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Carlos Soler scored a hat-trick from penalties and Valencia ended a four-game winless streak in LaLiga with a 4-1 win over Real Madrid at Mestalla.
League 2020/20214–1
- Soles (35 ‘PEN) Varane (43’ OG) Soles (54 ‘PEN) Soles (63’ PEN)
Match reports
Soler’s penalties, the first of which had to be re-executed for an infraction by Yunus Musah, were added to Raphael Varane’s own goal as Valencia came back in a frenzied encounter.
Karim Benzema, who has now scored more goals in LaLiga than any other player since the restart in June, opened the scoring with a thunderous goal, his fifth goal in his last four top flight meetings with Valencia.
But Benzema’s brilliance wasn’t enough to inspire the defensively suspicious side of Zinedine Zidane, whose misery was compounded when Sergio Ramos managed to concede a third penalty, which Soler duly converted to condemn Madrid to a second 2020-21 LaLiga loss.
Madrid struck first, Benzema caught Jaume Doménech with a punch in the 23rd minute, but Lucas Vázquez’s hand gave Valencia a chance to equalize.
However, the hosts did it the hard way. After Soler saw his penalty saved and hit the post on the rebound, Musah crashed hard, only to be disallowed after the VAR saw that the 17-year-old had invaded the area.
Referee Jesús Gil Manzano ordered the penalty to be resumed and, although Thibaut Courtois again guessed the correct path, Soler beat the Madrid goalkeeper in the second half to call.
More drama followed as Valencia took the lead before the break: Varane inadvertently looped a cross from Maxi Gomez on Courtois, who couldn’t keep the ball from crossing the line.
However, it only came after a long control by the VAR, which also found that Denis Cheryshev had not fouled against Marco Asensio in preparation.
Courtois made a fantastic save right after the restart, flipping Lee Kang-In’s shot towards the post, but soon got the ball out of the net again.
Marcelo dropped Gómez and Soler stepped forward to convert into the lower right corner.
A remarkable hat-trick and a brilliant victory for Valencia was completed in the 63rd minute: Soler took the same corner after Ramos struck the ball away from Musah.
Match events
0 ‘The match is about to begin!
10 ‘CLOSE! Asensio’s distant shot inches wide
23 & # 39; GOAL! Valencia 0-1 Real Madrid (Benzema)
35 ‘Penalty goal! Valencia 1-1 Real Madrid (Soler)
41 ‘Yellow card! Soler reserved
43 & # 39; OWN GOAL! Valencia 2-1 Real Madrid (Varane)
46 ‘SAVE! Good stop from Domenech
47 ‘OUT OF THE POST! Lee Kang-in almost scored
54 ‘Penalty goal! Valencia 3-1 Real Madrid (Soler)
57 ‘OPPORTUNITY! Valverde rejection
59 ‘CLOSE! Asensio’s shot stopped by Domenech
63 ‘Penalty goal! Valencia 4-1 Real Madrid (Soler)
68 & # 39; LOST! Vazquez shot over the bar
Lineups
Valencia XI: Wass, Gabriel, Cheryshev, Gaya, Domenech, Soler, Maxi Gomez, U. Račić, Hugo Guillamón, Y. Musah, Lee Kang-In
Subs: Gameiro, Mangala, Sobrino, Guedes, Jason, T. Lato, Manu Vallejo, Cristian Rivero, Álex Blanco, K. Koindredi
Real Madrid XI: Ramos, Modric, Benzema, Marcelo, Courtois, Isco, Varane, Vázquez, Asensio, Valverde, Vinicius
Substitutes: Kroos, Mariano, Jovic, F Mendy, M. Ødegaard, A. Lunin, Sergio Santos, Rodrygo, Altube
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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