The referee clearly helped, Bellingham passed the savior, and Real Madrid reversed 3-2
La Liga giants Real Madrid have recently encountered the devil's schedule, swept the arch-rival Barcelona 4-1 in the final of the Spanish Super Cup to win the championship, but was avenged by the city rival Atletico Madrid in the Copa del Rey, and the road to defending the title came to an abrupt end. After a two-day break, Real Madrid ushered in the 21st round of La Liga, sitting at home against vice-captain Almeria, who has not won in 20 consecutive rounds and has become the only team without a win in the five major leagues. In this game, Ramazani scored a lightning goal in the first minute, Gonzalez scored another goal, and Real Madrid fell behind 0-2 at one point. In the second half, the referee continued to steal the scene, Bellingham scored from the penalty spot, Vinicius equalized in dispute, Carvajal scored in the 99th minute, and Real Madrid reversed 3-2.
Despite the dense schedule and the wide disparity in quality, Carlo Ancelotti continued to play in a 4-3-1-2 formation, with Kepa Arrizabalaga replacing Lunin as the starting goalkeeper, Carvajal, Rudiger, Nacho and Ferran Mendy forming the defence, Valverde, Tchouameni and Kroos in midfield, and the trident of Jude Bellingham, Rodrygo and Vinicius.
In the face of the vice-captain, Real Madrid was obviously a little absent-minded, only 40 seconds into the opening game, Nacho's backfield pass was broken, Roberto shared the ball in the front of the penalty area, Ramazani pushed it alone, Kepa fought hard to block it, but still couldn't prevent the ball from going into the net, Almeria blitzed the Bernabeu and kicked a dream start.
Falling behind early, Real Madrid seemed to be more than capable of enough, whether it was Bellingham, Vinicius or Rodrygo, it was difficult to tear apart the defense through individual ability, but Almeria's counter-attack was more threatening. In the 22nd minute, Ramazani picked up a pass from the left, Ajem followed up with an inverted triangle pass, and Arribas met the ball in the middle and pushed it slightly off, and the Galaxy almost conceded another goal.
In the 43rd minute, Nacho was not far away, Edgar Gonzalez played a super world wave 28 meters from the goal, Kepa was out of reach, Real Madrid conceded another goal, and fell behind 0-2 at half-time.
Ancelotti made three substitutions in a row, with Joselu, Fran Garcia and Dias coming off the bench to remove the sluggish Mendy, Rodrygo and Nacho. The Galactic Battleship's attack became more direct, constantly creating a threat through wide crosses.
In the 53rd minute, Fran Garcia's cross from the left was unsuccessful for Rudiger to nod the ball and Joselu leaped high to hit Keyie's arm, and the referee awarded a penalty after watching VAR. In the 57th minute, Bellingham hit a goal, breaking the 4-game goal drought, and Real Madrid pulled one back, 1-2!
After winning back a city, Real Madrid's morale was boosted, and the whole team pressed the attack, leaving enough space for the opponent to counterattack. In the 63rd minute, Bellingham's pass was broken, Ramazani strode to the edge of the penalty area, selflessly distributed the ball to the back post, and Arribas pushed it into the far corner.
However, VAR signaled Loppi to hit Bellingham in the face when he broke the ball, signaling a foul first, and the score was still 1-2! Real Madrid, who escaped the catastrophe, quickly made persistent efforts to equalize, and in the 67th minute, Tchouameni crossed from the right, and Vinicius grabbed the goal. Slow motion showed Vinicius Jr. suspected of handball, but after the referee watched the VAR again, he decided that it was a shoulder goal, and the score came to 2-2!
In just 10 minutes, the referee made 3 controversial decisions, and Real Madrid was the one who benefited, which also made the whole Almeria team angry. In the 76th minute, Kroos instigated a counterattack with a long pass, Fran Garcia made an inverted triangle cross from the left, Bellingham pushed and scored, but unfortunately the former was offside, and the score was still 2-2!
In the 81st minute, Fran Garcia made a long pass from the left, Dias unloaded the ball in the penalty area, Vinicius followed up and pushed the shot, which was saved by the goalkeeper of Almeria. In the 83rd minute, Carvajal crossed from the right and Bellingham hit the goal with a barb that went just wide of the post. In the 85th minute, Vinicius knocked back on the left side, and Ceballos volleyed wide.
In the 99th minute, Dias crossed from the right, Bellingham's header was ferried, Carvajal hit the goal goal, and Real Madrid overtook 3-2!