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Three penalties and an own goal: Real Madrid suffered a serious setback in La Liga in a historic spectacle.

Despite a 1-0 early lead on a deflected long-range shot by Karim Benzema (23rd), Los Blancos clearly lost 1: 4 (1: 2) at Valencia CF and slipped to fourth in the standings.

For Zinédine Zidane it was one of Real’s most obvious defeats as a manager: with a three-goal difference, he had previously lost only in the 3-0 defeat to FC Barcelona in 2017 and with the same result in 2019 against Paris Saint -Germain. So far, only Real Sociedad have scored four goals against Zidane’s Madrid side in the 4-3 Copa del Rey victory in February 2020.

The man of the evening for the hosts was Carlos Soler, who put together a three-pack (35./HE, 54./FE, 63./HE) and scored all the goals from the penalty spot. Real defender Raphael Varane (43.) took the lead with a curious 2-1 own goal.

Noteworthy: For the first time in La Liga history, three penalties were awarded in a match against Real Madrid.

Soler became only the third player to convert three penalties in a Spanish league match: previously, this feat was only achieved by Real legend Alfredo Di Stéfano in 1958 and in 1996 by Croatian Alen Peternac for Real Valladolid, who scored four times in he was successful in a game from the point.

Soler falters at first, but then remains calm

Soler also failed on his first attempt against Real goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois and also put the edge on the post before Yunus Musah pushed the ball over the line. However, as several players had entered the penalty area too early in Soler’s execution, the penalty kick was repeated – and this time Soler remained calm, as he did in his subsequent attempts from the spot.

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For the Madrid champions it was the second defeat in the eighth game of the season, the gap from leaders Real Sociedad is currently four points – but the Madrid side have played one game less.

German international Toni Kroos was signed by Zidane only in the 76th minute and was unable to change the game.