Defeated at Rayo Vallecano (3-2), a very small Real Madrid leaves the championship lead to Barça

Real Madrid are no longer unbeaten in La Liga. Beaten 3-2 on Monday evening by a very good team from Rayo Vallecano in a staggered match of the 13th day, the White House conceded its first loss of the season in the league. Led very quickly to the score on a goal from Santi Comesaña (5th), Carlo Anceletti’s players managed to reverse the course of events thanks to a penalty from Luka Modric (36th) and a helmet shot from Eder Militão (40th ) from a corner. But the locals ended up having the last word thanks to two new achievements from Alvaro Garcia Rivera (43rd) and Oscar Trejo (67th) also from the penalty spot.

Defeated quite logically by a team from Rayo who excelled with the ball, the people of Madrid (32 points) abandoned their throne of leader in favor of their great rival FC Barcelona (34 points). Now relegated two lengths behind the Catalans, Luka Modric’s teammates nevertheless maintain a comfortable margin of eight units ahead of neighbors Atlético de Madrid (24 points), third in La Liga in perfect equality with fourth, Bétis Sevilla (24 points).

Guaranteed to keep their second place when the competitions stop (due to the World Cup in Qatar) in a week and whatever their result on the next day against Cadiz, Real Madrid will not go on vacation. with peace of mind, however, after having made a copy unworthy of its rank during this derby. Jostled as rarely this season in the league, the people of Madrid were surprised from the start of the match by their evening hosts, Comesaña taking advantage of a good combination on the left side between Trejo and Garcia Rivera to crucify Thibault Courtois with a recovery from the unstoppable left (4th, 1-0).

Real led against the run of play

Out of imagination and kept alive for a long time by the exploits of their goalkeeper (13th, 30th), Real waited for a twist of fate to completely relaunch themselves in a meeting that they did not seem to want to win. Brought back to equality by Luka Modric (36th, 1-1) following a penalty obtained by Marco Asensio, the reigning European champions even took the advantage for a short time, Eder Militão (40th , 1-2) cutting perfectly with his head a corner excellently struck by this same Asensio.

Passed in front of their evening opponent on the scoreboard in the space of four minutes, Real Madrid took even less time to be joined, Alvaro Garcia Rivera (43rd, 2-2) bringing the two teams to just an equality before the rest, with a sublime volley from the left in a tight angle.

Hardly more flamboyant on returning from the locker room, the White House logically ended up being punished a third time by a sparkling Rayo Vallecano formation of liveliness and accuracy. Guilty of a hand fault in the middle of the area when he wanted to intervene in front of Garcia Rivera, Dani Carvajal offered the locals a penalty that Oscar Trejo (67th, 3-2) was happy to transform into twice.