On Saturday, Actual Madrid misplaced for the primary time in La Liga since early December as they fell to a 1-0 defeat at relegation-battling Espanyol. Nonetheless, the league leaders did really feel onerous performed by with the style of the consequence, as they imagine that matchwinner Carlos Romero shouldn’t have been on the pitch to attain his late objective.
Earlier within the second half, Romero was proven a yellow card for a wild problem on Kylian Mbappe. VAR opted to not intervene with the on-field determination of Alejandro Muniz Ruiz, a lot to the fury of these related to Actual Madrid.
Es una locura que ni el árbitro ni el VAR sancionen este entradón a Mbappé con tarjeta roja.
Romero le clava los tacos en el gemelo a Kylian en una acción temeraria y debió ser expulsado.
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— Helena 🇮🇨 (@HdeHelena_RM) February 1, 2025
Carlo Ancelotti was a type of that might not imagine that Romero was not dismissed, as he addressed the matter throughout his post-match press convention (through Diario AS).
“The choice that has been taken is inexplicable, by each the referee and VAR. As a result of we have now all seen what has occurred. Crucial factor is to look at and defend the participant. It was a transparent foul, a really ugly deal with, with danger and, fortuitously it didn’t occur, however there was a danger of harm. VAR can also be there for this. It appears inexplicable to us that crimson was not proven.”
Ancelotti, who confirmed that the harm suffered by Antonio Rudiger within the first half is a muscular one, additionally gave his evaluation on the match itself.
“It has been tough, difficult. We did some issues effectively, we had management, particularly within the second half, comparable to probabilities: a objective disallowed, we hit the publish, we shot 20 occasions on objective… The sport was fairly managed, however Espanyol performed very effectively in transition, defending effectively, they caught us on the break and scored. It was the sport they needed to play.”
It was actually a irritating night for Actual Madrid, and it makes subsequent weekend’s Madrid derby on the Santiago Bernabeu all of the extra essential – as Atletico Madrid received earlier on Saturday, the 2 groups are solely separated by some extent.