Camo” broke away from Girona at a distance of 10 points.
Real MadridUkrainian goalkeeper Andrey Lunin beat Osasuna on the road in the match of the 29th round of the Spanish La Liga – 2:4.
Already in the 4th minute of the meeting, the “cream” team was given the lead by Vinicius Junior, to which the Pamplonans responded just three minutes later with a precise shot from Ante Budimir.
However, Carlo Ancelotti’s team still went into the break as a leader, because in the 18th minute Dani Carvajal.
It is worth noting that at the end of the first half the hosts could have come back, but Lunin jumped and parried the opponent’s difficult shot from outside the penalty area.
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After the break, the Royal Club developed its advantage. In the 61st minute, Lunin began a scoring attack – the Ukrainian goalkeeper gave a long and accurate pass to Federico Valverde, who then brought Brahim Diaz one on one with the Osasuna goalkeeper.
Another three minutes passed and Madrid scored for the fourth time in this match – Vinicius scored a double, taking advantage of Valverde's pass.
In injury time, the hosts managed to get one goal back – at 90+1 minute Iker Muñoz shot between Lunin’s legs from outside the penalty area.
Lunin played a full match, which was his 17th this season in the Spanish Championship. In total, Andrei played 23 matches for Real in all tournaments this campaign – he missed 19 goals and kept 10 clean sheets.
Review of the match “Osasuna” – “Real Madrid”
After this victory, Real Madrid (72 points) takes first place in La Liga and Ukrainians Artem Dovbik and Viktor Tsygankov are 10 points ahead of Girona, which is second with a game in hand. Osasuna (36 points) is in 10th position.
In the next round of the Spanish championship, after the international break, Real Madrid will host Athletic Bilbao on March 31. A day earlier, Osasuna will meet Almeria on the road.
Recall that the day before Real found out their opponent in the 1/4 finals of the Champions League. The Madrid giants will face current trophy winners Manchester City.
