HD Highlights & Match Report – Real Madrid maintains La Liga lead with the help of Morata’s brilliant hat-trick
Real Madrid maintains La Liga lead with an exciting 4-3 win vs Leganes. Ideal from the first whistle, the league leaders looked strong at the back and crushing up top.
The first chance of the night came right off the bat, with scarcely three minutes played. Álvaro Morata gathered the ball on the edge of the range. And he turned Mantovani, before unleashing a left-footed strike which flew just inches wide of the hosts’ goal.
HD Highlights & Match Report – Real Madrid maintains La Liga lead with the help of Morata’s brilliant hat-trick
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Marco Asensio it was who got things started when he nipped in to steal possession in the middle of the park on 15′, leaving two opponents in his wake, before laying the ball to James, who was left to tap home.
Madrid had done the crucial step by getting their noses in front. But the Whites were not content to sit on their lead. And before the halfway stage of the first half time they extend their advantage by a further two goals. With Morata packing a brace.
His first of the night originated from a corner instantly after Danilo’s effort from the edge of the box had brushed the upright.
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James swung in a conveyance on 18′ and Nacho looked the ball on to Morata. Who was close by at the far post to gesture the ball home with a flawless header back crosswise over goal. Morata’s second and Madrid’s third came five minutes after the fact. When a fine counter-attack, drove by Mateo Kovacic, finished in the forward terminating home after a glorious assist from the Croatian.
The leaders appeared to have the match under control, yet Leganés responded and scored two goals before the break. There were further shots for Lucas Vázquez in the 39th and Danilo in the 42nd minutes at the end of an energizing first half.
The second period started as the first had finished with Real Madrid developing their lead in the 49th moment. A James free-kick selected Morata and his head struck Mantovani on it’s way into the goal.
Real Madrid could have a fifth with chances tumbling to Kovacic on 51′ and Lucas Vázquez on 53′. But Iago Herrerín beat the competition on both events.
There were few possibilities until an excellent piece of individual play from Lucas Vazquez in the last minute in which he moved beyond two opponents. And was just denied by an extraordinary intervention from Herrerín in the one-on-one.
As the final whistle was blown Real Madrid maintains La Liga lead with the help of James and Morata goals.
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