Real Madrid sink in Valencia, Varane scored against his side

Raphaël Varane -

The big slap.

Real Madrid lost at Mestalla to Valencia 4-1 in La Liga.

Zinédine Zidane's men conceded three penalty goals and one from Raphaël Varane against his side and lost ground on the leader, Real Sociedad.

However, Real Madrid started the game better than Valencia, cornered by the defending Spanish champions.

But the Madrilenians lacked realism despite the opener of Karim Benzema ... and Valencia, on the contrary, scored twice by having only one shot in the first period.

"No excuse" according to Zizou

But the feverish defense of the Merengue took care of the rest, with the gold palm for Varane, author of a goal against his camp at the end of the first period.

Vazquez, Marcelo and Ramos concluded this masterclass in reverse by offering Carlos Soler three penalties.

"It's a bit hard to understand our game today (Sunday)," Zidane said after the meeting.

It was a complicated game.

We started well, but after the equalizer everything changed.

There is no justification, no excuse.

Everything is ganged up against us.

It's a bad game, a bad day.

We know, you have to be strong in defense.

"

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