Real Madrid‘s La Liga Title Hopes Dimmed as elche โSecuresโข 2-2 Draw
Elche and Real Madrid battled โคto a thrilling 2-2 drawโค in a Spanish League match marked by lead changes and a late red card. Aleix febasโฃ opened the scoring for Elche in the 53rd minute,โฃ capitalizing on a through ball from German Valera.Dean โHuijsen leveled the score for Madrid in theโ 78th minute from a corner kick, but Elcheโค quicklyโ regained the lead through Alvaro โคRodriguez in โคthe 84th minute. Jude Bellingham โคanswered โฃfor Real Madrid โjust three minutesโ later, convertingโ a pass from Mbappe to tie the game at 2-2.
Theโ draw prevents real Madrid from extending their โlead at the top of โฃthe Spanishโ League standings. While Xabi Alonso’s team remains in first place โขwith 32 points,โ they are now only one pointโ ahead of Barcelona.Elche remains in 11th placeโฃ with 16 points. Victor Chust received โa red card for elche in the 90+6thโ minute,โข but Madridโ was unable โขto capitalize on the manโ advantage.
Match Details
Elche took the initial lead before halftime, and again in the second half. Madrid responded each โtime, but couldn’t secure aโข 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 โค79′),Rafa Mir
Real Madrid: Thibaut Courtois,Dean Huijsen,Alvaro Carreras (Brahim Diaz 88′),Raul Asencio,Dani Ceballos (Eduardo Camavinga 57′),Ardaโ Guler (Gonzaloโฃ Garcia 64′),Jude Bellingham,Fran Garcia (Federico Valverdeโ 57′),Trent โAlexander-Arnold,Kylian Mbappe,Rodrygo โ(Vinicius โJunior 57′)