Actual Madrid had been struggling to slice open the deep Valencia defence, but when Madridistas wanted reminding of the worth of Luka Modric, the Croatian gave them precisely that with simply minutes remaining.
Carlo Ancelotti’s facet have tried all of it within the second half, however with out reward. Jude Bellingham struck the within of the submit with a penalty gained by Kylian Mbappe early within the second interval. The England star then tried to show supplier for Mbappe, however the Frenchman’s wonderful end was disallowed by a minimal offside.
After Vinicius Junior was despatched off, it appeared as if their hopes had been fading, however enter Modric (on for Dani Ceballos). It was one other substitute that began the purpose, with Brahim Diaz successful the ball again excessive up, earlier than then feeding Bellingham. This time his help was transformed with out caveats by Modric, grabbing the equaliser with simply 5 minutes remaining within the sport.
Luka Modric comes up with an equaliser! 🔥
A frantic second half now sees Actual Madrid degree ⚪ pic.twitter.com/TmizzY6VHI
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