Real Madrid Tops La Liga with Comfortable Win Over Granada

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Real Madrid reclaimed the top spot in La Liga with a 2-0 win against Granada on Saturday night.

The victory allowed Carlo Ancelotti’s team to surpass Girona in the standings, as the latter had secured a remarkable 2-1 comeback against Valencia earlier in the day.

Granada, led by Alexander Medina in his debut as coach, suffered the anticipated defeat and continued to occupy the 19th position in the league table.

Granada were forced into an early change when goalkeeper Raul Fernandez sustained an injury and had to be replaced by Andre Ferreira. Real Madrid sought to take advantage of this with a series of crosses from Dani Carvajal and Federico Valverde, but none found their intended target.

Down the other end, Granada went close to taking a shock lead, with Bryan Zaragoza’s cross turned narowly wide by Raul Torrente.

Midway through the first half, Real Madrid broke the deadlock. Brahim Diaz cut inside from the right and his bouncing pass found Toni Kroos, who returned it back to the attacking midfielder with a sumptuous ball between two Granada defenders, dinking it beyond Ferreira.

Just before the break, Jude Bellingham had his first sight of goal, running on to the end of a neat flick from Brahim, but firing wide from a tight angle.

Within 11 minutes of the restart, Real Madrid added their second. Ferland Mendy’s ball inside from the left found Joselu, who released Brahim into the channels to fire in a low cross for Bellingham. The England midfielder was denied by a stunning save from Ferreira, but Rodrygo was on hand to lash in the rebound.

A third goal nearly followed when Bellingham’s delectable pass over the top of the sleeping Granada backline found the run of Valverde, but his close-range effort was blocked behind.

Real Madrid had to settle for just the two goals in the end and their victory was secured after three minutes of second-half stoppage time.

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