Real Madrid wasted two valuable points in their struggle to compete for the top of the Spanish Football League after falling in a 1-1 draw with host Eleci on Wednesday in the 16th round of the League.
Real (the defending champion) remained in second place with 33 points, two points behind its arch-rival Atletico Madrid (the leaders), who are alone at the top of the League and still have two postponed matches.
. @ AtletiArab is the only leader in the #LaLigaSantander ranking and has two missing matches 🔝🔝🔝 pic.twitter.com/e1oIJu0u3E
- LaLiga (@LaLigaArab) December 30, 2020
Earlier, Atletico defeated Getafe with an unanswered goal scored by Uruguayan star Luis Suarez, who raised his score to 8 goals with Atletico, to occupy second place on the scorers' list and beat one goal over the top scorer of his former team Barcelona this season, Lionel Messi.
And "Luis Suarez" gives "Atletico Madrid" the top of the league in their last matches for the year 2020 🔝
Match Summary 📺 # AtletiGetafe 1-0 pic.twitter.com/HkBJ6F4unp
- LaLiga (@LaLigaArab) December 30, 2020
In contrast, Ilici scored 16 points in 15th place.
"Elche" almost equaled the score ⚽🙌 # ElcheRealMadrid pic.twitter.com/EwVgzjV6Ez
- LaLiga (@LaLigaArab) December 30, 2020
Real scored through its Croatian star Luka Modric in the 20th minute, but Fidel Chavez scored the equalizing goal for Ilici in the 52nd minute with a penalty kick.
"Fidel" after adjusting the score for "Elche" in front of "Real Madrid" ⚽🔥 # LaLigaFanCam # ElcheRealMadrid # LaLigaSantander pic.twitter.com/TT4Ig4IVip
- LaLiga (@LaLigaArab) December 30, 2020
The model who deprived "Marcelo" of a goal if he had scored, would have been the best this season 😱🔥 # ElcheRealMadrid # LaLigaSantander pic.twitter.com/0L109LIaHt
- LaLiga (@LaLigaArab) December 30, 2020
With that result, Ilici halted the awakening of the Real in the competition after the royal team achieved 5 consecutive victories in the championship, thus receiving a surprise blow in its last match in the Spanish League in 2020.