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The hosts beat Real 4-1 in a La Liga match on Sunday night at the Mestaya Stadium. This is the second defeat for the champions of this league, the second in the last four games.
Real’s list of failures in this field is a bit longer. After losing 2-1 here in the 2018-19 edition of the League, the Madrid team came back with a 1-1 draw last season.
The game of the Real from the beginning of the party was quite orderly. The attack had the impression of planning. But they couldn’t break through the opponent’s solid defense. Under pressure from Benzema-Asensio, the Valencia defense was calm, with the hosts trying to attack from short passes without clearing the ball quickly.
La Real took the lead in the 23rd minute with Benzema’s skill. The French forward found direction with a quick shot from outside the box, leaving room for Marcelo’s back pass. The goalkeeper did not have many opportunities to change the direction of the ball at the foot of Valencian Hugo Giamson. Benzema’s fourth goal of the season.
In the 35th minute, Sol tied with a memorable penalty goal. The referee whistled the penalty when Lucas Vásquez put the ball in area D to the center of José Guerrero.
Soler’s shot from point was blocked by the goalkeeper, but Yunus Musa hit the goal with a corner kick after the Spanish midfielder’s return shot hit the post.
The referee canceled the penalty after a long VAR after American midfielder Musa’s foot slipped into area D just before Soul’s penalty. Cortoya also touched the hand on the return penalty. But he couldn’t stop the network.
Valencia took the lead in the 43rd minute in an exciting fight. Varane scored a suicide goal from the right side to block a maxi cross from the six-yard box by Maxi Gomez. The ball hit the French defender’s leg and went up a bit. Thibaut Courtois was unable to touch his hand as he tried to return from the finish line while lying down. In VAR, the ball crossed the goal line.
Valencia had only one shot on goal in the first half. But when they went to halftime, they went ahead 2-1.
At the start of the second half, the champions found themselves cornered by digesting two more penalty goals in the space of 9 minutes. From where they could not turn.
The referee blew the whistle for the second time in the game when defender Marcelo fouled Gomez in goal. Souler made the score 3-1. Valencia scored the third penalty when Ramos put the ball into the area. And midfielder Souler, 23, completed a hat-trick with a perfect shot.
La Real scored two good chances between these two goals; But they couldn’t use it. Goalkeeper Houme Domenek also blocked a tricky corner kick from Asensio after Fede Valverde’s long-range shot rebounded.
In the 7th minute another scare arrived in the Real field, the fear of Benzema’s injury. He was seen leaving the field with a sore groin. The replacement is Mariano.
La Real did not raise any possibility of returning to the game despite attacking the rest of the time. The most successful team in the competition came back with an embarrassing disappointment rate before going into the international break.
Real has fallen to number four with 16 points from five wins and a draw in eight games. Valencia is in ninth place with 11 points, they have played more than one game.
Real Sociedad, which beat Granada 2-0, is the leader with 20 points from nine games. Villarreal, who beat Getafe 3-1, are two points behind. Atlético de Madrid is in third place with 16 points from seven games.
Barcelona is in eighth place with 11 points from seven games.
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