Real Madrid’s third consecutive draw in the Spanish League away from the Santiago Bernabéu. Two fewer points have greater consequences Since the white team surrendered the lead of the Spanish League to Barcelona after the draw in Montilivi against Girona (Novel and match statistics).
The Whites are struggling a lot with this “problem” of playing six matches away from the Santiago Bernabéu and still having one match to play. In Montilivi vs Girona. Xabi Alonso’s men showed a noticeable improvement compared to previous matchesbut the game ended up being tied.
With a central duo consisting of Rudiger and Militao, they moved the security and attack with a force inappropriate for recent matches. Real Madrid did well to win the match.
Mbappe celebrates with Militao with Girona’s equalizer.
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However, ahead of them were Girona, who, despite being at the bottom of the standings, are a team that is doing very well under Michel. And his style is true The Catalan team took many risks when releasing the ballBut the white team lacked clarity in the final metres.
The danger taken by both teams was on the verge of leading to the first goals, although it took some time. In fact, it cost Real Madrid much more than Girona, despite creating more threat to their rival’s goal.
A very tactical match
Opportunities began to come in the last minutes of the first half, and then the match stopped. After Gazzaniga blocked Militao’s header Mbappé, who opened the scoring…even though he was unable to celebrate the goal.
Girona called for a foul from the Frenchman when he controlled the ball, while from the VAR room they urged De Burgos Bengoetxea to go to the screen to review the ball. Hand possible From the front. The Basque referee did not need to watch many replays to disallow the goal: the ball involuntarily hit his hand.
The person who got the scoreboard was The wonderful goal scored by Onahi. After great team play by Michel’s team, the midfield ended with a pass without looking from Tsygankov to connect with Onahi, who initially shot the ball with his right hand, beating Courtois, who could only follow the ball with his eyes.
The reaction Real Madrid needed came from the bench. Xavi included Alonso Camavinga at the expense of Arda Guler, and the team was different, despite the difficulty of finding spaces between the lines.
At the hour mark, with the Whites focusing more on attack than defence, Vanat ran until he was one-on-one in front of Courtois after a wonderful assist from Ivan Martin, but The Belgian goalkeeper has become a one-on-one giant I signed the Endowment of Divine Providence.
Real Madrid, who seemed uncomfortable, responded with another goal that was disallowed, for Vinicius, who was clearly offside He got the equalizer in the 67th minutefrom an innocent penalty kick for running over Hugo Rincon on the Brazilian winger as he entered the penalty area.
Gazzaniga directed Mbappe’s shot correctly to his right, but it did not reach the goal, and was very close to the post.
This was not the only maximum penalty in the match. And this is it Joel Roca called Rodrigo, who fell to the ground as soon as he noticed the blow. That was there, but after De Burgos Bengoetxea washed his hands not knowing what to call the whistle, the VAR deemed it insufficient.
A back and forth duel
The duel was broken up because they both wanted and needed the win: Vinicius and Mbappe went close twice, but Girona made it 2-1 after Courtois made another key save against Joel Roca.
The score was neither 1-2 nor 2-1, but Montilivi celebrated a point that could have been a turning point, and Real Madrid ended up with their heads down again, without a victory and without leadership.
Valverde is dangerous after Girona’s goal.
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Technical details of the match:
Girona: Gazzaniga. Hugo Rincon (Alejandro Francis, 72nd minute), Arnau, Vitor Reis, Alex Moreno; Wetzel, Ivan Martin; Tsygankov (Aspria, min. 72), Onahy (Las, min. 83), Brian Gill (Joel Rocca, min. 72); and Vanat (Abel Ruiz, minimum 83).
real madrid: Courtois Trent (Gonzalo, 90th minute), Eder Militao, Rudiger, Fran Garcia (Alvaro Carreras, 90th minute); Chouamini (Rodrigo, 72nd minute); Valverde, Arda Guler (Camavinga, min. 46), Bellingham, Vinnie Junior; And Mbappe.
Objectives: 1-0, min. 45: Onahi. 1-0, min. Minute 67: Mbappe, penalty kick.
Verdict: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoechea (Basque Committee). The blame was directed at the residents of Gazzaniga (42nd minute), Onahi (59th minute) and Fanat (74th minute).
Accidents: Matchday 14 of the EA Sports La Liga was played in front of 14,005 fans at the Estadi Municipal de Montilivi in Girona.