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Cadiz 0-2 Real Madrid – La Liga Highlights

Cadiz 0-2 Real Madrid – La Liga Matchday 29 Highlights as Los Blancos sealed late win to cut short Barcelona’s lead in the league.

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Cadiz 0-2 Real Madrid – Highlights

Nacho and Marco Asensio scored within four minutes late in the second half in a 2-0 win at lowly Cadiz during the weekend.

Title chance is almost a mission impossible, but the visitors are far from giving up as the win move them up to 62 points after MD 29.

The royal club was without string of key players, with the likes of Toni Kroos and Vinicius Jr missed out from muscle strains the legs.

Having lost two of their previous league, the reigning champions wanted better outcomes in the away trip to Nuevo Mirandilla.

Carlo Ancelotti’s side dominated the match with more than 70% ball possession while creating chances after chances to score.

Cadiz’s Davi Gil was forced to pull an inspiring first half and up to thirty more minutes in the second one, as the goalkeeper saved numerous times while the post blocked three shots.

Karim Benzema also missed two sitters in the first half and Rodrygo, who had 14 dribble attempts (9 successful), was the constant menace in the rare game that he started as left winger.

The away team, however, could not score until the 72nd minute, until the defender Nacho unleashed a long-range strike into the bottom left corner.

Deadlock was broken, and another goal came four minutes later, when Asensio stroke from the edge of the box to double the lead.

The Spanish winger has been has been involved in 16 goals this season in all competitions (10 goals and 6 assists), his highest tally in a single campaign with Real Madrid since 2017/18 (18-11 goals and 7 assists).

The 27-year-old, who has been rumored to soon sign a new contract, could have sealed his double with a fierce drive from outside the box, but David Gil did well to get a hand to it in the 88^th minute.

Madrid’s record

With 35 shots, Real Madrid managed one every 163 seconds at the Estadio Nuevo Mirandilla.

It’s the highest number of any game this season in LaLiga (Previous record: 29, also set by Real Madrid vs Almería and Real Valladolid).