Benzema, Rodrygo and Mendy, injured; Casemiro played the classic

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Writing sports, 14 mar Never did a team let go of the league title with a ten-point advantage ten rounds before the end. Real Madrid achieved it with their victory in Mallorca, which left serious concern for the status of Karim Benzema, Rodrygo and Ferland Mendy, who were unable to finish a match in which Casemiro was quickly replaced, after playing their presence in the classic. A tough tackle in the fourteen minutes of Casemiro on Angel, in which he touched the ball but knocked the rival down by scissoring, and a hand on the edge of the box at 58 minutes, left the Brazilian at the limit of missing the classic by sanction. He was noticed and played with fire in a match that left up to seven yellow cards. The Brazilian midfielder had missed the key match against PSG in the Champions League by sanction and came close to leaving his team without a key figure in the classic against Barcelona next Sunday at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. Carlo Ancelotti protected him by replacing him at 61 minutes. A new triumph, the fourth in a row in LaLiga Santander, leaves the title within reach of Real Madrid. A team never let go ten points ahead of ten rounds. In a positive dynamic, reinforced in their morale after the European comeback against PSG, Ancelotti's team will be thrown into the classic. BENZEMA, RECORD AND CONCERN For the fifth consecutive match, Karim Benzema scored. The first time he succeeds in Son Moix his fifth visit. So far his five goals had been playing at home and, as in the last match he played, he signed a double with which he hunts for the best scoring figure in a season. In the 32nd stadium of the spanish football in which Benzema scores, he scored 32 goals between all the competitions, equalizing his best scoring season with Real Madrid, which he starred in 2011-12. However, happiness could not be complete. He felt a puncture in a twin and before he could go any further, he chose to leave a sentenced match leaving his team outnumbered in the final minutes of the match. After recovering from a muscle injury, Benzema had reached his best scoring pace of the season. With eight goals in the last five games he surpassed all his scoring records in the white house. CONCERN WITH RODRYGO The match had two hard entries that Real Madrid denounced. In the first, by Maffeo on Vinícius, the Brazilian was admonished for protesting. The second cost the change due to Rodrygo's injury. Antonio Raillo was strong in the fight for a split ball and the Brazilian took a strong impact on the instep. The first information from the dressing room assures that the scaphoid may be damaged, but that it will not be until the medical tests that will be carried out in Madrid when they have an exact diagnosis. The bad news for Ancelotti was amplified by a muscular mishap that makes Ferland Mendy a serious doubt for the classic. CHIEF rmm/arh