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Villarreal

, and specifically the

Estadio de La Cerámica

, formerly

El Madrigal

, begins to be hell for

Real Madrid

.

One of those courses that remains in the memory of the

Chamartín

fan for so many afternoons of suffering, like the 2-1 this Saturday.

The '

yellow submarine

' is the team against which Madrid registers the

worst percentage of victories

as visitors in the last two decades: they have won only

31%

of the matches they have played on Castellón soil and have not triumphed for six years, with February

2-3, 2017

.

If we zoom in, they are just

two victories in the last ten visits

, a very serious warning ahead of the

round of 16 of the Copa del Rey

, where the scenario will be repeated for one of the most complicated events of the Madrid winter.

Madrid's bad day was

Ferland Mendy

's bad day , a merengue

talisman

since his arrival.

The French winger, the footballer in the League who has accumulated the

fewest defeats

since he landed in Spain, made a mistake when the ball came out to make it 1-0 and ended up deflecting the shot with which

Yeremy Pino

opened the can into the net.

A ruling that perfectly explained the doubts of the Madrid defense when it came to creating play.

With

Militao

on the right and

Rüdiger and Alaba

As centrals, Madrid confused itself.

"I had seen Militao well with Brazil on the right and Lucas had just played 90 minutes in the Cup," Ancelotti justified himself, annoyed with his team's poor ball output: "These are team errors for not being well placed.

You have to read the situation better

and not have problems for scoring a long ball.

The team was too open, the defense and the midfield, they put balls between the lines, that was the problem.

We have not started the year well,"

he added.

Carletto

's team

, which put on the pitch the first starting line-up in the history of Madrid in the League

without players born in Spain

, revived and died again in the three minutes of the second part that the

VAR

and

Soto Grado

took center stage .

It was between

minute 68 and 71

.

A blink.

First, the referee, after being notified by the video arbitration room and after consulting the screen located between the benches, penalized a handball by

Juan Foyth

on a pass from

Tchouaméni

on

Vinicius with a maximum penalty

.

The Argentine winger opened his arm and touched the ball, although without diverting it from his direction.

The norm, however, penalized him.

In the next action after

Benzema

's draw ,

David Alaba

raised his hand a few centimeters from the ground to avoid hitting the ball, without success, and

Soto Grado

didn't even need a screen to award the penalty.

Curiously, and according to the rule, if the Austrian had kept his hand on the ground, it would not have been a penalty.

"We have to get used to it.

If it were up to me... it's neither a hand nor the other

," said Ancelotti, who reluctantly admitted that "with the rule, they are penalties."

"Obviously it's compensation"

Courtois

was somewhat angrier after receiving the final 2-1.

«Last week in Valladolid he hit his free hand... Here David wants to get up after slipping,

he can't cut his hands

.

They have never given us an example like this, so let's see if they come to talk to us again in the summer.

If you take a penalty that was also a bit doubtful for them, you're going to take this one too.

Obviously it's a bit of compensation," the Belgian assessed after the final whistle.

«

I would not whistle either of the two penalties

.

Many very doubtful ones are being whistled", Albiol also sentenced, while Yeremy Pino assured that "

they are telling me that there is no penalty

».

In summary, chaos every day, rules that few understand and that are applied with different criteria week after week, whatever the field.

The defeat leaves Madrid

tied on points

with Barça, although with one more game, and with the

Super Cup

and the Cup

round of 16

on the way to the next League game, which will be on January 22 against Athletic.

15 days that seem eternal.

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