Real Madrid rescued a draw (2-2) in added time in a crazy match in which three penalties were awarded, two were taken and one was missed. A meeting in which Elche won 0-2 at a quarter of an hour and a duel in which those of Ancelotti they suffered a lot again against a rival with a lot of personality and an outstanding player, their striker Lucas Boye.
Rare game at the Bernabéu. To begin with after-dinner hours, unusual in Chamartín, which began with a deserved homage to Paco Gento. Legend that made whites great in Europe and in Spain breaking title records. privileged witness was the Elche, team that already complicated those of Ancelotti last thursday in Cup. Rival with good footing, order and notable players in both areas.
missed penalty
Real Madrid simmered the match with Hazard at eleven. He dominated, he created, he arrived… but he was not successful. Badía he was successful in goal and in attack Boye did not wrinkle with Military Y Alaba. The drift invited us to think of a local victory, especially when the referee signaled a penalty on vinicius After half an hour of the game. But Benzema threw it out already Ancelotti he twisted his face. Much more when ten minutes later Fidel gave a delicious center to the madridista area that Boye He picked up the net with a stub. The afternoon was complicated before a neat and sharp opponent.
The second half started with the Elche touching and making the field very wide for midfielders who do not know how to press as Modric, Kroos or an inconsequential Hazard. Even more strange was what happened in the 50th minute, when the referee gave a monumental scare to the Elche by signaling a surreal penalty on the Belgian. However, the VAR opened his eyes and retracted for the visitor’s peace of mind. The afternoon was still crooked. Especially when Benzema He went to the bench and asked for the change with muscular problems. Carletto he lamented in the band.
The Italian coach inoculated his team with more aggressiveness with a change of scheme, from 4-3-3 to 4-2-3-1, with Rodrygo Y vinicius of ends and Hazard behind Jovic. Twenty minutes from the end, the whites besieged the Elche, but they did not accumulate a sad shot between the three sticks in the second half. In fact, the first shot on goal was Boye in ’72, but Courteous was on site. Minutes trickled down and impatience consumed the stands and the madridistas, denser than usual. Without football they clung to the epic.
Buy on the edge
Then Boye came off a dribble and served to the left, where Pears Milla received to cross low beating Courteous. The afternoon was definitely complicated for him. Madrid against an Elche team that had not beaten the Whites since 1978. But four minutes later a corner hit Milla’s arm, something that betrayed the WHERE Y From Burgos converted into a penalty that, this time, Madrid made profitable by scoring the maximum penalty Modric. Madrid went up with everything embracing the epic and Militao caught a cross in discount time to tie a very complicated game. breathed Ancelotti relieved with the final draw. A rare tie.
Datasheet:
2 – Real Madrid: Courtois; Lucas Vázquez (Valverde, d. 78), Militao, Alaba, Mendy; Casemiro, Kroos (Rodrygo, d.63), Modric; Hazard (Isco, m.78), Benzema (Jovic, m.57) and Vinicius.
2 – Elche: Yeahdgar Badía; Palacios, Gonzalo Verdú, Diego González, Mojica; Tete Morente (Fidel, m.23), Gumbau, Raúl Guti, Pere Milla; Lucas Pérez and Lucas Boyé (Josan, m.87).
Goals: 0-1, min. 42: Lucas Boye. 0-2, min.76: Father Milla. 1-2, min.82: Luka Modric, from penalty. 2-2, min.93: Militao.
Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Basque Committee). He admonished Militao (m.53) and Vinicius (m.72) from Real Madrid, and Fidel (m.54), from Elche.
Incidents: Match of the twenty-second day of LaLiga Santander played at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium in front of some 40,000 spectators. Before the match, Real Madrid paid tribute to Paco Gento, a club legend who died last Tuesday at the age of 88. He also offered his fans, in the hands of Marcelo, the Spanish Super Cup that he won a week ago in Saudi Arabia.
