Real Madrid received a moral blow four days before its continental position against Chelsea in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, losing to its guest Villarreal 2-3 on Saturday in the 28th stage of the Spanish Football League .

Real's second balance, whose chances of retaining its title have become very slim, froze at 59 points, 12 points behind leaders Barcelona, who host Girona on Monday at the end of this stage's competitions.

On the other hand, Villarreal temporarily advanced to fifth place with 47 points.

It is the third time that the two teams have met this season, so Villarreal prevailed in the first 2-1 in the league in the 16th stage, and Real responded in the local cup 3-2 in the final price.

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti decided to rest Croatian veterans Luka Modric and German Toni Kroos in preparation for the expected confrontation against Chelsea in the main continental competition.

Frenchman Karim Benzema (went out in the 59th minute) took the armband after he starred in the recent period by scoring a hat-trick twice in two consecutive matches against Valladolid 6-0 in the league and his arch-rivals Barcelona, with a clean four, which took him out of the semi-finals of the local cup.

Villarreal missed its top scorer, Gerard Moreno, but with Pau Torres, Dani Parejo and Argentine Giovanni Lo Celso.
Asensio confused Villarreal's defense after he dodged inside the area and passed to Vinicius Junior on the left, so the latter returned it to the Spaniard, but his shot hit defender Torres and deceived his goalkeeper Jose Reina (16).

The guest equalized after a pass from Le Celso to Nigerian Samuel Chukwueze, who got rid of Nacho and hit a ball with his left foot past Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois (39).

And with the start of the second half, Real advanced with the goal of Vinicius Jr., who got rid of Shukwuezi and the Algerian Issa Mandy, to hit the goal to the right of the goalkeeper (48), before substitute Jose Morales imposed a tie again 3 minutes after he came to the field (70).
Shukwuezi dealt the final blow to Real by scoring the third goal with a missile shot with his left foot, which settled in the top corner (80).

Real demanded a penalty kick after the French substitute, Eduardo Camavinga, penetrated the Villarreal penalty area, and the ball collided with Mandy, who was on the ground, but the referee used the video assistant referee “VAR” to reverse his decision to award the kick (85).
Real Sociedad strengthened fourth place by defeating its guest Getafe 2-0.

Mikel Oyarzabal (45 + 2) and Takefusa Cobo (60) scored the goals of the Basque club, which secured its grip on the last fourth place qualifying for the Champions League competition, with 51 points.

After a strong start this season, Sociedad's performance declined, leaving it out of the European League competition, "Europa League", and allowing Real Betis and Villarreal to catch up with it in the "La Liga" in the race to qualify for the main continental competition.

Atletico Madrid III (54 points), who is a guest at Rayo Vallecano on Sunday, also advanced to Sociedad in March after the latter tied against Cadiz, but by winning this evening, he advanced by 6 points from Betis, who also faces Cadiz on Sunday.
Athletic Bilbao compensated for the disappointment of not reaching the final match of the local cup by going out to Osasuna in the semi-finals (losing 0-1 in the first leg and drawing 1-1 in the second leg), by defeating its host Espanyol 2-1.

Bilbao raised its score to 40 points in seventh place, while Espanyol's balance, which suffered its fifth loss in a row, froze and struggled not to drop at 27 points in eighteenth place.

The last victory of Espanyol, who is now threatened with losing its position, pending the outcome of the match between Almeria and its guest Valencia, with 27 points each, also on Sunday, returns to the 23rd stage against Real Mallorca 2-1.
The young Moroccan striker, Abdel Samad Al-Zalzouli, scored two goals in less than a quarter of an hour, giving Osasuna its first victory in five matches, against its guest, Alche, bottom of the standings, 2-1.

The owner of the land fell behind with a goal by Titi Morente before the break (44), but Al-Zalzouli justified in the 71st minute with a shot from inside the area that rebounded from the defense into the net, then scored the winning goal with a wonderful shot from outside the area that entered the left corner of the goalkeeper (84), to achieve his first double. in the league.

Al-Zalzouli (21 years old and 5 international matches) plays with Osasuna on loan from Barcelona.
Osasuna, who reached the final of the local cup competition against Real Madrid next month, raised his score to 38 points in eighth place, while Elche (13) came closer to relegation to the second division.