An end with altered spirits in a match that had everything, from football, through a serious injuryuntil ending in an agitated climate, with a sent off 53 minutes into the second halfbetween protests and pushes between the players of both teams, with focus on the referee Jesus Gil Manzano. This is how it ended 2-2 of Real Madrid con Valencia in Mestalla, after the leader of the Spanish league remontara un 0-2.
Could Carlo Ancelotti’s team have lost? Yes. He would have done it if the VAR, at 45 minutes into the second period, had not rectified a penalty sanctioned for a non-existent foul against Hugo Duro, as was demonstrated in television images; the lateral defender Dani Carvajal He didn’t touch it when he crossed it. A couple of minutes later, Valencia was close to 3-2 with a shot from Peter in the area that went just over the crossbar.
Could Real Madrid win? Yes, too, and that is the reason for the complaints and protests of the visiting players against the referee. The action that sparked the controversy was the last of the game, when the last of the eight added minutes was up. At the time that Brahim Diaz sent a cross from the right, Gil Manzano blew the final whistle with the ball in the air, on the way to Jude Bellingham He hit it with a header for 3-2. It was a heroic victory, one more of Real Madrid’s classic comebacks. But a millisecond got in the way, very much subject to interpretation.
Gil Manzano’s actions also fueled the controversy. At first he put the whistle in his mouth to signal the end, thinking that Real Madrid’s attack after a corner was diluted, but he stopped when the ball reached Díaz, who was in a position to continue the advance. When a Valencia player approached him to claim the end, the referee whistled the end, with the ball in the air towards Bellingham’s position.
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When the goal was not validated, the Real Madrid players exploded. Everyone surrounded the judge and the Englishman Bellingham, top scorer of the tournament, with 16 goals, was sent off. Duro, Valencia forward, gave his version: “When we cleared the corner, Gil Manzano said it was the last one. I don’t know why he takes so long to whistle if that’s what he had said. I understand Madrid, but it should have ended after the corner was cleared. He waits for Brahim to take the ball and when he goes to cross, he whistles.” The DT Carlo Ancelotti He had another vision: “If the final whistle blows with the clearance, everything is fine, but let it continue because we had possession. “It seems to me that it is a mistake.”
Fran Guaita, journalist Sports Carousel located on the field, at the entrance to the locker room, he related about the finale: “In the locker room tunnel there was a big fight involving [Dani] Ceballos, Vinícius y [Antonio] Rüdigerwho we have seen leave the field very upset. [Aurélien] Tchouaméni, with one blow, broke a television panel. There were moments of pushing and a lot of tension, which I don’t know if Gil Manzano will reflect in the minutes.”
The controversial ending: blown whistle about what was a Bellingham goal
Ten minutes before this controversy, all the players were shocked by the injury suffered by the local French defender Mouctar Diakhaby when his compatriot Tchouameni He involuntarily fell with all the weight of his body on his right knee. Immediately, almost all the players put their hands on their heads, with signs of consternation. They saw a serious injury, which the television cameras did not capture in all its magnitude. Diakhaby was carried away on a stretcher, with a blanket covering his injured leg. “I am very sorry for what has happened. I wish you a speedy recovery Diakhaby,” Tchouameni wrote on the X social network.
Highlights of Valencia 2 vs. Real Madrid 2
Real Madrid lost 2-0 30 minutes into the first halffor the goals of Duro and Roman Yaremchuk. The reaction began in the fifth added minute of the initial stage, with an attack of Vinícius, who played again a separate match with the stands occupied by the Valencia fans. A few months ago, the Brazilian had received racist insults in that stadium. This Saturday the back and forth continued, in which it is always difficult to pinpoint the origin of everything, with gestures and provocations from the Brazilian and insults from the spectators.
Vinícius scored 2-2, in a play that was reviewed by the VAR for a possible off-side by the Brazilian. There were still 15 minutes left and, although the tie was not changed, what came next went from the shock of an injury to the cauldron of the end.
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