The beginning of the new year was bitter for Real Madrid.
The merengue team suffered their first setback on Sunday after 15 games when they fell 1-0 in their visit to Getafe when they resumed the actions of the Spanish La Liga in 2022.
Enes Ünal scored the winning goal after stealing the ball from defender Eder Militao and sentencing with a low shot at nine minutes. It was the first victory for the azulón team against the meringues in a decade.
Real Madrid appeared with a trail of 13 wins and two draws in all competitions (11 without losing in La Liga). Now he has 46 points, eight above the Sevilla escort, who will play his duel for the 19th match against Cádiz on Monday and has a pending duel.
“Everyone is committed and you have to move on. We knew that games against Getafe are always like this, it’s their way of playing. We have tried to the end, ”said Merengue midfielder Casemiro.
The merengue disaster opens the door for defending champion Atlético de Madrid —5th with 29 points— to later trim a bit of a disadvantage when he receives a visit from Rayo Vallecano. Barcelona – 7th with 28 – can also come closer later when visiting Mallorca.
The azulón team —which lost its first seven games of the championship— spun their sixth match without defeat to settle in 16th position 18 units. It was his first victory against Real Madrid since the 2-1 he achieved on August 26, 2012.
Madrid resumed activity with the first game of 2022 without counting in the call with one of the revelations of the first round with Vinícius Júnior, who tested positive for COVID-19 on his return from vacation. Forward Luka Jovic was also unavailable due to being infected with the coronavirus.
Ünal benefited from a slow merengue start in which the Brazilian Militao relied on the lower zone to lose the ball, which the Azulones striker fired low to cause euphoria in the stands of the Alfonso Pérez Coliseum.
After finding himself at a disadvantage, midfielder Luka Modric had options to equalize by crashing a shot off the crossbar and then with another mid-height cross shot that was deflected just with his fingers by goalkeeper David Soria.
Casemiro was also the victim of a superb shot by Soria in the final stretch of the second half with which he avoided both merengue.
Star forward Karim Benzema will have to await the celebration of his 300th goal as a merengue player by going blank.
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