Liga: Real Madrid punishes surprising Girona thanks to Tchouaméni and Bellingham

The fairy tale has ended. Undefeated and victorious in its last six matches, Girona FC, surprise leader of La Liga after seven days, came up against the coldness and experience of Real Madrid. A week after their first defeat of the season during the Madrid derby against Atlético, the Merengues won a precious victory on the pitch of the Municipal stadium in Montilivi (0-3), carried by Jude Bellingham and Aurélien Tchouaméni .

The French international scored his first goal in Madrid colors, allowing his team to take the break in the first half. Alone in the area receiving a corner perfectly struck by Kroos, the midfielder placed a powerful header which found its way into the Gazzaniga net (0-2, 21st).

Impactful in the duels and suitable for recovery, the former Monegasque confirmed his good start to the season, a few days from Didier Deschamps’ list for the next meeting of the Blues. At the beginning of September, he had already broken the deadlock in the match against Ireland (2-0), at the Parc des Princes, with a magnificent cannon shot.

Real takes the lead in La Liga

Largely dominated at the start of the match, Carlo Ancelotti’s men could be happy not to be down by two goals after ten minutes. Indeed, Girona started strong, deploying its possession and pressing game without the slightest complexion. But Herrera, found following a long cross from Couto on the right, did not manage to target his header, which passed just above Kepa’s cage (4th) before Tsygankov came up against the Madrid goalkeeper’s post once minute later.

Accustomed to suffering, the White House was quick to punish. On one of its first forays into the opposing camp, Real opened the scoring thanks to Joselu, author of his fourth goal of the season. The summer reinforcement from Madrid converted into a goal the offering delivered by Jude Bellingham, author of a superb cross from outside the area (0-1, 17th).

Real’s best player at the start of the season, the England international could have made the score 3-0, but, being too greedy, was unable to deceive Gazzaniga face to face (28th). It was only a postponement, since in the 71st minute, the new master of the game of the Merengues killed the match, placing a beautiful recovery from the right into the opposing net.

Real Madrid, who will travel to Naples next Tuesday in the Champions League, thus regains the lead in La Liga, two points ahead of their evening opponent and one point ahead of Barça.