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Real Madrid crashed into a controversial defeat 1-0 against Espanyol of the relegation bombings in the League, since a goal by Cristian Romero de Cristian gave the local team a rare victory in the accessory, despite the Strong shouts that the left side has been shown directly card for a late Tackle from behind in Kylian Mbappé at the beginning of the game.
Three answers
1. Can six consecutive victories be obtained?
The number six has evaded Real Madrid throughout the season. Upon entering this game, the whites were enjoying their streak of longer consecutive victories with five in a row, equal to their other best race that occurred in December before the final debacle of the Spanish Super Cup 5-2 against Barcelona and until September before a 1-1 draw with Atlético Madrid in the Metropolitan. Both streams ended with five victories, and it has not been for 12 months, in January 2024, that Real Madrid accumulated more than five consecutive victories, that series of seven again came to an end against Atlético de Madrid. Real Madrid is winning impulse, 10 victories in all competitions in its last 12 shows, but that elusive sixth consecutive victory continues to evade.
2. Would Vinícius be fresh or rusty?
It has been an unusual start for 2025 for junior vinícius. His red card against Valencia meant that he had not been available during the last two league games, and his yellow card when he scored two goals against Salzburg in the Champions League meant that he was also suspended for the victory over Brest. As such, this was his first appearance in the League in almost a month, which dates back to January 3. On the one hand, it allows you to rest and undergo a less demanding schedule, but there is also an element of sharpness of the party that seems to be missing. Vini was desperate to score, and he would have done it if it were not for a silly ball incident, but none of his five shots tried Joan García, and led the statistics of the party for lost duels with 10, winning only four, while his Pass the completion was low in 79% and was dispossessed five times. In part, it is due to the risks that I was taking to try to make something happen, but it was also reduced to a mediocre screen.
3. What side of Espanyol would appear?
Espanyol are traditionally one of the favored opponents of Real Madrid, with a record of 108 victories against the 197 meetings that go to this game. However, they have defeated Real Madrid twice in their last five meetings at home and were on a streak so that he saw them lose only one of their last six. They are not noisy worldwide, but they are a more difficult team to overcome than their league position suggests. However, the real surprise, beyond the defeat, arrived in that Real Madrid failed to score Espanyol for only the second time in the last 35 games between the two teams. Espanyol closed Real Madrid effectively, deploying many of the same low block tactics that worked well for them against Atlético Madrid in the Spanish capital earlier this season. This is not the first time that Real Madrid has eliminated disappointing points this season (I look at Mallorca and Las Palmas at the beginning of the season), but it is the first defeat against such a weak team. The previous defeats of the League occurred against Barcelona and Athletic Club, part of a true fight against quality opposition, but this new setback is even more disappointing.
Three questions
1. Were there injustice in the referee?
Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz was the man in the middle for this occasion, and was certainly among the headlights in the sequelae. Carlos Romero’s challenge, who could have seen it, was tall, with almost knee to Kylian Mbappé and showed no signs of even approaching the ball. Romero was perhaps fortunate not to catch Mbappé with more contact, both for his own good and by Mbappé’s leg. It was a wild challenge and that Javier Iglesias Villanueva overlooked inexplicably in the tasks of Var. However, rival fans will rightly point to the incident that involves Mbappé who led to the messy goal for Júnior Vinícius in the first half. Mbappé violently came out of the ball. In another day, he could also have been seeing red.
2. How bad was Antonio Rüdiger’s injury?
For two years, he has felt that Real Madrid was an injury to Antonio Rüdiger away from a defensive crisis. The 31 -year -old German has always been present, but was retired after only 15 minutes, since he could not continue. “After the tests were carried out to our player Antonio Rüdiger for the medical services of Real Madrid, he was diagnosed with an injury to the femoris biceps of the right leg,” said a club statement on Sunday morning. Now the defender is expected to be left aside for at least two weeks and possibly three, which means that it will certainly lose the fourth final of the Copa del Rey against Leganés, the Madrid Derby in the League, the first tie of the tiebreaker of The Champions League against Manchester City and the trip of the League to Osasuna. His goal will now be to return before the second leg against Manchester City, but his participation is not safe.
3. How much pressure does this exert in the derby next weekend?
The Madrid Derby has become an increasingly tense accessory in recent years, and this year it could be one of the most tight so far. After the horrible scenes with articles released in Thibaut Courtois in the visiting accessory, the home draw at the Bernabéu next weekend could see Real Madrid extend its advantage at the top of the League to four points, or finish two backward points if they are beaten. Added to a broader context, where the two teams could meet in a semifinal of the Copa del Rey if they beat Leganés and Getafe in their respective quarterfinals, and the fact that there is a 50% chance that they may be the Real Madrid’s opponent if they beat Manchester City in the Champions League. The comfort of having a four -point advantage meant that this seemed to be the least important of everything, and it was a true Madrid whose form has improved while Atlético has been less stable. This result changes everything.
