Real Madrid fell on Saturday afternoon, their tenth of the season, after Hugo Duro had continued his scoring run in the Santiago Bernabeu in the 95th minute to win 2-1, after Hugo Duro had continued his scoring run in the Santiago Bernabeu to win 2-1. If Los Blancos was previously frustrated, that goal saw the tension for some people about spilling.
Not least Jude Bellingham, who has shown this season as one of the more emotional characters of Real Madrid. Dissent has been a problem for the English international this season and for that reason received a red card earlier this year, his second in consecutive years at the club. This season he also has eight yellow cards and missed four games by suspension, including their Champions League round of 16 first leg with Atletico Madrid.
While he walked away on Saturday evening, Bellingham was shown that the VAR camera had started in a flurry of anger when he came off the field, although it was apparently intact after the incident.
Although players in Spain can be punished for such behavior, it seems unlikely that Bellingham is probably not included in the referee in the referee's match report. At least that was the case for Iago Aspas last year, after the Celta Vigo captain pushed over the VAR screen.
The VAR intervened twice in the Valencia game, the first to ask the referee to take a second look at a penalty given in favor of Kylian Mbappe, who remained a spot kick after consultation. The second time was not to allow a Mouctar Diakhaby own goal, after it was assessed that Mbappe was both offside and interfering with playing in the structure.
In contrast to other defeats this season, however, the referee was not the most important focus for Los Blancos in the local media afterwards, whereby questions were asked to the team and their performance. There is also no shortage of fingers aimed at Carlo Ancelotti under pressure.
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