In pictures: espanyol stops Real Madrid to win the killer

in #football6 years ago

Espanyol beat Real Madrid 3-0 on Tuesday at the Cornelia Alberta Stadium in the 26th round of the Liga.

The only goal of the match was Gerard Moreno in the third minute of time rather than lost, to stop the series of Real Madrid victories, which stretched to 4 games.

With that result, Real have 51 points in third place, while Espanyol have 31 points to reach the 13th place in the league.

Real Madrid tried to open the score early on the right-hand side led by Lucas Vasquez, thanks to his dangerous cross-balls, which caused a lot of trouble for Espanyol defenders, but Gareth Bell, who took the center of the striker was not positioned in the right place.

The royal team relied on the two sides to penetrate the fortresses of the owners of the land, taking advantage of the presence of Isco and Vesquez, as well as Asincio, who participated as a game maker, while faced the team of Kiki Flores, Almeringi with great pressure in the middle of his home.

Although Real dominated the ball with a good defensive position from the opponent, the counter-attacks were very dangerous in the back line, especially with Sergio Ramos's attack on more than one occasion.

Espanyol striker Gerard Moreno took a disastrous 24-minute pass from Paran to set it up against Real, but Kailor Navas managed to save his team from the first goal brilliantly.

The Marinji midfield, represented by Jurenti, Kouvacic and Ascencio, failed to give offensive solutions, creating no real chances for the attackers despite Asuncio's attempts.

After 31 minutes, Espanyol's Oscar Duarte protested against the referee's decision after he canceled a goal for the offense.

Protests continued against the referee, but this time from Real Madrid, after Espanyol defender Gareth Bell's shot with his hand ended the first half with a goalless draw.

Zinedine Zidane entered the second half with more vigor and speed. Kouvacic began to break the ball from the middle, with the help of Vázquez and Isco but to no avail against Espanyol.

The two guards dealt with most of the ball well, especially Navas, who saved Real from two heads with a break-off.

Moroccan midfielder Ashraf Hakimi, who opened the match from the 18th to the Espanyol, was very close to the match, but Diego Lopez did not make it.

The two coaches began to make changes in search of goals, involving Zidane Karim Benzema instead of Isco, Flores Victor Sanchez and Gerranero in midfield.

Real Madrid's performance did not change very much after the first switch, and Espanyol dominated the ball relatively close, and the Royal team was almost shocked by the first goals, had not Navas starred again, who resisted Moreno's head.

Zidane made the second change in the 80th minute when Gareth Bell broke out in the game and Danny Sibayos entered the midfield in the last 10 minutes, but to no avail.

In the final minute, Gerrard Moreno was able to score Espanyol's goal in the absence of the Real Madrid defense, giving his team three precious points.