Real Madrid struggled to win at Anoeta and managed to do so in the final minutes with a great header , which keeps his team in the fight for the title and gives them confidence for the return leg of the Champions League semi-final against Manchester City.
The Madrid team, in the absence of the BBC due to the absences of Cristiano and Benzema, bet on Bale’s B to create danger in the first half against a San Sebastian team that was solid in defence.
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Gareth Bale came very close to scoring on two clear chances, one at the beginning of the first half and another in the final stretch, but the defense and Rulli aborted the attempts of the Madrid forward.
The Basque team did not stay in their own half and, unlike what happened against Barcelona, when they scored early on and then focused mainly on defending their own goal, against the Whites they entered the opponent’s area more.
Full-back Zaldúa had a shot in the 45th minute that grazed the post of Navas’ goal during one of his attacks.
The Guipuzcoan team believed in it in the second half, Real Madrid were close to taking the lead with a point-blank shot from Bale that was deflected by Rulli and the home team began to threaten Navas’ area again and forced Zidane to correct from the bench.
The French coach did not see it clearly and brought on Jesé and Isco to defeat a blue and white team that, without creating clear goal-scoring chances, defended wonderfully and did not give up on attacking every time they had the ball.
Jesé, in fact, announced his team’s victory with a shot saved between Elustondo and Rulli, but moments later the Argentine goalkeeper could not do the same after a header by Bale from a cross by Lucas meant 0-1.