The Argentinian Valentin Castellanos He had his historic game this Thursday, at home: He scored four goals against Real Madrid, with Girona, for LaLiga. Thus, he became the tenth player to score four goals against Merengue in the same game, in the entire history of the Spanish League. the meeting ended 4-2 in favor of the local
The 4 goals of Valentín Castellanos against Madrid
Castellanos converted at 12 and 24 minutes from the first part; in addition, at the minute of the complement and at 62.
Meanwhile, the Brazilian striker Vinicius Junior and the midfielder Lucas Vázquez discounted for the visit.
castilianwho was on River Plate’s radar last season but decided to emigrate to Spain from soccer in the United States, took advantage of the shortcomings of the last Madrid linewith several alternative names, such as Ukrainian goalkeeper Andriy Lunin instead of Belgian Thibaut Courtois.
In the first time, Girona dominated in each sector of the field and translated it with Castellanos as the main offensive architect. The first in poker was made with the scoring nose of a typical nine, when he waited for a cross and from the penalty spot he showed no mercy with an impeccable header.
Subsequently, Castellanos beat Brazilian defender Eder Militao in melee and headed the ball to come face to face with Lunin, whom he defeated with a fine shot between his legs.
In the middle, Vinicius seemed to twist the narrative, as he prevailed among the local defenders and defined with a subtle touch between the legs of the Santa Fe goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga. Then the Brazilian only quarreled with the rivals and slowly faded away.
After halftime, Girona was dominant and there he rested on his scorer again, who with a kind of scissors marked the third; then he took advantage of the aerial strength to make the fourth for Madrid, who celebrated it with an emulation of Topo Gigio.
With the result established, the DT from Girona, Miguel Angel Sánchez, decided to take the player from Mendoza with just over a quarter to go.
In that instant, Castellanos sealed his passage to posterity, since he reached the record of Diego Milito (when he was a member of Zaragoza, for the 2005-2006 Copa del Rey) and with the former Racing are the only Argentines who celebrated four times in the same game against Real Madrid.
Which players scored 4 goals against Real Madrid in a match
Twitter account, MisterChip, with 3.5 million followers, shared the list of the 10 players who scored four goals in the same match against Merengue, for official competitions.
Josep Samitier in 1926 (Cup) with Barça.
Crlos Bestit in 1929 (League) with Europa.
Martín Vantolrà in 1935 (League) with Barça.
Martínez Català in 1940 (League) with Oviedo.
Emilín in 1944 (League) with Oviedo.
Esteban Echevarría* in 1947 (League) with Oviedo (the only one who scored 5 goals).,
Eulogio Martínez in 1957 (Cup) with Barça.
Diego Milito in 2006 (Cup) with Zaragoza.
Robert Lewandowski in 2013 (European Cup) with Dortmund.
Valentin Castellanos in 2023 (League) with Girona
Other meetings
He Cádiz, where Jeremías Ledesma saved, fell 1-0 from local against Osasuna. In the complement, Rubén García converted the goal of the visit, where the Moroccan Abdessamad Ezzalzouli was sent off.
Lastly, the Betis from Chilean Manuel Pellegrini (with Germán Pezzella and Guido Rodríguez of headlines) drew 0-0 at home against Real Sociedad.
play the pointer
Leader Barcelonawho comes from beating Atlético Madrid at the Camp Nou, will be presented this Wednesday from 17 (TV: ESPN) in the field of Rayo Vallecano. At the same time they will play Celta-Elche.
A little before, at 2:30 p.m. (DirectTV), the Colchonero directed by Diego Simeone will receive Mallorca and Getafe will do the same with Almería.