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The defensive weakness that had led them to concede eight goals in the last four games penalized the Whites again this Sunday.
Real Madrid fell 4-1 at Valencia, hit by penalties and with a hat-trick from Carlos Soler, this Sunday 8-N in the 9th round of the Spanish Liga, led by Real Sociedad.
The merengue team went ahead with a goal from Karim Benzema (23), but Carlos Soler equalized from a penalty (35) and Raphael Varane scored his own goal (45) in two actions marked by the video referee.
In the second half, two other penalties allow Soler to score 4-1 (54, 63).
The white team, which appeared at Mestalla with the significant losses of Casemiro and Eden Hazard after testing positive for covid-19, especially blamed the lack of the Brazilian midfielder when it came to containing.
The defensive weakness that had led them to concede eight goals in the last four games penalized the Whites once again this Sunday.
Valencia exited by pressing very hard, but Real Madrid soon managed to take control of the game, only to see the game overturn in just ten minutes.
‘Hard to understand’
“It’s a bit difficult to understand our game, because we started well and after the draw everything changed,” Zidane said after the match.
A powerful shot from the edge by Benzema gives the Whites (23) the lead, who arrived with greater danger using the speed on the flanks, while Valencia look for fast counter-attacks to try to surprise.
In one of the few local arrivals, Lucas Vázquez cut a ball into the box with his hand, resulting in a penalty, which Carlos Soler missed, but the refusal was picked up by Yunus Musah to score a goal that didn’t go on the scoreboard.
Video refereeing (VAR) resulted in the maximum penalty being repeated, after the players entered the box early, and this time Soler was not wrong (45).
The goal was a hard blow for Real Madrid who went through some confusing moments, while Valencia pushed until they reached the second.
A bad pass from Varane put an end to the defender and Thibaut Courtois’s attempt to get a ball, which ended up entering (45) and moved up in the standings after a new intervention by the VAR.
The game accelerated after half-time and after a shot at the post by Kang-In Lee (47), Marcelo knocked down Maxi Gómez in the box causing a penalty that Carlos Soler (54) converted.
The goal gave Valencia the lead, who had only scored one point out of their last twelve possible so far.
Soler closes the triplet
Fede Valverde responded to Valencia’s third goal with a low shot from Doménech (57) showing that Real Madrid did not give up, but when the merengue side were more overturned, a new hand from Sergio Ramos in the box ended with a penalty after another revision of the VAR.
Soler returned to take the maximum penalty putting the 4-1 (63) which put the game uphill for the whites.
Zidane moved the bench, putting Rodrygo and Odegaard for Marco Asensio, very gray, and Vinicius, to refresh the team.
In the last quarter of an hour, Real Madrid ignited the goal from Valencia, who defended themselves tooth and nail for a golden victory.
“It’s a bad game and a bad day,” said Zidane, whose team finished a streak of four games without losing, to remain at the foot of the championship podium, three points behind the leader, Real Sociedad, who this Saturday He imposed 2-0 on a Granada impoverished by covid-19.
Nacho Monreal opened the scoring for the Basques after receiving in the small area (22) and Mikel Oyarzabal scored a penalty in the final 2-0 (27) against a Granada full of substitutes and home players.
Despite the defeats, Granada contained the Basque team, who finished with ten due to the dismissal of Robin le Normand (86).
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