Real Madrid’s superstar Kylian Mbappe was sent for a Vilaine Lit, but his team has always beaten the Alaves 1-0 on Sunday to stay four points behind Barcelona at the top of the Liga. The dismissal of Mbappe put its teammates under pressure, but Alaves was also reduced to 10 players in the second period when Manu Sanchez hacked Vinicius Junior. The Curling effort of Eduardo Camavanga in the first half since the edge of the box was sufficient to divide the teams while Madrid produced a granular screen to equal on Saturday the victory of Barcelona against Leganes.
“It was a difficult game, delicate at the start because of the intensity of our opponents, then after the Kylian red card, the team met,” Dani Ceballos of Real Madrid told his club’s television channel.
Deputy coach Davide Ancelotti took the place of his father Carlo Ancelotti, who was suspended, in Madrid’s booty.
“Victory gives us confidence, we knew that it would not be easy and what happened in the game did not return the task,” said Davide Ancelotti after the match.
“I did not speak to (Mbappe) after the match, he is not a violent guy and he said sorry, he made the error he made, he is clearly a red card and he paid the price.
“I do not justify it, but it happened after being the victim of a fault several times in a row.”
Los Blancos started with Vinicius on the bench, with the incoherent form of the Brazilian and the next battle of the Champions League against Arsenal in mind.
Carlo Ancelotti had called on his team to defend better after conceded 11 goals in the last four games, including the painful 3-0 defeat in the quarter-final in the front row against the Gunners on Tuesday.
This call may have given Mbappe’s wild fault on Antonio Blanco, which caused the striker’s dismissal.
At that time, Madrid had taken the lead in a highly disputed confrontation at the Mendizorroza of Alaves stadium.
Visitors called on a penalty very early when Arda Guller and goalkeeper Jesus Owono collided.
The head of Raul Asencio struck Joan Jordan and rebounded, but the goal was excluded for a fault by Antonio Rudiger on Owono.
Finally, Camavonga curled up at the house from the box after being launched by Fede Valverde to send the Spanish champions in advance over 34 minutes.
Mbappe’s red card four minutes later was a setback for Madrid, which suffered the pressure in the second half.
‘Together, we are stronger’
Los Blancheos pushed the hosts and brought up Vinicius and Jude Bellingham, who had also been rested.
The Alaves were reduced to 10 men when Vinicius broke away and Sanchez hacked with a bad challenge, which could have deserved a red card even if the defender was not the last man.
This made life easier in Madrid in the final stages and they got closer to scoring a second that Alaves did in an equalizer.
Valverde whistled a long -range effort a few centimeters from the upper corner, while Madrid was also able to call on the Ceballos midfielder for a few minutes when he returned from injury.
The white leaf will be a morale for Los Blancos, which can draw their attention to the visit of Arsenal to the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday.
“The only chance we have is (knowing that) together, we are stronger,” added Ceballos.
“Thanks to fans for their continuous support, we need you more than ever.”
The defeat left the Alaves 17th, a point above the relegation zone.
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