On December 22, Beijing time, the 18th round of La Liga ushered in a key matchup, and the second-ranked Real Madrid played away against the 15th-ranked Alaves, and then we will take a look at the wonderful performances of the players on both sides.
At the beginning of the game, Real Madrid controlled the tempo and organized the attack, and did not create too many chances in the face of the weak team, Valverde's volley from a small angle was saved by the goalkeeper, Dias was in good shape and made a series of wonderful dribbles, Bellingham was difficult to play and received a yellow card.
On the contrary, Alaves, who was fighting at home, played very aggressively, seizing quick counterattacks one after another to create threats, but also failed to break through the goal, the two teams temporarily exchanged blanks 0-0 at halftime, and the referee blew the penalty scale caused a lot of controversy, especially for Real Madrid's foul, which also made the players very dissatisfied, and the rhythm on the field seemed more messy.
In the 54th minute, Nacho stepped on his ankle in the process of scrambling, VAR intervened, and the referee watched the video replay and judged a serious foul and showed a red card to send him off, Real Madrid was forced to play ten men and fell into passivity, and the team immediately made personnel adjustments, Tchouameni replaced Modric.
Alaves, who played with one more man, were not able to pose much of a threat and looked to be looking for a draw to get one point for the best result. But Real Madrid didn't think so, the team still persevered, and finally entered stoppage time Kroos took a corner cross, and the unmarked Vazquez jumped up with a header and bounced into the net to play the stunner, and the home fans fell silent for a while.
At the end of the game, the ten-man Real Madrid defeated Alaves 1-0 and scored all 3 points, so that the team returned to the top of La Liga with 45 points from 18 wins, 14 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, and Girona was temporarily in second place with 52 points.
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