Video: Real Madrid win after huge scare (even Ancelotti postponed his debut)

Video: Real Madrid win after huge scare (even Ancelotti postponed his debut)

Real Madrid beat Alaves 3-2 on Tuesday at the Santiago Bernabeu, and did not get rid of its fear in the matches of the seventh round of the Spanish League, after it had won 3-0 until the 85th minute of the match. Game.

Lucas Vázquez opened the scoring after just 54 seconds of the match, with a shot inside the penalty area, after a pass from Vinicius Junior. Near the end of the first half, Kylian Mbappé ended the first half with a score of 2-0, after a beautiful exchange with Jude Bellingham, who passed him the ball with a brilliant pass, before receiving the Englishman's pass to put it in the penalty area. The Frenchman had already scored in the 21st minute, in a move that was disallowed, due to offside.

In the second half, Real Madrid took the lead 3-0 through Rodrygo, who shot over the penalty area, after a run from the right side of the attack.

The team led by Carlo Ancelotti had more chances to get closer to the penalty area to make it 4-0, specifically with a move from Endrick, in the 73rd minute, but they did not do it and Alavés again entered the dispute for the result in the last half of the match, after being cautioned for a shot on the post from Abd Ribakh (76 m).

Ancelotti was going to start Jacopo Ramon, but…

In the 85th minute, the ball actually entered the goal, with a wonderful shot from Carlos Benavidez from the front, and the next minute, the Santiago Bernabéu froze with 3-2, scored by Kike Garcia.

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With the gap reduced to a minimum, Ancelotti, who was going to make his debut with the 18-year-old defender Jacobo Ramon (he was already ready to enter the match in the 84th minute), ended up bringing the young centre-back back to the bench, and putting Fran Garcia on the field in the final minutes, already 3-2. Also note the departure of Mbappé a little while ago, in the 80th minute, as the Frenchman asked to be substituted, due to some physical complaints.

Alaves are still fearful and aim for a 3-3 result, but the match ended with a victory for Real Madrid, who now have 17 points, one behind leaders Barcelona, ​​who have 18, and host a level-headed Getafe on Wednesday (8pm), and are likely to re-establish their four-point advantage.

Thierry and Andre Almeida draw with Valencia, Sevilla win

Also on Tuesday, Valencia, with Portuguese Thierry Correia and André Almeida in the starting lineup, drew 0-0 against Osasuna.

Sevilla hosted and beat Valladolid 2-1, in a match in which the visiting team had goalkeeper André Ferreira as an unused substitute (he has not played yet in 2024/25, and the starting player was Estonian international Karl Huh).

The home side took the lead through a David Torres own goal just before half-time (45'), then Quique Perez made it 1-1 in the second half (56') and it was Chidera Ejoke, off the bench, who scored the winner for Sevilla in the 85th minute.

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