The Real Madrid stumbles with the Elche

Croatian Luka Modric opened the scoring for Real Madrid in the 20th minute, then Fidel Chávez leveled for the hosts in the 52nd minute with a penalty.

Real Madrid leads the league with 33 points, two points behind the leader Atlético de Madrid, while Elche is 15th with 16 points.

The real club wasted a victory within their reach, as it was the best match for most of the match, especially in the first half, in which their players took turns wasting opportunities and paid dearly in the second half when the landowners tied penalty.

Germany’s Toni Kroos missed a window of opportunity at the start of the game with a point-blank header that passed the left post (3).

Argentine striker Emiliano Rigoni responded with a strong left-footed shot from inside the box, which was sent to a corner by Belgian Thibaut Courtois (10).

The Brazilian crossbar, Marcelo, deprived himself of the opening of the scoreboard by returning his powerful shot with his right from the edge of the area (13).

Real Madrid managed to open the scoring when Marco Asensio threw a powerful ball to their left from outside the area, which hit the crossbar, and Modric followed him head-on to the left of the goalkeeper (20).

Real Madrid continued their preference in the second half, but their defender Dani Carvajal made a mistake inside the area by blocking Antonio Baragian inside the area, for which the referee counted a penalty that Fidel successfully put to Courtois’s right, realizing the tie (52).

And Argentine Lucas Boyle was about to give Elche the lead with a powerful drag shot that passed near the left post (63).

Real Madrid came down with full weight in the remaining minutes and goalkeeper Edgar Badia saved his goal from an investigative goal by blocking a shot by Carvajal from close range (68), and another for captain Sergio Ramos (69).

And French royal coach Zinedine Zidane reinforced his offensive line when he pushed Belgian Eden Hazar back into the game after a long absence due to injury, Brazilian Vinicius Junior and Uruguayan Federico Valverde, but to no avail.