The White Ballet footballers are experiencing a period of great success. They secured the transition to the knockout stages of the Champions League, dominated the famous El Clásico against Barcelona and saw their star Karim Benzema win the Ballon d’Or for the first time in his career. Against Elche, according to the paper hypotheses, nothing difficult should await them. The team is at the bottom of the table.
In the sixth minute of the match, Benzema scored for the first time on a pass from Vinícius Junior, but his goal was not recognized by the VAR due to the Brazilian’s offside position. Valverde opened the scoring five minutes later. At 26 ‘the Elche goalkeeper was beaten again, but Alaba’s goal was again disallowed for offside.
After a quarter of an hour of play in the second half, Benzema prevailed once again, but what the hell did he want, the goal was stolen from him again by the VAR. However, the experienced striker did not let himself be discouraged and in the third period everything went well. At 75 ‘he beats the goalkeeper Badia with a shot from the ground. Asensio scored the victory one minute before the end of regular time.