ArticleManagerAt 3:30 a.m. Beijing time on April 21, the 33rd round of the 2021-2022 La Liga season ushered in a highlight match, with leaders Real Madrid going to away to Osasuna. In the first half, Alaba scored to break the deadlock, Budimir equalized, and Asensio scored to take the lead again; In the second half, Benzema missed both penalties and Vazquez scored in stoppage-time to seal the victory. In the end, Real Madrid beat Osasuna 3-1 away to win their fourth consecutive league victory, leading La Liga with 78 points and 17 points ahead of second-placed Atletico Madrid.
Prior to this match, Real Madrid sat at the top of the table with a huge lead and won three consecutive league games. Osasuna is only in 9th place. The two teams have met 79 times in their history, with Real Madrid dominating with 48 wins, 18 draws and 13 defeats, and 16 wins, 12 draws and 11 defeats away from home.
In the third minute, Osasuna crossed from the right and Ruben Garcia crossed with a header from the left side of the box, Bodimir headed in and Courtois held the ball. In the 6th minute, Budimir swung the ball past the Real Madrid defender in front of the box and deflected a left-footed volley.
Osasuna then organised another attack, with a cross from the right side of the penalty area that was slowed down by Brashanac’s pad shot in front of goal. In the 9th minute, Rodrigo took the ball on the left and shot slightly deflected.
In the 12th minute, Real Madrid took the lead, a tactical free-kick from the left side of the front was hoisted into the box, Benzema crossed from the right, Alaba in front of the goal was blocked, and then he scored from close range, Real Madrid led Osasuna 1-0.
In the 14th minute, Osasuna quickly equalized when Moncayola burst into a cross from the right side of the penalty area, and Bourdimir easily pushed an empty goal at the back post, making Osasuna 1-1 Real Madrid.
In the 32nd minute, Osasuna crossed from the right side of the field, Brashanac on the left side of the box crossed into the middle, and Budimir stopped the ball on his chest and volleyed with his left foot, but the latter was offside and the goal was invalidated.
In the 40th minute, Alaba slammed the ball in front of the penalty area and Osasuna goalkeeper Herrera flew to save the ball.
In the 45th minute, Real Madrid led again, Camavinga picked out a cross in the box, Ceballos on the left inserted a tackle blocked by the goalkeeper, and Asensio followed up with an empty goal, Real Madrid led Osasuna 2-1
, the first half ended immediately.
In the 51st minute, Rodrigo broke through to the left edge of the penalty area with the ball, Avila handball while falling to the ground, and the referee awarded a penalty. Benzema took the penalty and his push into the bottom left corner of the goal was saved by Herrera, and Real Madrid missed the chance.
In the 58th minute, Rodrigo took the ball into the left side of the box again and Nacho Vidal brought the former down while defending, and the referee awarded another penalty. The penalty was still headed by Benzema, who chose the same angle as the previous one, and Herrera once again denied the penalty.
In the 68th minute, Camavinga scored a long-range shot in front of the penalty area, which deflected wide. In the 85th minute, Benzema and Carvajal hit the wall and burst into the left side of the penalty area, and their left-footed volley from a small angle went high.
In the 93rd minute, Moncayola’s push from the top of the arc was suspected to hit Nacho’s arm in the box, which the referee did not indicate. One minute later, Real Madrid had a chance, Isco crossed diagonally in midfield, Vinicius took the ball on the left side of the pitch and got a single knife, and he pushed into the far corner of the box and grazed the upright off the line.
In the 96th minute, Real Madrid sealed the victory, Vinicius broke through with the ball on the left flank, crossed into the middle of the box, followed by Vazquez pushed the goal, Real Madrid led Osasuna 3-1.
In the end, the match was over, and Real Madrid won 3-1 away at Osasuna.