The competition returned to Di Stefano 25 days later and the worst Real Madrid of the season returned, losing to Alavés. A defeat marked, first, by the very serious individual failures of the players and second, because this Madrid was not even the shadow of the team that won in San siro to Inter Milan. And, it must also be said, by the referee and the VAR who did not indicate two actions as penalties that could mark the game. The first, a possible penalty to Hazard and the second, a hair pull to Marcelo within the area. None of them were designated as maximum penalties.
Although Real Madrid and Real Madrid would do well not to hide behind arbitration. The football of the Zidane never existed, much less the concentration that they showed in Milan. A good example of this were the continuous errors in the passes of the Madrid players. The first, one of Marcelo, who regained ownership, who gave him a pass to Courtois or whoever it was but who ended up in a corner kick. On that play, Nacho committed penalty for hand that transformed Lucas Perez to put the 0-1 in minute five.
Real Madrid claim two penalties
Real Madrid wanted to react, but they didn't give them their football for that. In fact, Alavés generated more danger by taking corners than Real Madrid by centering the area, the only white argument. That's how the game was until at minute 20, Hazard He claimed a penalty that seemed clear, but not for the referee or for the VAR. Between complaints and white laments, Courtois avoided the 0-2 with a miraculous stop to Lucas Pérez. The game was good for those from Vitoria, but everything changed within half an hour. Just when Hazard left due to an injury that occurred in the action of the penalty.
I enter Rodrygo and That gave Madrid more verticality, which was very close to the draw, especiallye Kroos who met the wall de Pacheco. The first half ended with Marcelo claiming a penalty because they pulled his hair inside the area that neither the referee nor the VAR indicated.
So the break came and Real Madrid came out with more enthusiasm, but failed where it could least be expected. A bad pass from Courtois with his foot he ended up at the feet of Joselu who scored the 0-2 in minute 49.
Madrid had no choice but to go with everything up, which caused each against Alavés to be a clear chance to score. Courtois he amended his mistake with another great save to Lucas Pérez. Zidane put in the field Vinicius, Odegaard, Isco and Mendy to look for a comeback that seemed impossible. There was some hope with the possibility of a penalty in favor of the whites that came to nothing because it was nothing.
Real Madrid kept looking for the goal that would give it life and Mariano it was close, but Lejeune He avoided it by clearing over the goal line. Casemiro He gave life to his team by putting the 1-2 in the 86th minute. Zidane's men have already forgotten everything that was not attacking and thus, Alavés was able to close the victory, but found Courtois.
The hope and white agony lasted until the 95th minute, with a Isco with time fulfilled. In the end, the victory went to Vitoria and the defeat, the return to the worst version of Real, stayed in Madrid.
Data sheet
Real Madrid, 1
Courtois (1); Lucas Vázquez (3) Varane (1), Nacho (1), Marcelo (1) (Mendy (1), m.69); Casemiro (1), Kroos (2) (Isco (1), m.69), Modric (1) (Odegaard (1), m.69); Marco Asensio (1), Eden Hazard (1) (Rodrygo (2), m.28) and Mariano (2).
Alaves, 2
Pacheco (4), Ximo Navarro (3), Laguardia (2), Lejeune (3), Duarte (3); Jota Peleteiro (2), Battaglia (3), Tomás Pina (3) (Edgar Méndez (2), m.77), Rioja (2) (Javi López (s.c.), m.88); Joselu (3) (Deyverson (s.c.), m.91) and Lucas Pérez (3) (Borja Saínz (s.c.), m.88).
Goals: 0-1, m.5: Lucas Pérez, from a penalty; 0-2, m.49: Joselu; 1-2, m.86: Casemiro.
Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega, from the Cantabria Committee. He showed a yellow card to Casemiro (m.18) and Kroos (m.61), from Real Madrid, and to Rioja (m.68), Duarte (m.76) and Edgar (m.87), from Alavés.
Incidents: match of the eleventh day of LaLiga Santander played at the Alfredo Di Stéfano stadium in Valdebebas. No audience