Spanish League.. Real Madrid accepts Betis' gift and achieves a valuable victory over Girona

Real Madrid accepted the gift of Real Betis, who forced a draw on leaders Barcelona on Saturday, and won 3-0 over Girona in the sixteenth round of the Spanish Football League.

Real Madrid raised its score to 36 points in second place, two points behind the leader Barcelona, knowing that the royal team has a postponed match against Valencia.

Englishman Jude Bellingham opened the scoring for Real Madrid in the 36th minute, and Turkish Arda Guler added the second goal in the 55th minute before Frenchman Kylian Mbappe scored the third goal in the 62nd minute of the match.

With this victory, Real Madrid reconciled with its fans after its defeat against Athletic Bilbao 1-2 on Wednesday in a match brought forward from the 19th round due to the two teams’ involvement in the Spanish Super Cup competition, in a match in which it received a penalty kick that was wasted by its star Mbappe, who compensated today by scoring the third goal.

Real Betis forced a draw against its guest Barcelona (2-2) on Saturday in an exciting match.

The two goals for the Catalan team were scored by Polish Robert Lewandowski (39) and Ferran Torres (82), while the two goals for the Andalusian team were scored by Argentine Giovani Lo Celso (68 from a penalty kick) and Assane Diaw (90+4).

This is the second draw for Barcelona in La Liga this season, compared to 12 wins and 3 defeats.

Thus, Barcelona raised its score to 38 points at the top of the Spanish League. As for Real Betis, it now has 21 points.

In the same stage, Las Palmas defeated Valladolid (2-1) and Rayo Vallecano defeated Valencia (1-0).

Source: beIN Sports