Chronicle The first Real Madrid without Spaniards in the eleven succumbs in Villarreal due to its defensive chaos
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LaLiga Standings
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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