Spain: "Atletico" in an offside position (video)

On Saturday evening, you will learn about the main events in Spanish football, the goals in the matches, and the situation in the tournament table through this article.

'Espanyol' – 'Atletico' 1:1
Goals: Puado 71(pen) – Aspilicueta 38.
'Atletico': Oblak, Lorente, Le Norman (Jimenez, 28), Langle, Aspilicueta (Reynildo, 81), Simeone (Molina, 64), Gallaxer (Rikelme, 81), Birrios, Lino (De Paul, 46), Syorlot (Alvares, 64), Griezmann.
Warnings: Kubula 21, Velis 73, Jimenez 90+1.

With a high probability, the number of participants in the championship race in Spain has decreased to two, as 'Atletico' has exited it. The Madrid team had lost to 'Getafe' and 'Barselona' before the FIFA days, and now they missed the victory in the match against 'Espanyol', who are near the danger zone.

^{The most interesting situation in the match was related to the assistant referee}
However, towards the end of the first half, after defender Aspilicueta placed the ball in the upper corner in the penalty area, it seemed that the guests would not lose this advantage. But everything was ruined by Langle's mistake, who pulled down an opponent by his shirt in the penalty area right in front of the referee's eyes during a set piece. This was completely unnecessary, as Cabrera had not even come close to threatening the goal. In this episode, the ball was simply going to Oblak, and in the end, important points were lost. Diego Simeone has only achieved one victory in the last six matches at 'Espanyol's' field. Now 'Atletico' is six points behind 'Barselona', who have not yet played this round, and Spanish statisticians assess the 'mattress makers' chances for the title at 2.2 percent.

'Real' – 'Leganes' 3:2
Goals: Mbappe (32 penalty, 76), Bellingham (47) – Garcia (33), Raba (41).
'Real' – Lunin, Vasquez (Valverde, 72), Rudiger, Asensio, Garcia, Modric (Chuameni, 81), Kamavinga, Dias (Vinicius, 62), Bellingham, Guler (Rodrigo, 62), Mbappe.
'Leganes' – Dmitrovich, Roze, Poyer, Nastasich, Ernandes, Neyu, Tapia (Brashanach, 86), Krus (Diomande, 86), Raba (de la Fuente, 86), Rodriguez, Garcia (Munir, 83).
Warnings: Ernandes (62), Achensio (62), Garcia (65), Tapia (75), Rodriguez (89).

'Real' also did not have an easy task, starting the match against 'Leganes' without their South American players after the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. Initially, it seemed that the cream-colored team had no serious problems. The hosts increased the pressure in their style, created situations, and Bellingham's delicate pass into the penalty area ended with a foul against Guler.

Mbappe executed the penalty in a Panenka style. In this situation, the goalkeeper barely managed to get back to the center to reach the ball.

However, the hero of the first half was not Kilian, but his compatriot Roze. Initially, 'Leganes' left-back joining the attack ended with Diego Garcia's goal, and eight minutes later, after Braim Dias lost the ball in the center of the field, Dani Raba finished the attack he initiated with a goal. Before the break, Mbappe had two more chances to score, but the Madrid team still headed to the dressing room in a gloomy mood.

'Leganes' fans enjoyed another 15 minutes of happiness, but everything changed with the start of the second half. 'Real's' first-half misfortunes were forgotten in one attack: Garcia passed the ball to Bellingham, who struck powerfully from the ground. Dmitrovich saved the ball, but Dias reached the rebound, and the ball hit the post and returned to Jude. This time, no one could save the guests.

Not long after, after Braim's shot, the ball hit the post. Ancelotti, with an hour of the game behind, brought Rodrigo and Vinicius onto the field instead of Arda and Dias. But it was Mbappe who did the decisive work. Rodrigo fell near the penalty area; in this situation, the guest defender Renato Tapia had reached the ball, but the head referee Iturralde Gonzalez awarded a penalty.

Kilian played a standard situation with Garcia, sending the rebound ball into the net with a low shot from the side of the post. This was his 33rd goal in his debut season at 'Real', matching the records of Ronaldo and van Nistelrooy, with only Samorano (37 goals) ahead. In the remaining two months, he has enough chances to take the first place in this regard as well. Additionally, he brought his total number of professional goals to 364 and tied with Roger Courtois in the list of top French scorers, with only Karim Benzema (491) and Thierry Henry (411) ahead.

After this victory, 'Real' caught up with 'Barca' in terms of points and awaits the result of their rival's derby match against 'Girona' on Sunday evening.