There was not luck for the barcelonistas that expected a "prick" of the Real Madrid in Saint Mamés. The group merengue finish imposing to the "lions" thanks to the goals of Karim Benzema in the first-half and Casemiro in the second, after Aritz Aduriz had equalised during some minutes the marker in the new Cathedral.
The party began of way plácida for the Real Madrid, finding the whites with the goal in the minute 25 and, from here, managing well the time until arriving to the rest, although Keylor Navas saw forced to make some interventions saviours to keep the box of the Athletic to zero in front of the "shakes" of Iñaki Williams and the rest of offensive players of the local group.
The Real Madrid saves another obstacle in LaLiga
The Athletic of Bilbao of Ernesto Valverde tried it everything to take out a positive result of his stadium, but the intensity with which played the Basques was not sufficient to prevent that the Real Madrid, that not even had to print a brilliant game, carried the three points and achieved of this way keep the leadership of LaLiga, with the possibility to increase the advantage of here to some weeks in the case to win to the Celtic.
The merengues follow now above the FC Barcelona (5 points more), although the culés expects that they can go back to leave the difference in two points attaining this Sunday a victory against Valencia CF in the Camp Nou.
During the meeting of the Athletic in front of the Real Madrid, although there was not too many played controversial, yes fits to highlight the referee's permissiveness in front of some hard entrances of Casemiro, that finalised the ninety minutes on the terrain of game and took more than the account in seeing the yellow.