Real Madrid‘s La Liga Title Hopes Dimmed as elche Secures 2-2 Draw
Elche and Real Madrid battled to a thrilling 2-2 draw in a Spanish League match marked by lead changes and a late red card. Aleix febas opened the scoring for Elche in the 53rd minute, capitalizing on a through ball from German Valera.Dean Huijsen leveled the score for Madrid in the 78th minute from a corner kick, but Elche quickly regained the lead through Alvaro Rodriguez in the 84th minute. Jude Bellingham answered for Real Madrid just three minutes later, converting a pass from Mbappe to tie the game at 2-2.
The draw prevents real Madrid from extending their lead at the top of the Spanish League standings. While Xabi Alonso’s team remains in first place with 32 points, they are now only one point ahead of Barcelona.Elche remains in 11th place with 16 points. Victor Chust received a red card for elche in the 90+6th minute, but Madrid was unable to capitalize on the man advantage.
Match Details
Elche took the initial lead before halftime, and again in the second half. Madrid responded each time, but couldn’t secure a victory.
Lineups
Elche: Inaki Pena,David Affengruber,Victor Chust,Alvaro Nunez,German Valera (Leo Petrot 83′),Hector Fort (Adria Pedrosa 66′),Marc Aguado (Federico Redondo 83′),Aleix Febas,Grady Diangana (Martim Neto 66′),Andre Silva (Alvaro Rodriguez 79′),Rafa Mir
Real Madrid: Thibaut Courtois,Dean Huijsen,Alvaro Carreras (Brahim Diaz 88′),Raul Asencio,Dani Ceballos (Eduardo Camavinga 57′),Arda Guler (Gonzalo Garcia 64′),Jude Bellingham,Fran Garcia (Federico Valverde 57′),Trent Alexander-Arnold,Kylian Mbappe,Rodrygo (Vinicius Junior 57′)