Jorge Almirón’s team drew 1-1 with the white house and cut a streak of five consecutive victories.
This Wednesday, Elche managed to stop the triumphant march of Real Madrid (1-1) after a game in which the Elche team knew how to recover from the good first half of its rival, which was from less to more.
Those led by Zinedine Zidane were clear dominators in the first 45 minutes, but after the local draw, scored from a penalty, the white club got stuck and was unable to overcome goalkeeper Edgar Badía, who made several worthwhile saves.
The meeting started according to the planned script. Madrid assumed the monopoly of the ball against a retracted Elche and that had in Lucas Boyé its only offensive reference.
Zidane’s team, who already threatened in the second minute with a header from Kroos, set a slow but constant hunting rhythm, continually hitting the rises of their sides to try to open the local defense.
The Madrid team finally found the prize after a loss of the ball by Elche. Asensio took advantage of the space to go deeper and shoot the crossbar again, but this time the rebound was picked up by Luka Modric to head the ball into the back of the net.
The goal did not modify the drift of the game, controlled comfortably by Real Madrid, which without much fanfare touched the second goal on several occasions. He was even on the verge of having a penalty in favor for possible hands from Victor, an action immediately corrected by the VAR.
Only Rigoni, who knew how to exploit Marcelo’s defensive weaknesses, showed something of rebellion, but the Argentine did not find partners to shake the Madrid defense.
Elche, with a more offensive pose, managed to balance the game in the first minutes of the second act. As a result of this improvement, Carvajal’s penalty against Barragán came, transformed into a goal by Fidel.
The draw woke up Madrid, which was in a rush, and gave Elche confidence, which was about to score the second with a shot from Boyé that hit the post.
Zidane appealed to Hazard, Valverde and Vinicius to reactivate his attack and Madrid came to completely dominate the game in the last minutes, with Sergio Ramos as center forward, but Elche defended himself with order and sacrifice.
Bad result for the white house that remained with 34 points and that now sees how its city rival, Atlético de Madrid, is a leader with 36 points and two games less.
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