Real Madrid ends an unbeaten series of fifteen games in three months

Real Madrid, the leaders of the Spanish LaLiga, conceded its first defeat in all competitions in three months, this Sunday when they fell 1-0 in Getafe, on the 19th matchday, but they retain an eight-point advantage over second-placed Sevilla , which faces Cádiz on Monday.

The white team, who had not lost since October 3 at Espanyol (2-1), fell this Sunday with a goal from Turkish Enes Unal in the 9th minute, in a play in which the Getafe forward stole the ball to the Brazilian Eder Militao to beat Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.

In this way, the men of Italian Carlo Ancelotti put an end to an unbeaten series of fifteen games in three months, in which they registered 13 wins and 2 draws, starting the year with a defeat that probably was not in their plans, against the 16th classified of LaLiga.

“There is not much to say in this game, but we have stayed on vacation for another day. The team did not look like the team that had finished the year before Christmas. There was less commitment, less concentration. We did not deserve to lose, the draw would have been fairer. We have given away a goal, but we ended with a defeat that could be a wake-up call. Today the team stayed on vacation ”, summed up Ancelotti.

For Getafe, this victory is a welcome oxygen ball at the beginning of the year, with which the team from the periphery of Madrid temporarily moves away from the red zone of the classification, with two points of advantage over the first team in the zone downhill, Alavés (18th).

Carlo Ancelotti made some adjustments to try to fix the bad start: Ferland Mendy and Marco Asensio gave up their places at half-time to Marcelo and Eden Hazard, who were playing their 15th game of the season, but without success.

Fortunately for the white team, Militao, protagonist of the initial error that offered the goal to Getafe, put his knee to deflect a shot from Carles Aleñá shortly before the break (45 + 1) and avoid the 2-0.

This loss is not the only bad news for Ancelotti: Rodrygo, who injured his left shoulder in a fall early in the second period, was replaced in the 67th minute by Mariano.

Only Casemiro, who almost tied with a long shot in the second period, and Luka Modric, despite his 36 years, stood out in the merengue team.

Also Isco, who came in at the end of the game and who was also close to leveling with a header after a free kick launched by Luka Modric, in the 90th minute, but David Soria, who had saved Casemiro’s far shot earlier, and who was declared best player of the match, had another good intervention.

For its part, Atlético de Madrid rose to fourth place in the standings, thus returning to the Champions League zone, by beating Rayo Vallecano 2-0 at home, who was in that fourth place and is now fifth, two points from the ‘colchoneros’.

Atlético’s two goals in this match at the Metropolitano were scored by Argentine Ángel Correa (minutes 28 and 53).

“It was tremendously important to win today, we played with a lot of heart, a lot of ambition,” celebrated Atlético’s Argentine coach Diego Simeone.

Atlético are approaching a point from third place for Betis, who lost 2-0 at home to Celta de Vigo (12th), who won with a double from Iago Aspas.

Real Sociedad (6th) reach Rayo on points and are two behind Atlético after drawing 1-1 at Alavés (18th) in a Basque derby.

For their part, Elche (17th) and Granada (13th) drew without goals. (D)