Jorge Almirón’s team drew 1-1 with the White House, racking up five consecutive wins.
This Wednesday, Elche managed to stop Real Madrid’s triumphal march (1-1) after a match in which the Elche side managed to recover from the good first half of their rival, who went from less to more.
Those led by Zinedine Zidane were clear dominators in the first 45 minutes, but after the local draw, scored from a penalty, the white club got stuck and already was unable to beat goalkeeper Edgar Badía, who won several valuable made saves.
The meeting started according to the planned script. Madrid took the monopoly on the ball against a withdrawn Elche and that had his only attacking reference in Lucas Boyé.
Zidane’s team, threatening with a Kroos header as early as the second minute, set a slow but steady chase rhythm, constantly hitting their squad’s turnout to try and open the local defense.
The Madrid team eventually found the prize after a loss of the ball by Elche. Asensio took advantage of the space to go deeper and hit the crossbar again, but this time the rebound was picked up by Luka Modric to head the ball into the back of the net.
The goal did not change the drift of the game, comfortably controlled by Real Madrid, which hit the second goal several times without much fanfare. He was even about to get a penalty in favor for possible hands from Victor, an action immediately corrected by the VAR.
Only Rigoni, who knew how to exploit Marcelo’s defensive weaknesses, showed some rebellion, but the Argentinian found no partners to shake up the Madrid defense.
Elche, with a more offensive stance, managed to balance the game in the first minutes of the second act. As a result of this improvement, Carvajal’s penalty against Barragán turned into a goal from Fidel.
The draw awoke Madrid, which was in a hurry, and gave confidence to Elche, who was about to score the second with Boyé’s shot hitting the post.
Zidane called on Hazard, Valverde and Vinicius to reactivate his attack and Madrid came to completely dominate the game in the final minutes, with Sergio Ramos as the striker, but Elche defended himself with order and sacrifice.
Bad result for the white house that remained with 34 points and which now shows how city rival Atlético de Madrid is the leader with 36 points and two games less.