Real Madrid, Spanish champion, relaunched the title race on Sunday by logically winning against its modest neighbor Leganés (3-0) thanks in particular to its star Kylian Mbappé during the 14th day of La Liga.
An offering from Vinicius
The French striker, who made his return to the field after missing the Blues rally for the second time in two months, found the net on an offering from the Brazilian Vinicius (43rd, 1-0) to open the scoring , before the Uruguayan Federico Valverde (66th, 2-0) then the Englishman Jude Bellingham (86th, 3-0) widened the gap in the second period.
Established on the left side, his preferential position, pushing “Vini” into the axis, for the first time this season, Mbappé proved his coach Carlo Ancelotti right, who had estimated the day before that the French striker's bad series was going to end this Sunday on the pitch of the Butarque stadium, in the suburbs of Madrid.
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A solid victory which allows the Madrid giant (2nd, 30 points with a match in hand) to come back to within four lengths of FC Barcelona (1st, 34 points), hanging on Saturday in Vigo (2-2), three days from its most big challenge of the season at Anfield against Liverpool in the Champions League on Wednesday.
