A last-gasp, hard-fought, but extremely important victory that keeps Real Madrid in the race for the La Liga title, does not allow Barça to "escape". In the most difficult moment of the season, without 10 players available, where the absence of stars like Mbappe, Bellingham, Rodrygo and many others is striking, Arbeloa's team came away with 3 points from the transfer against Celta Vigo after a 2-1 success.

Fortunately, Tchouameni has returned to his best form, with the French midfielder scoring a beautiful goal in the 11th minute. Celta Vigo responded quickly, with Iglesias scoring a goal in the 25th minute with a precise shot inside the area to level the score at 1-1. In the second half, Real Madrid had a hard time finding the winning goal, and were even lucky when Celta Vigo flirted with a goal by hitting the crossbar. Then, when things were going towards the end, in the 94th minute, a shot by Valverde was deflected far enough to end up in the net, a goal that brought celebration to Real Madrid as it keeps the Royals close to the top, currently only 1 point behind Barcelona.

This success in the limits adds to Arbeloa's confidence that his team can compete until the end in the title race: "Of course I believe in the title. It's a long way to the end, there are still 33 points at stake, make no mistake. At this stage it's almost as if you've started from the beginning. Every match from here to the end will be a battle as you will have teams fighting for their objectives. In these difficult moments, true leaders emerge, players worthy of Real Madrid, today I saw many of them", Arbeloa said.