, Borja Mayoral squandered a huge opportunity after receiving a perfect pass in the penalty area, but could only manage to somehow poke the ball into the left post. Immediately afterwards, Modric took great control and found himself eye-to-eye with the Getafe keeper, firing into the left-hand corner, but Soria once again showed his incredible reflexes.
Ten minutes before the end of regular time, Mason Greenwood broke through to the edge of the penalty area, but shot inches wide of the right post.
Starting lineups:
Getafe: 13. David Soria, 15. Omar Alderete, 6. Domingos Duarte, 2. Djene, 4. Gastron Alvarez, 20. Nemanja Maksimovic, 5. Luis Mia, 22. Damian Suarez, 12. Maysin Greenwood, 18. Jose Carmona, 19 Borja Mayoral
Real Madrid: 13. Andrey Lunin, 23. Ferland Mendy, 6. Nacho Fernandez, 22. Antonio Rudiger, 17. Lucas Vazquez, 10. Luka Modric, 15. Federico Valverde, 18. Aurelien Chuameni, 5. Jude Belingame, 14. Joselu, 7 Vinicius Junior
