Real Madrid’s Carlo Ancelotti won this Saturday its 35th Spanish football champion title in its history, after beating 4-0 Spanish four days from the end of The leaguewhich makes the Italian coach also the first coach to win the five major European leagues.
Without several of its main players, who rested thinking about the semifinal second leg of the Champions League, on Wednesday of next week against Manchester CityReal Madrid had no problem winning at the Santiago Bernabéu, with a brace from the Brazilian Rodrygo (minutes 33 and 44) and goals from Marco Asensio (55) and one last one from Karim Benzema (81), who had entered the match in the final stretch of the crash.
Thanks to this result, the real Madrid It is 17 points ahead of Sevilla, which currently occupies second position.
Barcelona, which is third, is 18 points behind. Even if they beat Mallorca on Sunday (16th), the Catalan team would be within 15 units and, with four games remaining, they couldn’t mathematically hunt down Real Madrid either.
The 80,000 spectators who filled the Bernabéu were thus able to celebrate the conquest of the tournament and the “merengue” fans can celebrate the success in what remains of Saturday in their usual place, next to the Cibeles Fountain, in the center of the Spanish capital .
The players will not be able to carry out great excesses either, taking into account the proximity of that crucial duel on Wednesday against the Manchester City at the Bernabéu, with a ticket then at stake for the Champions League final, scheduled for May 28 in Paris.
Marcelo, in the legend
The Brazilian Marcelo (34 years old on May 12), officially captain of the team and starter in this Saturday’s match despite usually being a substitute for Ferland Mendy, beat club legend Paco Gento and his 23 titles this Saturday, becoming the player who has won the most trophies within Real Madrid with 24 titles.
After two missed chances by Mariano Díaz with a header (minutes 13 and 22), Marcelo served his compatriot Rodrygo so that he opened the scoring in minute 33, thus opening the way to the title. Rodrygo himself extended the account in the 44th minute and chants of “Champions, Champions!” were repeatedly heard in the stands.
In the second half, Marco Asensio successfully completed a counterattack in the 55th minute, signing the Whites’ third. In the 72nd minute, a goal against Isco Alarcón was annulled for offside, but in the 81st minute Benzema made it the final 4-0, with the assistance of Vinicius Jr.
Benzema Thus, he reinforces his dominance in the scoring table, now with 26 goals, eleven more than his closest rivals.
Historical Ancelotti
With this title, Carlo Ancelotti became the first coach in history to win the five main European leagues (Spain, England, Italy, Germany and France).
In the Italian championship he was crowned with AC Milan in 2004, in England with Chelsea (2010), in France with Paris SG (2013) and in Germany with Bayern Munich (2017), before this success with Real Madrid. .
The Italian coach, who will turn 63 on June 10, thus triumphs in this first season of his second stage at the helm of Real Madrid, which thus reconquers the national title, after the one achieved in 2020, in the season marked by the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The real Madrid has largely dominated this season in Spain. Now he aspires to win the Champions Leaguealthough on Wednesday they must overcome the adverse 4-3 they suffered against Manchester City in the first leg of the semifinals.
In the first match this Saturday, Alavés (19th) beat Villarreal (7th) 2-1. The Basque team takes oxygen but their situation is still very worrying, four points from the safety zone.
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