The front pages of the Spanish press this Sunday, January 19 focus on the turning points that occurred in La Liga yesterday and all of which were profitable for Real Madrid.
Brand: “Pépin”
Marca headlines on the grimace of Antoine Griezmann and Atlético, who fell to Leganes (0-1) and on Barça which “gets tangled” on the Getafe field, offering Real Madrid the opportunity to launch “attacking the leadership position” this afternoon against Las Palmas (4:15 p.m.).
AS: “Leader on land”
Same line and same photo of Griezmann but from another angle due to his missed penalty in the last minutes at Leganes. “Real, without Vinicius or Modric, can reconcile with Bernabeu and recover first place. Alaba could play a few minutes,” writes the daily. For its part, AS speaks of Barça which “stumbles at the Coliseum” despite a goal from Jules Koundé.
-Sports World: «Bloqués»
After its sparkling Spanish Super Cup final, Barça “returned to its La Liga version” and lacked realism for MD who also denounced the racist insults suffered by Alejandro Baldé. As the daily reminds us, the Blaugranas have only taken 6 points out of the last 24 possible in La Liga. Lunar. “End of series of 15 victories” for the Colchoneros for the Catalan daily which also speaks of the “assault” to come from Real Madrid, in search of first place this Sunday at the Bernabeu.
SPORT: “Braked”
Robert Lewandowski holding his head in both hands as a symbol of the lack of realism of FC Barcelona in Getafe, here is the front page of Sport this morning in perfect summary of a Liga which is getting complicated “day after day” for the Blaugranas. “Real Madrid could take the leading position after the KO of Atlético”, also summarized Sport in line with other Iberian media.
