Foreign football: Real win in San Sebastian, draw in Montpellier, Bochum beats Hoffenheim
Here are the results of the La Liga, Ligue 1 and Bundesliga matches played tonight
With his thoughts turned to the first leg of the Champions League semi-final against Bayern, Carlo Ancelotti implemented a large turnover and, in San Sebastian against Real Sociedad, essentially lined up a Real Madrid 2, with Kepa in goal instead of Lunin, and Valverde, Vinicius, Rodrygo, Kroos and Bellingham out.
But even with the reserves on the pitch the Merengues achieved the result. Young Turkish talent Arda Guler’s first goal of the season, arriving in the 29th, gave Real Madrid the victory at Real Sociedad. With this triumph, albeit with the minimum gap, Los Blancos are getting ever closer to winning the title, which with some combinations they could officially celebrate as early as next Saturday. A title of Spanish champions already largely in their possession.
In a match in which Nantes was playing for the possibility of being able to extend their lead on the relegation zone, everything was decided in the first seven minutes. Hosts Montpellier took the lead thanks to Adams’ goal in the second minute. After five minutes, however, the reaction came from the guests, who found the equalizer with Abline. The final then saw the atmosphere heat up as confirmed by the direct expulsions of Mincarelli and Nordin, although the result did not change.
Fundamental home triumph for Bochum, who beat Hoffenheim after a tense second half. Taking the lead in the 34th with Stoger’s goal, the hosts doubled their lead just before the end of the first half through Passlack. In the second half, Stoger scored the center of the 3-0, which relaxed Bochum too much, as demonstrated by Kramaric’s brace in the last quarter of an hour. In the end, however, the hosts got three points which temporarily takes them out of the relegation zone.
