On Saturday, Real Madrid lost for the first time in La Liga since the beginning of December when they fell on a 1-0 defeat at relegation-fighter against Espanyol. The League leaders, however, felt hard done with the way the result, because they believe that match winner Carlos Romero should not have been on the field to score his late goal.
Earlier in the second half, Romero was shown a yellow card for a wild challenge on Kylian Mbappe. VAR chose not to intervene with the decision on the field of Alejandro Muniz Ruiz, to the great anger of those associated with Real Madrid.
Carlo Ancelotti was one of those who could not believe that Romero was not rejected because he approached the case after the competition during his press conference (via Diario AS).
“The decision that has been made is inexplicable, both by the referee and VAR. Because we have all seen what happened. The most important thing is to view and protect the player. It was a clear mistake, a very ugly tackle, with risk and luckily it didn't happen, but there was a risk of injury. VAR is also for this. It seems inexplicable to us that red was not shown. “
Ancelotti, who confirmed that the injury by Antonio Rudiger is a muscular half in the first half, also gave his assessment over the game itself.
“It was difficult, complicated. We did a number of things well, we had control, especially in the second half, such as opportunities: a goal, we got the mail, we shot on goal 20 times … The game was quite controlled, but Espanyol played very well in The transition, well defending, they caught us during the break and scored. It was the game they wanted to play. '
It was certainly a frustrating evening for Real Madrid, and it makes the Madrid Derby of next weekend in the Santiago Bernabeu all the more crucial – as Atletico Madrid won earlier on Saturday, the two teams are only separated by a point.
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