GOAL - Real Madrid 3-1 Real Sociedadpublished at 21:30 Greenwich Mean Time 5 March 2022
Karim Benzema
The hosts have their two-goal advantage.
Or do they? Rodrygo looked offside in the build-up. VAR are taking a look...
20:00 GMT: Real Madrid v Real Sociedad
Real Madrid six points clear at top of La Liga
20:00 GMT: PSG v Nice
PSG 15 points clear at top of Ligue 1
Matthew Howarth
Karim Benzema
The hosts have their two-goal advantage.
Or do they? Rodrygo looked offside in the build-up. VAR are taking a look...
Nice 0-0 PSG
Andy Delort replaces Kasper Dolberg and Morgan Schneiderlin comes on for Mario Lemina.
Nice 0-0 PSG
The home fans want a penalty as Khephren Thuram is unceremoniously stopped in his tracks by Marquinhos, but the referee isn't interested.
The contact was just outside the box, at any rate.
Real Madrid 2-1 Real Sociedad
Joseba Zaldua and Asier Illarramendi make way for Aritz Elustondo and Martin Zubimendi in the visitors' second double change of the night.
Real Madrid 2-1 Real Sociedad
Real Madrid are knocking on the door.
Vinicius Junior's shot from the corner of the area takes a huge deflection off Rafael which completely wrong-foots Alex Remiro. Luckily for the visitors, the ball flies inches wide of the near post.
Real Madrid 2-1 Real Sociedad
Ooh that's a brilliant save.
Karim Benzema collects Dani Carvajal's cross, takes a touch and fires towards goal, but Alex Remiro somehow diverts the ball wide with an outstretched left arm.
Superb reflexes.
Nice 0-0 PSG
Paris St-Germain are pressing Nice higher up the pitch since the restart and the home side are struggling to cope.
Still no breakthrough, however, with just under half an hour left to play.
Real Madrid 2-1 Real Sociedad
The first yellow card of the night goes to Joseba Zaldua for a late challenge on Casemiro.
As clear as you like.
Real Madrid 2-1 Real Sociedad
Remiro is forced into action again as Casemiro hammers a free-kick straight down the throat of the Real Sociedad goalkeeper.
Carlo Ancelotti's side are firmly on top now.
Real Madrid 2-1 Real Sociedad
Not for the first time tonight, Asier Illarramendi loses possession in a dangerous area on the edge of the Real Sociedad box and the hosts almost take full advantage.
Rodrygo finds Karim Benzema, whose low effort trickles just wide. Alex Remiro just managed to get his fingertips to the shot.
Nice 0-0 PSG
Paris St-Germain have scored in 20 of their last 22 fixtures in all competitions.
They've only managed one effort on target so far tonight.
Real Madrid 2-1 Real Sociedad
Rodrygo skips past his marker on the right of the penalty area but instead of pulling the ball back he tries to squeeze it past Alex Remiro from the tightest of angles.
He can only find the side-netting.
Nice 0-0 PSG
Paris St-Germain have made a much brighter start to the second half.
Marco Verratti dinks the ball through to Lionel Messi, who is in acres of space on the left side of the penalty area... but offside.
Real Madrid 2-1 Real Sociedad
And off we go again.
Real Madrid 2-1 Real Sociedad
The visitors have made a double change at the break.
Rafael has replaced Jon Pacheco, while David Silva has come off for Nais Djouahra.
Nice 0-0 PSG
We're under way again in France.
HT: Real Madrid 2-1 Real Sociedad
That Eduardo Camavinga strike gets better with every viewing. Remarkably, it was his first goal since the opening day of the La Liga season.
He should try his luck more often...
HT: Nice 0-0 PSG
Nice will move up to second in Ligue 1 if they avoid defeat this evening.
The hosts registered more efforts at goal than PSG in that first half but failed to make the most of their early opportunities.
Will the visitors improve in the second half?
HT: Real Madrid 2-1 Real Sociedad
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Real Madrid 2-1 Real Sociedad
And that's half-time at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Real Madrid were struggling for 40 minutes before turning the game around with two absolute worldies.