Espanyol 1-0 Real Madrid: Los Blancos suffer defeat as Carlos Romero scores

Real Madrid was divested as Espanyol Hold Firm to achieve a memorable victory.

2024/2025 La Liga

1-0

  • Carlos Romero (85 ')

Match report

The pressure was on Real Madrid to respond after Atletico Madrid won against Mallorca earlier in the day, but they did not deliver. The La Liga leaders had opportunities to beat Espanyol in the Stadium stage, but none were taken and they were made to pay because the hosts insured a famous 1-0 win.

It was a terrible start of the Real Madrid procedure, because they also lost Antonio Rudiger due to injury. However, they looked forward to leaving that disappointment behind them when finding the opening goal, and they had the ball in the net in the first half thanks to Vinicius Junior, but it was excluded after an error in the build -up by Kylian Mbappe.

In the second half, and Real Madrid was again frustrated in their attempt to find the breakthrough. Vinicius, Mbappe, Rodrygo Goes and Jude Bellingham all had opportunities, but a combination of poor finish and excellent keepers from Joan Garcia kept the visitors remotely.

In the end it was Espanyol that scored. A quick counterattack saw Antoniu Roca play the ball wide, Omar El Hilali gathered on the overlap and his deep cross was in the rear post in the rear post because of his opposite full-back Carlos Romero, who could still count himself to still be on The field after a wild challenge on Mbappe earlier in half was only given as a yellow card, despite the protests of Carlo Ancelotti.

Real Madrid stacked on the pressure in the last phases when seven minutes of the stopping time was added, but in the end they could not find the equalizer. It is a result that means that Espanyol goes out of the relegation zone with those three points, while Los Blancos remains a point free from Atleti, which they will play in the Madrid Derby next weekend.

Line-ups

Espanyol XI: Cabrera, Pol Lozano, Puado, Alex Král, Kumbulla, Jofre Carreras, Joan García, Urko González de Zarate, Omar El Hilali, Roberto Fernández, Carlos Romero,

Subs: Gomez, Pacheco, Pere Milla, Tejero, Calero, Álvaro Aguado, Exposito, Walid Cheddira, Ángel Fortuño, Antoniu Roca, Alejo Veliz

Real Madrid XI: Courtois, Rudiger, Vazquez, Ceballos, Mbappe, Valverde, Fran García, Tchouameni, Vinicius, Rodrygo, Bellingham

Subs: Modric, Alaba, F Mendy, Vallejo, Brahim, Lunin, Lorenzo Aguado, Güler, Raúl Asencio, Endrick, Sergio Mestre

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