Real Madrid’s victory over Girona on Sunday had the club set up an unusual club record.
The goals of Luka Modric and Vinicius Junior inspired a comfortable 2-0 victory, which Madrid announced in second place in the La Liga classification and was tied to points with the leaders Barcelona, but behind head.
As already mentioned MarcaThe game was played with only one foul by Madrid. Los Blancos have never committed so few fouls before.
Lucas Vazquez was punished in the 36th minute, but that was the only time that Madrid was appointed by the official who only blew the pipe for seven fouls for Girona. The team combines eight fouls in the course of the game this season also the lowest in La Liga.
“We are happy because after the Champions League it can always … ‘Trap’ games,” considered manager Carlo Ancelotti after the game. “But the team started well, had a good control, was well defended, and although there was no exaggerated pace, everything was well controlled. And we played well.
“We are fine, we are fine. But today the best news is [David] Alaba’s recovery. He played very well for 60 minutes, very comfortable. And we start to recover parts in the back.
“I could give [Federico] Valverde and [Antonio] Rudiger a break. We reach the most important part of the season in good condition. “