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Three penalties and an own goal: Real Madrid suffered a severe setback in the league in a historic spectacle.
Despite an initial 1-0 lead via a deflected long shot from Karim Benzema (23rd), Los Blancos clearly lost 1: 4 (1: 2) at Valencia CF and slipped to fourth place in the table.
For Zinédine Zidane it was one of the most obvious defeats as a Real manager: with three goals difference, before he had only lost in the 3-0 defeat against FC Barcelona in 2017 and with the same result in 2019 against Paris Saint- Germain. So far only Real Sociedad have scored four goals against Madrid coached by Zidane in the 4-3 victory in the Copa del Rey in February 2020.
The man of the night for the hosts was Carlos Soler, who put together a pack of three (35./HE, 54./FE, 63./HE) – and scored all the goals from the penalty spot. Defender Raphael Varane (43.) took the lead with a curious own goal to make it 2-1.
It should be noted: For the first time in La Liga history, there were three penalties in a match against Real Madrid.
Soler has become the third player to convert three penalties in a Spanish league match: previously, this feat was only achieved by Real legend Alfredo Di Stéfano in 1958 and Croatian Alen Peternac for Real Valladolid in 1996, who scored four times in he succeeded in a game from the point.
Soler wobbles at first, but then stays cool
Soler even missed on goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois’ first attempt and also put the margin on the post before Yunus Musah pushed the ball over the line. However, because several players entered the penalty area too early when Soler took it, the penalty kick was repeated, and this time Soler remained calm, as he did in his subsequent attempts from the point.
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For the Madrid champions it was the second defeat in the eighth game of the season, the difference with the leader Real Sociedad is currently four points, but the Madrilenians have played one game less.
German international Toni Kroos was only intervened by Zidane in the 76th minute and was unable to turn the game around.
