With his fist raised, Vinícius Junior acted as leader this Saturday and grew in Mestalla with a double (m.50 and m.76) to avoid Real Madrid’s defeat against Valencia, who took the lead with goals from Hugo Duro ( m.27) and Roman Yaremchuk (m.30) in a match that ended with controversy and brawl as the referee, Jesús Gil Manzano, blew the final whistle just when Jude Bellingham scored the goal that marked the comeback.
The Valencia-Real Madrid match this Fallas Saturday in the Valencian capital was presented as a high-voltage duel. The Valencia fans, who came out to protest four hours earlier against the main shareholder Peter Lim, received Vinícius, who returned to Mestalla nine months after receiving racist insults, with boos and whistles.
With a heartfelt tribute to those affected by the Campanar fire, the match started in the centenary fiefdom with a leader who wanted to increase the distance in LaLiga with the return of Bellingham and with a Valencia that he had in his memory and wanted to repeat the victory of last season to follow in Europe’s wake.
Not much football was seen in the first minutes with constant interruptions due to fouls. With just four minutes of play, Yaremchuk received a yellow card for a challenge on Tchouameni and Gayà was on the ground for a few minutes due to an elbow from Rodrygo.
Under a tense atmosphere and despite the discomfort, Real Madrid took the ball to dominate Valencia in a match that was picking up pace. Real Madrid accumulated and accumulated passes, which had its first chance with a soft header from Camavinga that Mamardashvili caught after the quarter of an hour.
Despite Madrid’s incontestable dominance, Valencia held up well with a superb Mosquera in defense. Meanwhile, the black and white arrivals were without danger. Rubén Baraja’s team rushed, decided poorly and seemed afraid to finish the play.
But Valencia was improving its sensations, it was increasingly hovering around Lunin’s goal and from a loss of Vinícius on the baseline, madness came to Mestalla. That ball ended up in the boots of Fran Pérez, who finished poorly and his shot went straight into the head of Hugo Duro, who headed in to put Valencia ahead (m.27).
The goal was a hard blow for Real Madrid, who, without time to recover, received the second after three minutes. The Valencian team went even more crazy with Yaremchuk, who took advantage of an error in a transfer by Carvajal to get the ball, dribble past Lunin and make it 2-0.
In disbelief, Real Madrid tried to close the gap, but Camavinga and Kroos were not successful in their shots. Yes, it was Mamardashvili, who cleared a shot from Valverde. When Ancelotti’s team seemed most out of the game, Vinicius appeared in the last minute of added time to close the gap at will (m.50).
The Brazilian challenged the cheering stands with his gaze when he took the ball from the net and, already in the center of the field, he turned towards her to celebrate the goal with his fist raised and thus vindicate the fight against racism.
Under tremendous rain, the match resumed with a great save from Mamardashvili against Bellingham, who after a sophisticated cutback saw the Georgian goalkeeper stick out a foot to prevent the tie. Lunin also excelled with a great save on Diego López, who had just entered the field.
Despite the black and white opportunity, Real Madrid lived in Mamardashvili’s area. His dominance was overwhelming, but he could not change the score until Vinícius appeared again. The undoubted protagonist of the match headed home a center from the newly incorporated Brahim (m.76) to tie the match.
In the last fifteen minutes everything happened: a worrying injury to Diakhaby, who had to leave the field on a stretcher after Tchouameni, involuntarily, fell on his leg, a penalty that was annulled by the VAR for Valencia, a couple of clear chances from the Madrid loanee Peter Federico and a goal from Bellingham that did not go up on the scoreboard because Gil Manzano indicated that he had blown the final whistle.
– Datasheet:
2 – Valencia: Mamardashvili; Foulquier, Mosquera, Diakhaby (Cenk, m.89), Gayà; Fran Pérez (Peter, m.73), Pepelu, Javi Guerra (Amallah, m.73), Canós (Guillamón, m.57); Hugo Duro and Yaremchuk (Diego López, m.57)
2 – Real Madrid: Lunin; Carvajal, Tchouameni, Rudiger, Mendy (Fran García, m.72); Valverde (nacho, m.86), Kroos (Modric, m.63), Camavinga (Joselu, m.72), Bellingham; Rodrygo (Brahim, d.63) and Vínicius
Goles: 1-0, m.27: Hugo Duro. 2-0, m.30: Yaremchuk. 2-1, m.50+: Vinícius. 2-2, m.76: Vinícius
Referee: Gil Manzano (Extremadura Committee). He booked Yaremchuk for the locals and Vinícius, Valverde and Joselu for the visitors. He gave Bellingham a red card for his protests after the match concluded.
Incidents: Match corresponding to the twenty-seventh day of LaLiga EA Sports played at the Mestalla stadium in front of 47,427 spectators. In the preludes, a minute of silence was observed in tribute to the victims and victims of the fire that occurred in Campanar (Valencia). The kick-off was performed by the caretaker of the community of neighbors of the burned building, Julián. EFE
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