Real Madrid lives a night of penalty kicks ... the first "hat-trick" in the 21st century

Real Madrid, the defending champion, lived a nightmare in Mestalla, where it fell in front of Valencia 1-4 after its goal was shaken by three penalties and a goal with friendly fire, while Real Sociedad continued its brilliance and was on the top by achieving its fifth victory, in succession Sunday in the 9th stage of the Spanish League at the expense of His strong guest, Granada 2 - zero, taking advantage of the latter being affected by the many absences due to the outbreak of the Corona virus in its ranks.

At the "Mestalla" stadium, Real Madrid appeared destined for a third successive victory due to the way the match started against a team that had not tasted victory for four successive stages (three defeats and a draw), but things turned upside down and caused mistakes and three penalties, which were all executed by Carlos Soler The fall of the French coach Zinedine Zidane's team for the second time this season.

Despite his lack of the efforts of Brazilian Casemiro and Belgian Eden Hazar due to their infection with the Corona virus, Real was the best party in the first half and deserved to advance with a wonderful goal, which is the fourth for French Karim Benzema in the league this season, and came with a court shot from outside the region after a pass from Brazilian Marcelo (23).

But Valencia, who lost three and tied once in their past four matches, equalized from a penalty kick that Lucas Vásquez had caused by touching the ball in the forbidden area, so Soler, who clashed with the brilliance of the Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, then the left post after the ball returned to him, and the ball fell in front of the British - The American Yunus Musa, who hit it in the net.

However, the video assistant referee, "VAR" alerted the main referee that Musa entered the area at the moment of the penalty kick, which led to the re-kick of the penalty and Soler succeeded this time by registering to the right of Courtois (35).

And when the first half was breathing his last, Frenchman Rafael Varane gave Valencia the lead when he accidentally turned the ball past his goalkeeper Courtois in a shot confirmed by "VAR" after he showed that the ball crossed the goal line before the Belgian goalkeeper removed it (1 + 45).

Almost hit Real's goal again at the start of the second half with a very long shot from South Korean Lee Kang-in, but the left post interfered after Courtois touched the ball with his injured sides, depriving Valencia of a wonderful goal (47).

But Marcelo compensated the host for this opportunity when he caused a penalty kick against the Uruguayan, Maximiliano Lopez, and Soler took it again and successfully shot it against Courtois (54).

The series of penalty kicks continued, and the match became far from Real's reach when captain Sergio Ramos touched the ball with his hand inside the area, and the referee confirmed it after referring to the "VAR", and again Soler came up with it and executed it successfully in the net (63).

According to "Opta" statistics, Soler became the first player to score a hat-trick from the penalty spot in the same match in the Spanish League during the twenty-first century, and the most important thing is that he gave his team a much-needed victory, which is the first since September 29 when he defeated his host Sociedad, followed by the last one defeat. For the season.

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