Real Madrid thought they would have a quiet evening on this 7th day of La Liga. Carlo Ancelotti had brought out the big guns (Bellingham, Rodrygo, Mbappé and Vinicius Jr all starters) to receive Alavés in a packed Santiago Bernabéu with the idea of putting pressure on FC Barcelona, still leader, who face Getafe tomorrow night. The Italian coach and his players had just until the 83rd minute. They were leading comfortably 3-0 thanks to Lucas Vazquez, Mbappé and Rodygo.
The latter left the pitch in the 69th minute, replaced by Endrick. Very ambitious, especially after the last convincing outings, the young Brazilian also wanted to take part in the party. In the 73rd minute, on one of his first balls, he hit the post, his shot deflected by Pica ended up on the left post of Sivera. But ten minutes later, he was guilty of a nasty gesture on Mouriño, sanctioned with a yellow by the referee of the evening. A rather light sanction once faced with the evidence.It’s not a dangerous kick but the ball is far away and it could be punished with a red card.” send Brand.
“Endrick’s action, please, it’s red»
In his momentum, the attacker did more than just collide with the defender. His arms, but especially his attempted kick, should probably have earned him a red card. At 3-0, this error did not really have any consequences. Except that Alavés managed to reduce the score to 3-2 with goals from Benavidez (85th) and Kike Garcia (86th). Eleven against eleven, the Basques did not come back but with a numerical superiority, what will have become of this finale?Endrick’s action, please, it’s red. We should have played the last 10 minutes with one more player. We can’t say it’s a yellow, it’s a mistake” reacted a furious Luis Garcia at a press conference.
“There is an intention in Endrick to strike. It is red, it is clear and nothing more. I will not speak about it further.continues the Alavés technician. I don’t know if we would have won, if we would have equalized, if we would have scored another goal. I’m just saying that the player has to be sent off, that’s all. Nobody can say that it’s not a red card. It’s true that during the match they received more yellow cards, but Endrick’s action is something else.“He even expressed his concern to Carlo Ancelotti at the final whistle, who preferred to downplay the incident.”I haven’t seen the pictures.“He probably knows that his player narrowly avoided punishment.
