Four days before his quarter-first leg of the Champions League against Arsenal, next Tuesday at the Emirates Stadium, Real Madrid was obliged to beat Valence, Saturday afternoon in Bernabéu. Carlo Ancelotti could not make turnover in the wake of the qualification in the King Cup final on Tuesday evening, after an extension played against Real Sociedad (4-4). Kylian Mbappé and Vinicius were present at the forefront, only Rodrygo being left on the bench at the kick-off.
The two stars of Real did the show in front of the Madrid public. Mbappé first obtained a penalty, put on the ground in the surface, before the failure of Vinicius (13th)! Giorgi Mamardashvili easily pushed the repair kick from the Brazilian winger. In the process, the chés opened the scoring, Mouctar Diakhaby taking over a corner of the head at the expense of Antonio Rüdiger. The former Lyonnais then scored against his camp but the goal was refused for a Madrid's offside (21st).
If “Vini” equalized at the start of the second period, there too on a corner (50th), Mbappé then fell on Mamardashvili several times. The “kyks” was untenable on the ground. It is clearly in great physically form and is determined to make the difference. But he therefore did not make the nets tremble in six strikes to the goal. The porter recruited by Liverpool for next summer has released the big game! The Captain of the Blues remains blocked at 22 league goals (three achievements less than Robert Lewandowski).
Mbappé does not succeed, Valence prevails!
In addition to Rodrygo, Eduardo Camavonga, Arda Güler and Endrick were sent on the field to make the difference when the end of the match approaches but it was Valence who made an incredible heist at the end of additional time (1-2). Rafa Mir escaped the right and his center was taken over by Hugo Duro in the 95th minute of the game!
Huge blow for Real in the title race. The defending champion is still three points behind Barça, a leader who receives the Betis in the evening on behalf of the 30th day of Liga. After their first match against Arsenal in LDC, the Merengues will have to revive next week against Alavés.
