Madrid saves a draw against Elche with a goalkeeper and a tall striker

A good goalkeeper and a good striker turned Madrid upside down at home, until a moment of light from

, now without

, allowed

to fly and prevented the first defeat at the Bernabéu when added time was played, the 'Madrid time'. The outcome leaves whites and people from Elche in peace, who after the Cup played as if it were a second extension, seasoned by the VAR. This Elche is more things, clear intentions and a lot of commitment, but when the north and south of a team are in place, everything is possible. They took minutes away from the jackpot.

was an anti-missile shield when Madrid had the peephole right, and

, a precise scalpel whenever the whites left their skin in the air. He was a big team attacker in a small team and that's worth a tie with the Panzer of this League.

Badia finished the game in figure, although when he was most forced was at the beginning. He stopped by land, sea and air, especially against Vinicius, Benzema,

,

and

. All had occasions in the first period that they sought the net with poison. The Catalan goalkeeper had an antidote for everyone. Vinicius was stopped right at the exit of the labyrinth, after a progression from the Brazilian who had that dose of selfishness necessary to be someone in this. He found Benzema at close range, just when the Frenchman had tamed a very long ball from Alaba and had gotten rid of Diego González. Facing

's hard shot , enabled by Hazard's deception, he was in his place. Badia flew to where

rolled his eyes, on a foul, and steeled his fingers at

's cross shot .

BENZEMA MISSES A PENALTY

Madrid did all this and something else in a solid first half, since Benzema missed a penalty that the team did not deserve, since at the origin of the action that ended with Vinicius being shot down in the area, there was a lack of Kroos on

. The VAR did not intervene, but it would later. First, in the second maximum penalty indicated by

, already in the second half, to annul, correctly, the penalty called for a fall by Hazard without enough opposition. Later, to whistle a hand from Pere Milla that served Madrid to get into the game thanks to

. There was one more in the Elche area, not estimated this time in the VOR room.

The break reflected a different reality than the game. Nothing strange, because football is not real. It is football and Badia, one of its actors. Until the middle of the game, the best. His team went ahead because they took advantage of the errors in Madrid's withdrawal and because he finished with the precision of a great. It is not usual. His counterattack highlighted very interesting pieces, such as

and Lucas Boyé, the beginning and end of the action of the first goal. The former started the counterattack, with little help from Hazard and a poor reading from

l's center at will in the area

. Alaba was overwhelmed by the action.

Boyé is a level striker, although he has not consolidated after a long diaspora through teams and countries.

He is aggressive, he has unchecking, technique, physical and shot.

The action of Elche's second goal, with which he extended his advantage already in the last third of the match, demonstrated his vision, by taking Alaba out of his place and leaving the shot ready for Pere Milla.

HAZARD HOLDER, NOT DECISIVE

Ancelotti chose Hazard among the starters, as he had suggested, after the Belgian was providential against the same rival in the Cup, an Elche team that is very clear about what it wants to do on the pitch. Ask Francisco, who could not be in the band yesterday. Hazard appeared on the right, because the left has an owner: Vinicius. Both were active in a combined Madrid, but neither with the lucidity of Benzema until the Brazilian's final dribbling that made the tie possible. The best tribute to the late Gento.

Benzema's influence on the contemporary is such that the public applauded his mistake in the first penalty he missed as a madridista, after 16 goals. The applause resounded again shortly before the hour, when the Frenchman had to leave the field due to physical problems. Madrid was not the same as before, intense but run over in its harassment.

The denouement did not reproduce the opening at all, it did not make Badia appear in the same way.

Elche's step forward had something to do with it, in the same way as Benzema's departure from the field.

and

were Ancelotti's first alternatives, looking for a shot and width to create space, but Madrid lacked clarity.

The risks of playing with a 4-2-4, with less balance, were paid for with Boyé's goal and only a few hands brought Madrid back into the match.

In the time that the others were, this team always shows proof of life.

It was Vinicius's, who equalized Militao, as was Gento's so many times, I always live in the memory of Madrid.

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