Tchouaméni as a savior! The French midfielder, who came on in the second half, allowed Real Madrid to temporarily regain first place by overthrowing Las Palmas (2-1) at the end of the match, during the 22nd day of La Liga. The former Monegasque placed an unstoppable cross header on a corner taken perfectly by Kroos to give Real the advantage (84th, 2-1) on his 24th birthday.
A second goal this season for the French international, which allows the Madrilenians to take first place two steps ahead of Girona, who travel to Celta Vigo on Sunday. The Madrilenians will in any case have the opportunity to put the pressure back on the Catalans on Thursday in Getafe in a late match of the 20th day.
Real is still undefeated in La Liga since its setback (3-1) in the Madrid derby against Atlético in September 2023. As against Almeria last week (3-2), Carlo Ancelotti’s men had to work to come back and secure three important points in the title race.
Without their providential man Jude Bellingham, suspended, Madrid first stumbled on the defense of the Canaries and their goalkeeper Valles, and Las Palmas lacked realism to punish the Blancos in the first half.
The locals ended up opening the score on the counter with a colossal piece of work from former Barcelona player Sandro Ramirez, finished right at the near post by Javi Muñoz (53rd, 1-0). But the Merengues, under the leadership of a very good Eduardo Camavinga who did not hesitate to move away from his sentry position to speed up the game, once again had the resources to get back into the match. The French midfielder found Vinicius with a superb spiked ball above the opposing defense, taken by the Brazilian with a cross shot from the left (66th, 1-1), before Aurélien Tchouaméni freed his team header (84th, 2-1).
A little earlier in the afternoon, Real Sociedad lost new points in the race for Europe against Rayo Vallecano (0-0) and lost their Franco-Spanish defensive pillar Robin Le Normand to injury . Future opponents of PSG in the Champions League, the Basques remain sixth but could find themselves 7 lengths behind their neighbors Athletic Bilbao (5th) who travel to Cadiz on Sunday.