Watch the goals of the match 2-2
Real Madrid snatched an exciting draw from Elche team, 2-2, on Sunday evening, in the framework of the 22nd round of La Liga.
Elche Lucas Pouille and Milla scored in the 42nd and 76th minutes, while Luka Modric scored a penalty kick for Real Madrid in the 82nd minute, and Eder Militao scored in the 90+2 minute, and Karim Benzema missed a penalty kick for the Royal in the 33rd minute.
With this tie, Real Madrid raised its score to 50 points at the top of the standings, while Elche raised its score to 23 points in fifteenth place.
The match began with pressure from Real Madrid, as Vinicius Junior almost opened the scoring for Meringue in the 11th minute, as he received a pass inside the area from Karim Benzema, but he shot in the hands of Elche goalkeeper Badia
Eden Hazard passed a ball on the edge of the penalty area to Toni Kroos, who sent a missile shot to the right post of Elche’s goal in the 14th minute.
Mendy went on the left side and sent a cross into the penalty area for Karim Benzema, who hit the ball with the heel of the foot, but it hit one of the Elche defenders in the 25th minute.
Karim Benzema received a ball deep in the Elche defense and hit a ball, but Badia, the guest goalkeeper, excelled in stopping it in the 27th minute.
Elche goalkeeper Badia continued his brilliance, blocking a powerful shot from Casemiro on the edge of the penalty area in the 30th minute.
The referee awarded a penalty kick to Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior, after he fell in the area, after a violent intervention from Elche defender Palacios in the 32nd minute.
Karim Benzema took the penalty kick, as he hit the horizontal crossbar, and missed the opportunity to advance to Meringue.
And in contrast to the course of the match, and from the first real attack by Elche, the visitors managed to score the goal in the 42nd minute,
As Fidel sent a cross from the left side to his colleague Lucas Pouille, who scored from a header below the left of goalkeeper Courtois.
Real Madrid tried to respond quickly, as Ferland Mendy went into the penalty area and hit a ground ball that passed next to the left post of Elche’s goal in the 44th minute,
Benzema hit a ball inside the area, which goalkeeper Badia saved in the 46th minute, and the first half ended with Elche advancing with a goal without a response.
At the beginning of the second half, the match referee awarded a penalty kick to Real Madrid, after the intervention of Diego Gonzalez, the Elche defender, on Hazard, and the referee decided to return to the video technology and canceled the penalty because Hazard’s fall was not due to a contact.
Lucas Vazquez, Real Madrid’s player, tried to threaten Elche’s goal with a powerful shot from outside the area, but it went over the goal in the 67th minute.
Luka Modric passed a ball to his colleague, Vinicius Junior, inside the area, who shot hard near the post in the 71st minute.
Per Milla scored the second goal for Elche, in the 76th minute, as he received a deep pass from Pouille to single out Courtois and put the ball into the net.
The match referee awarded a penalty kick to Real Madrid in the 81st minute, due to the presence of a hand touch inside the area on Mila, and Luka Modric set out to execute it and scored it successfully to reduce the difference for Meringue.
Real Madrid defender Eder Militao grabbed the Meringue equalizer in the 92nd minute, with a header ball down the left of the Elche goalkeeper, taking advantage of a cross from his compatriot Vinicius Junior.
Watch a deadly remontada for Atletico Madrid against Valencia
World Cup Qatar 2022, African Qualifiers play-off draw
Summary of the Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao match
