Real Sociedad vs Real Madrid: Bale shines to help Real win

(Baonghean.vn)- Round 36 - La Liga, coach Zidane and his team marched to Anoeta Stadium with the goal of defeating the home team Real Sociedad, winning all 3 points to continue the La Liga championship race with Barca and Atletico. And they did not disappoint the fans, even though the starting lineup was missing two important pillars of the "BBC" trio.

Before the match, Real Madrid were in impressive form in La Liga with a streak of 8 consecutive wins in La Liga. With 1 point less than the two teams above, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, coach Zinedine Zidane and his team had to win in the trip to Anoeta to continue to nurture hopes of winning the title this season. This was really not an easy task in the context of both Ronaldo and Benzema being absent due to injury. However, the difference was made thanks to the brilliance of Bale. Last week's away trip to Vallecano, Real also lost 2 times and only came back with Bale's brilliant performance.

Real Madrid dominated the game, controlling the ball up to 59% and constantly creating pressure in front of the home team's goal. However, on a day without Ronaldo and Benzema, the chances created were mostly not really dangerous, clearly for Bale or James Rodriguez to convert into goals. Feelings of regret and worry continuously appeared on the faces of Real's coaching staff when the game was tense and fierce.

Bale's goal helped Real win 3 valuable but hard-fought points against "weakling" Real Sociedad.

Meanwhile, despite being assured of their place in the league and having no more goals to strive for, Real Sociedad have continuously made things difficult for the "big guys". In the previous round, Sociedad held Villarreal away and pushed their opponents into the final round of the Champions League qualification (only 4 points ahead of Celta Vigo). Not only that, 3 weeks ago, Sociedad defeatedBarcaand not let the trio attack Messi – Suarez –Neymarspeak up. This time, the home team at Anoeta continued to have a match with a comfortable mentality, full of fire and enthusiasm with a defensive counter-attacking style and pressing right from the start. There were times when they took control of the ball, causing coach Zidane's students to be stuck in attack and struggling to block Sociedad's central attacks. However, the home team still could not cause any difficulties for the Spanish Royal team.

In the final minutes of the match, Real increased the speed of attack when coach Zidane replaced Borja with Jese and Isco with James. The reinforcement of the attack finally helped Real get a worthy goal after the efforts to press the field from the opening whistle with many missed opportunities. The person who helped the White Vultures overcome the Anoeta pass was none other than Gareth Bale with an accurate header in the 82nd minute after a pass from Lucas Vazquez.

As the season draws to a close, the race for the La Liga title this season has become more dramatic, exciting and fierce than ever. With a narrow 1-0 away win, Real Madrid temporarily took the lead in La Liga with a 2-point gap over rivals Barca and Atletico, but having played one more match.

Real Madrid fans are hoping that the Catalans and their city rivals will stumble in the next few hours. However, that is almost impossible because their opponents are too weak. Meanwhile, the most important thing for coach Zidane is to prepare in the best way for the reception of Man City in the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals.

KIM THUY