Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid turned the tables on its guest, Almeria, when it turned a 2-0 deficit in the first half into a 3-2 victory in the final hour and temporarily regained the lead on Sunday in the twenty-first stage of the Spanish Football Championship.
Published on: 01/21/2024 – 19:03
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Almeria ended the first half with two goals from Belgian Larji Ramzani (1) and Edgar Gonzalez (43), and Real Madrid responded with a hat-trick in the second through Englishman Jude Bellingham (56 from a penalty kick), Brazilian Vinicius Junior (67) and Dani Carvajal (90 + 9).
Real Madrid continued its wonderful results in the league, achieving its fourth successive victory and the sixteenth this season, raising its score to 51 points and returning to the lead temporarily by two points against Girona, the surprise of the season, which will host Seville later.
The Royal Club, which has a postponed match, entered the match under the shock of losing the King’s Cup title by losing to its neighbor Atletico Madrid 2-4 after extra time (regular time 2-2), but it celebrated in front of its supporters the Super Cup title that it won last Sunday at the expense of its rival. Traditional Barcelona 4-1 in Riyadh.
Almeria disturbed the atmosphere of celebrations with an early goal scored by Ramzani from his team’s first attack when he received a ball inside the area from Argentine captain Lucas Robertoni. He followed it up, creeping with his right hand to the right of goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga, whom Italian coach Calro Ancelotti started at the expense of Ukrainian Andriy Lunin.
Brazilian Rodrigo responded with a shot from inside the area that passed near the left post (14).
Almeria scored the second goal through defender Gonzalez, who took advantage of a ball that was recklessly cleared by captain Nacho and shot it powerfully with his left hand “on the fly” from outside the area and into the far left corner of goalkeeper Kepa (43).
Ancelotti introduced the trio of Ibrahim Dias, Joselu, and Fran Garcia at the beginning of the second half in place of Rodrigo, Frenchman Ferlan Mendy, and Nacho, and his team won a penalty kick after a handball by Brazilian defender Kaiqui Fanbre Bellingham successfully narrowed the difference (56) and strengthened his position at the top of the scorers list with 14 goals.
The Royal Club midfielder, loaned to Almeria, Sergio Arribas, scored a goal that was canceled due to a mistake by one of his teammates against Bellingham (61).
Vinicius succeeded in equalizing when he followed with his shoulder a cross pass by Frenchman Aurélien Chouamini (67).
Bellingham gave the Royal Club the lead in the 77th minute, but his goal was disallowed due to offside, before he played the role of playmaker with a vertical pass to Carvajal, which he followed from close range into the goal (90+9).
Osasuna, in turn, achieved a difficult victory over its guest Getafe 3-2.
The home side took the lead with two goals from Raul Garcia (9) and Iker Munos (31), and the visitors responded with two goals from Borja Mayoral (64) and Serbian Nemanja Maksimovic (68), before Jesus Arisu scored the winning goal for Osasuna (80).
Later, Real Betis will also play Barcelona.
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2024-01-21 18:03:07
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