A scenario that will leave traces and cause discussion in the tertulias of Madrid and Catalonia. Trailing 2-0 at half-time on home soil by bottom side Almeria, Real Madrid snatched victory (3-2) thanks to a goal from Carvajal at the end of added time on Sunday during the 21st day of La Liga to regain first place.
Three decisions that swing in Real’s direction
The indestructible Spanish full-back victoriously pushed a ball headed by Bellingham to offer three precious points to his team in the title race (90+9, 3-2). So far, nothing other than the home culture which has brought back countless points to Real when we enter any additional time. But it is mainly the aboveanother form of home habit that the anti-Madridistas will mock, which was a funny sight on Sunday.
Trailing 2-0 and horribly drawn, Carlo Ancelotti’s men came back into the game in the second half thanks to the 14th goal in the league from their providential man Jude Bellingham, on a more than generous penalty awarded by Hernandez Maesa, who would never have had to signal the hand of Kaiky, the Andalusian defender, while Rudiger and Joselu made the elevator on the same action to take the ball with the head
The Madrilenians thought they would dive again a few minutes later when Sergio Arribas, trained at the club, scored a splendid third goal, but here too, Hernandez chose to whistle the nice contact in the face of Bellingham at the start of the action. And finally, Vinicius’ equalization, more than doubtful since the Brazilian largely used his shoulder to take a cross from Tchouaméni, was also validated after verification on the VAR screen. A 3/3 for Real which will be nice to put it on the back burner the next few weeks on arbitration, if he feels like it.