After maintaining a 4-point gap over http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604, Real Madrid’s assistant coach is now looking forward to the match against Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League.
Los Blancos were in blistering form as they faced Sporting Gijon over the weekend.
Los Blancos had to beat their opposition over the weekend in order to maintain a 4-point gap over the Catalan giants. And they were able to do so after making a remarkable comeback to record a 3-1 victory at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Sporting Gijon showed great resiliency after stepping up on the pitch in the Spanish capital. Their brilliant counter-attacking strategy won them a penalty in the first half, helping them take a one-goal lead over Los Blancos.
However, it was Gonzalo Higuain who helped Madrid start the comeback, scoring in the 37th minute to make the score-line 1-1.
With the first half finishing, Madrid and Sporting Gijon were on level terms. However, the second half saw Real Madrid coming out with all guns blazing.
The Portuguese captain, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Karim-Benzema-c20350, who scored the third goal to put the icing on the cake.
After beating Gijon in the Spanish La Liga, Real Madrid managed to stretch their lead to 7 points over Barcelona. However, the Catalan giants overcame their tough opposition, Levante, over the weekend and won the game 1-2 to help keep themselves on
Madrid’s tail.
After maintaining a 4-point lead over Barcelona, Jose Mourinho’s right-hand man is now looking forward to the tough test against Bayern Munich on Tuesday.
Madrid are to face the German side on Tuesday in the UEFA Champions League semi-final and the German-based club are currently in dazzling form.
“I consider the reaction of the team to be very good. When people said we were under pressure like against Atletico de Madrid in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Calderon the team remained calm and we waited for the best moment to score the second goal, and the third goal…..finally,
it is just one more game, three points more and that should be that until the end.”
Real Madrid are favourites to win the Spanish La Liga and the UEFA Champions League; however, match against Munich is a must-watch for all the footballing fans around the world.
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