A referee’s decision takes away Real Madrid’s victory at the Mestalla
Bellingham scored the winning goal in the last play, but Gil Manzano whistled for the end of the game when the ball was still in the air…
An unprecedented refereeing decision by Gil Manzano prevented Real Madrid from winning over Valencia at the Mestalla. With the score at 2-2 and in the last play of the match, Brahim crossed into the area and Bellingham finished with a header, making it 2-3. However, the referee canceled the goal, blowing the whistle for the end of the game, when the Malaga native had just placed the ball halfway to the goal. The League leader deserved the three points, but only scored one, in a match in which they lost 2-0. Two goals from Vini Jr. tied the duel, finally resolved with Gil Manzano’s decision.
The match started with Madrid dominating the ball, but Valencia advanced in the first dangerous approach through Hugo Duro, in the 27th minute. Everything got even more complicated two minutes into the game and with Yaremchuk’s goal, which beat Lunin in a one-on-one. The leader had to react to recover from the deficit and was able to reduce it with a strong shot from Valverde from the edge of the area, which was solved by a great save from Mamardashvili, in the 41st minute. In stoppage time, Carvajal crossed, the ball hit Javi Guerra’s chest and traveled around the area until Vini Jr. appeared to push it into the goal. With the score at 2-1, half-time arrived and there was a change of script after passing through the dressing room.
Real Madrid controlled the ball with speed and forced the home team to defend a few meters further back. It was close to an equalizer in the 54th minute, when Mendy handed the ball to Bellingham , who, unmarked, entered the box and got rid of Mosquera with a beautiful late dribble, but was unable to beat Mamardashvili with the next touch. Valencia’s response came shortly afterwards, with a shot from Diego López in the small area, forcing Lunin to prevent the 3-1 with a safe intervention.
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‘s men continued to attack in search of the draw they deserved and Brahim came close in the 70th minute, with a shot with the outside of his left foot from the edge of the area that missed the target by centimeters . 2-2 came five minutes later. Precise center from Brahim and Vini Jr. scored again with a header. Everything was the same and already in extra time, Gil Manzano scored a penalty for an alleged takedown of Fran García on Hugo Duro, but after reviewing the move on the monitor, with prior warning from the VAR referee, he decided to correct the initial wrong decision.
