Carlo Ancelotti's side had their lead cut to 9 points when Sevilla won on Friday but they never looked in doubt of re-establishing the 12-point lead on home soil.
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Real Madrid defeated Getafe 2-0 in the La Liga fixture at Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday night. Casemiro and Lucas Vazquez were on target as the Los Blancos took all three points and extended their lead at the top of the standings to 12 points. Carlo Ancelotti’s side had their lead cut to 9 points when Sevilla won on Friday but they never looked in doubt of re-establishing it on home soil. Real Madrid have now won eight of their last nine games across all competitions and will next host Chelsea in the Crucial champions League quarter-final second leg tie on Tuesday.
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The first chance of the match fell to Federico Valverde on 18 minutes when the Uruguayan tested Getafe goalkeeper David Soria with a first-time volley from Karim Benzema’s diagonal ball. Real Madrid broke the deadlock on 38 minutes, when Vinicius Junior delivered a beautiful outswinging cross from the left channel with the outside of his right foot and Casmiro put the ball inside the net with a diving header. It was the Brazilian midfielder’s first goal of the season.
After the break, left-back Marcelo combined with Benzema before side-netting from inside the box and Valverde’s long-range effort went just wide.
Ancelotti’s side doubled the lead on 68 minutes. Vazquez played a nice little give-and-go with Rodrygo on the right side of the penalty area before depositing the ball into the far bottom corner with his left foot. Two minutes later, Eder Militao’s header from a corner went wide.
Getafe’s only effort on goal came in the injury time when Enes Unal’s shot skimmed off the far post. It was a dominant performance from Real Madrid as they had close to 70 percent ball possession and created 20 chances whereas Getafe failed to register even a single shot on target in the entire game.
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