Real Madrid have won the Spanish League title and are already thinking about revenge against Manchester City

Four dates from the end of the Spanish League, Real Madrid clinched a title it has long owned, beyond the fact that the signing took place on Saturday in the Spanish’s 4-0 defeat at the Santiago Bernabéu. In a contest that dominates from end to end, the Meringue He has won his 35th domestic crown and now he can think of the Champions League exclusively: on Wednesday he will host Manchester City in a rematch of one of the semifinals with the need to overcome a 4-3 defeat which he achieved in the first leg.

The key against the City is Madrid’s great promise these days. Carlo Ancelotti, who chose to face the match that would guarantee him a local title with a B team: he left the team’s two top scorers in the League, Karim Benzema (25) and Vinícius Júnior (14) on the bench., as well as Toni Kroos, Federico Valverde, Dani Carvajal and Ferland Mendy, all starters on Tuesday against the English team. He also has no David Alaba (injured), Éder Militão and Nacho (both suspended).

The rotation has not been an obstacle for his team to easily prevail against one of three opponents to beat the team from the Spanish capital in this League (the others are Barcelona and Getafe). Ang parakeets they won 2-1 on Oct. 3 for the eighth date, but this time they could no longer compete against muletto from Madrid.

After half an hour of moderate silence, the local sped up and built a decisive advantage in the final quarter of an hour of the first chapter. At the age of 33, he opened an account with a Brazilian and intergenerational ensemble: the highly experienced Marcelo, who became the player with the most titles in club history (he reached 24 and surpassed Paco Gento), along with Rodrygo and the 21 -year- the old youth years defeated Diego López in a low shot.

Ten minutes later, Mariano pressed a shot from the opposing area, snatched the ball from Venezuelan Yangel Herrera and gave it to Rodrygo to score the second. In the stands there was a party that started with the symbolic kick-off of Majorcan tennis player Rafael Nadal, a prominent supporter of Meringue and honorary member of the club since 2011.

Before the game began, there was also a minute of silence to pay tribute to Freddy Rincón, who died just over two weeks ago after a road accident and wore a Madrid shirt in the 1995/96 season (he was the first Colombian. To do so) .

In addition, the Spaniard, who was still trying to mathematically seal his permanence in the top category of Spanish football, went out to look for the discount, but 10 minutes later he found a faded counterattack held by Frenchman Eduardo Camavinga and identified by Marco Asensio.

When the match was sentenced, Ancelotti chose to give Benzema, Kroos and Vinícius a few minutes so that they could be part of the party and also so that two of the pillars left the field, the Croatian Luka Modric and the Brazilian. Casemiro, whom he played as a temporary central marker. Two of the scorers scored the fourth goal with 10 minutes remaining: Vinícius assisted and Benzema pointed.

By that time, the visit was already suffering from a battle in which it fell to the supplement. The Catalans retired undefeated and thus reached 25 consecutive excursions without winning at the Bernabéu (their last victory was 2-1 in the 1995/96 season).

After José Luis Munuera Montero’s last whistle there was moderate celebration on the stands and on the field. Sure, there’s still a lot to play. In fact, the champion players will return to training on Sunday and begin preparing for Wednesday’s match against Manchester City at home.

This Saturday’s appointment also allowed Carlo Ancelotti to occupy just one of the five major leagues in Europe that has lacked his successful career: he won Serie A with Milan (2004), the Premier League with Chelsea ( 2010), Ligue 1 with Paris Saint-Germain (2013) and the Bundesliga with Bayern Munich (2017).