Villarreal achieve a big blow by winning 2-1 at home against Real Madrid. After three matches without defeat, Carlo Ancelotti and his men fell to seventh in La Liga.
A goal from Karim Benzema was not enough. The people of Madrid leave defeated against the seventh in La Liga. At home, Villarreal won 2-1 against Real Madrid.
An exciting match and a rhythm worthy of a match at the start of the season. Real was trapped this Saturday by an attractive Villarreal side. A goal from Yeremy Pino on the return from the locker room will have allowed Quique Setien’s men to logically take the advantage after a half-time domination (47th). But as Real, although asleep, is never really dead, Karim Benzema gave himself the right to equalize from the penalty spot on the hour mark (60th), after a handball from Foyth, freshly returned from a victorious World Cup with Argentina. Then, in a crazy scenario, it was Gerard Moreno who restored the advantage to his team, again from a penalty a few minutes later. The Spaniard thus stops four months of personal scarcity and offers three oh so important points to his team.
A Real without a solution
For ninety minutes (plus seven additional time), Carlo Ancelotti’s Real was never really dangerous. Vinicius will have been the only one to attempt a few offensives, but his almost usual inefficiency in La Liga (no more goals since October 2, against Osasuna) will have harmed him. The fate of the “Casa Blanca” could have changed thanks to a somewhat lucky penalty, but this happiness only lasted three minutes.
At the opening of the Spanish matches this Saturday, Villarreal for its part made a perfect quay copy. Equip yourself with a fairly classic 4-3-3, a formidable collaboration in the midfield (Coquelin-Parejo-Baena), a little success and a high intensity: you get a deserved success against the second in La Liga.
Before the shock of this 16th day of La Liga between Atletico and FC Barcelona (this Sunday, 9 p.m.), Real drops a few precious points and will already have to remobilize to welcome Valencia in four days. A second part of the beating drum season which has only just begun.