He Real Madrid-Athletic of this Tuesday, in advance match of the 19th day of LaLiga Santander, has started with a double controversy. In the 13th minute, the lions claimed a Carvajal penalty over Williams after a charge inside the area of the merengue side to the rojiblanco attacker. Neither the referee Gil Manzano nor the VAR they have understood that there was nothing punishable.
Moments later, at 14 ', the referee sent off for double yellow card to Raúl García for a stomp to Kroos. In the 7 ', the Athletic player himself had already seen the first warning for a tackle in which he was late against the German midfielder, with whom he risked too much at the start of the game.
Raul Garcia, who has suffered his fifth expulsion in his 497 matches in First Division, has discussed his red card with the referee and also with Kroos, who has tried to explain that his entry was worthy of an expulsion that has seriously disrupted the plans of Gaizka Garitano in the stadium Alfredo Di Stéfano.
Expulsion of Raul Garcia It is the second earliest for a double yellow in the entire history of Athletic in LaLiga. The record remains in the hands of Aduriz (Sent off for a double yellow against Rayo in 2013 at 10 minutes into the game), according to data from 'MisterChip'.