At noon on November 30, in the fifteenth round of La Liga, Real Madrid visited Alavés.
Real Madrid made extensive rotations and failed to breach the opposition's goal in the first half, but Ramos headed them into the lead in the second half.
However, in the sixty-fifth minute, Alavés forward Perez equalized.
At the crucial moment, Carvajal stepped forward, suddenly darting into the penalty area and firing a shot to put Real Madrid ahead again.
In the end, Real Madrid narrowly defeated Alavés 2–1 away from home.
Despite Fighting on Two Fronts and making extensive rotations, Real Madrid came through without any real danger.
The next day, Barcelona visited the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium and ultimately edged Atletico Madrid 1–0 away from home thanks to Messi's goal in the eighty-sixth minute.
Real Madrid had dealt with Barcelona, and Barcelona had dealt with Atletico Madrid. The unfortunate Mattress Makers had already fallen to sixth place.
It could be said that Simeone's team had essentially lost the possibility of challenging for the title.
After the fifteenth round of La Liga, Real Madrid welcomed a week of rest.
For Real Madrid's internationals, who had been playing two matches a week continuously since September and had also traveled three times for National Team duty, this was a rare chance to recover. Yang Yang and the coaching staff also gave the players plenty of time to relax.
On Monday morning, surrounded by numerous Real Madrid teammates including Suarez, Marcelo, Hazard, and Mbappé, Yang Yang chartered a private jet to Paris to attend the 2019 European Golden Ball Award ceremony held there.
After winning both the UEFA Player of the Year award and the World Footballer of the Year award, there was no suspense about Yang Yang winning the Golden Ball Award again. Especially