Fifth penalty against Real Madrid in three league games

Five-fold maximum penalty for Real Madrid. Four minutes into the game against Alavés, the Whites saw their fifth penalty against them in the last three league games, as many as in the previous 52 championship games.

Cordero Vega pointed to the penalty spot on a corner kick in which the ball hit Nacho's hand. Lucas Pérez transformed against Courtois. “It's hand. Nacho jumps with his arm making the referee big and very well placed. It's a penalty, ”Iturralde González explained., referee of AS and Cadena SER, in the live broadcast on Carrusel Deportivo.

Before the break, three of the four goals that he conceded at Mestalla came from eleven meters. Carlos Soler made a hat-trick penalty. Last day he was also awarded a penalty at the Estadio de la Cerámica that enabled Villarreal to draw in the 76th minute of the game.

It is the third time in history that Madrid have been awarded penalties in three consecutive daysAccording to Mr. Chip. It previously happened in the 1949-50 and 2002-03 seasons.