Without Eden Hazard, a Real in lack of inspiration stumbles against Girona

After Barcelona’s win earlier in the day, the three points were needed for Real Madrid to maintain a comfortable lead over their runners-up. The men of Carlo Ancelloti were also keen to recover as soon as possible after their first defeat this season (3-2 against Leipzig in the Champions League). But the people of Madrid did not manage to do better than a draw (1-1) against the 18th in La Liga.

After a laborious first half, Madrid finally opened the scoring in the 70th minute. Well served by Federico Valverde, Rodrygo only has to push the ball into the back of the net Paulo Gazzaniga (1-0). But ten minutes later, the VAR will shower Madrid’s hopes. After a handball mistake Marco Asensio inside the rectangle, the referee designates the penalty spot and Christian Stuani takes care of taking Thibaut Courtois on the wrong foot (1-1, 80th).

And the Merengues evening will get worse. Rodrygo thinks to put his own in the lead but the referee cancels the goal, considering that the Girona goalkeeper had a hand on the ball when the Brazilian slipped the ball in the background. At the start of the nine minutes of added time, Toni Kroos receives a second yellow card and is expelled. The score will not change and Girona snatches a point from the leader of La Liga.

In the standings, Real keeps a point ahead of FC Barcelona, ​​​​but did not reassure its supporters. Eden Hazard will have spent the whole evening on the bench at the Santiago Bernabéu.