Madrid (AFP) - Real Madrid, the leaders from afar, returned again and snatched a fatal victory over its host Seville 3-2, after it was behind with two clean goals after 25 minutes Sunday in the thirty-second stage of the Spanish Football League. Real repeated what happened with him in the middle of the game. The week when he was on his way to bid farewell to the European Champions League competition, by falling behind by 3-0 at home against Chelsea, the English champions, in the second leg of the quarter-finals, but he came back and scored two goals (one in normal time and another after extension), to continue his career in his favorite tournament as a result of his 3-1 victory. With this dramatic victory, the Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti's team removed its Andalusian host after it became 15 points away from it and its arch-rivals Barcelona, who played two games less.

And the royal club came close to regaining the title from its neighbor, Atletico Madrid, eight stages before the end of the season. The second narrowed the difference through Brazilian substitute Rodrigo, then snatched the equalizer a few minutes before the end, thanks to the other substitute Nacho, before the return was completed with the goal of French Karim Benzema in the second minute of stoppage time. It passed by the right post of Belgian Thibaut Courtois (9).

Seville did not wait long to reach Courtois' net from a wonderful free kick executed by Croatian Ivan Rakitic to the right of the Belgian goalkeeper, who did not move a finger (20). On the left side of the penalty area, Korota went out to block him, but the ball fell in front of Argentine Eric Lamela, who followed it into the net (25). According to “Opta” statistics, this is the first time that Real has fallen behind with two clean goals outside its stadium after 25 minutes since September 2018. Against Seville in particular, when he ended the match losing 3-0, led by the current Seville coach, Julen Lopetegui. Benzema, who manipulated the defense on the left side, crossed before shooting from a narrow angle, but the ball went over the Moroccan goalkeeper Yassin Bounou (44).

Real returned to the meeting at the beginning of the second half when substitute Rodrigo succeeded in reducing the difference after a cross from the left through Dani Carvajal after exchanging the ball with the other Brazilian Vinicius Junior (50). The other Brazilian Diego Militao was close to equalizing with a wonderful goal from a shot he fired from Almost 40 meters, but Bono excelled in saving his team (53). Real closed in on his host and besieged him in his area until Vinicius Junior succeeded in equalizing after the ball reached him from the right side through Lucas Vasquez (74). The referee appealed to "VAR" to confirm The goal was correct, then he decided to cancel it, considering that the Brazilian controlled the ball with his hand. But substitute Nacho compensated for that with a goal a few seconds after he entered instead of Lucas Vasquez, following a cross from Carvajal (83).

And when the match was taking its last breath, Benzema snatched his twenty-fifth goal in the league this season after a pass from Rodrigo (2 + 90), giving his team the three points and inflicting his first defeat on Seville in his stronghold this season. And at the “Wanda Metropolitano” stadium, the Belgian substitute Yannick returned Carrasco led his team, Atletico Madrid, to the winning streak in a very important period of the season, by scoring

Double fatal victory over the guest Espanyol 2-1.

Argentine coach Diego Simeone's team seemed destined to settle for a draw and fail to win the fourth match in a row locally and continually, before Carrasco said his word from a penalty kick in the tenth minute of stoppage time, after the Belgian substitute had also scored the goal of progress in the match that his team completed with ten players. With this victory, Simeone's team, coming from a loss in the last stage against Real Mallorca, 0-1, followed by an exit from the quarter-finals of the Champions League, with a 0-0 draw at home with English Manchester City (losing the first leg, 0-1), from Betis's draw with Sociedad (zero-zero) Friday at the opening of the stage to move away in the last fourth place to qualify for the Champions League.

The capital team raised its score to 58 points in fourth place, three points ahead of Betis and five against Sociedad, and the same distance from Barcelona II, which concludes the stage Monday against Cadiz. Atletico continued its sterile performance by failing to reach the net during the first half of its last four matches, with An orphan attempt on goal in all the first four innings.

But Carrasco, who entered instead of Portuguese Joao Felix, hit at the start of the second half after a pass from the other Brazilian substitute, Matteo Cunha (51). He received another blow after the Catalan guest equalized from a free kick by Raul de Thomas, and the ball bounced off the post and into the net of Slovenian goalkeeper Jan Oblak (74).

After that, Simeone's men were unable to regain the lead in light of the numerical superiority of the Catalan guest, until the tenth minute of stoppage time when Carrasco successfully executed a penalty kick caused by De Thomas by touching the ball with his hand in the forbidden area, depriving his team of its fortieth point and moving away by 12 points from the area. Relegation. Carrasco stressed, "It was a very important match for us, and when you score from the last shot in the match, it increases the importance of achieving our goals for this season." , and Seville in the 37th stage, in addition to away matches against Sociedad, Athletic Bilbao and Elche.