Real Madrid meets and defeats Getafe thanks to Varane’s air game and Courtois tapodones – Ten

Thanks to the Belgian stops Thibaut Courtois in the first part and to the goals of Frenchman Raphael Varane and Croatian Luka Modric, the Real Madrid won 3-0 in Getafe and placed provisional leader of the League, in the absence of what the Barcelona in the derby in front of Spanish.

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In a match of the 19th day without great shows, the team of Zinedine Zidane prevailed with two aerial plays, both finished off by Varane (34 and 53), although in the first action the goal was awarded to the goalkeeper getafense David Soria, and one against Fede Valverde culminated by Modric in the discount (90 + 6).

The French central was important for Real Madrid to take the three points of the visitor against Getafe.

Thanks to this triumph, the Real Madrid He is provisional leader of the League with 40 points, one more than Barcelona, ​​who will visit the Espanyol colista in the last game on Saturday.

The protagonist of the first part of the match played at the Alfonso Pérez Muñoz Coliseum was Courtois, decisive with three stops so that his team arrived with advantage on the scoreboard at the break.

The Belgian international is in a great moment of form, as he showed with his spectacular shortcuts to Uruguayan shots Mauro Arambarri (24), from the Moroccan Fayçal Fajr (44) and also Uruguayan Leandro Cabrera (45 + 1).

Courtois gave a great game in the Alfonso Pérez Coliseum and kept his goal to zero.

In his almost unique opportunity against the local arch, the French Ferland Mendy He focused with his right towards his compatriot Varane, who on the edge of the small area was preparing to head when Soria came forward with his fist, but in a wrong action that ended the ball in the net.

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At the beginning of the second part, the Real Madrid he found the tranquility in another header of Varane in the center of Toni Kroos, although the goal was validated three minutes later, after being reviewed by the VAR, for possible anti-regulatory position of the French central.

With the advantage of two goals, the Real Madrid began to think about the Spanish Super Cup that will be held next week in Saudi Arabia Y Zidane gave rest to men who accumulate many minutes in recent weeks as Kroos, Benzemto o Isco.

Alignments:

Getafe: David Soria; Damián, Djené, Cabrera, Nyom; Fajr, Maksimovic, Arambarri, Cucurella; Angel and Jaime Mata.

Real Madrid: Courtois, Carvajal, Militão, Varane, Kroos, Benzema, Modric, Bale, Casemiro, Isco and Mendy.

Substitutes:
Areola
Nacho
Valverde
Jović
Odriozola
Vinicius Jr
Rodrygo

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