Real is a great team; it has one of the best coaches in the world and a large number of quality football players, but it also has privileges other teams don’t have. The debutant on the pitches of the elite Spanish division, Francisco Hernández Maeso, almost put on the white jersey and, together with his assistant in the VAR room, Alejandro Hernández created Real’s comeback from a 2-0 down against Almeria and celebrated, undeservedly 3-2, with a Carvahal’s 99th minute winning goal. This referee duo literally robbed the Andalusians and prevented them from celebrating their first win of the season. And that happened at the “Santiago Bernabeu” stadium, where it looked as if the referees played a large role. They also managed to give VAR a bad name since, in all three situations where they used video technology, they favoured the Madrid giant. And remember that Real’s TV always makes a video assessing all referee’s mistakes against Madrid. It seems they will have a week off this Sunday…CARVAJAL WITH A MASSIVE GOAL!!! THE SCENES!!! https://t.co/JXZdiKwzDR— TC (@totalcristiano) January 21, 2024 After a stunning 2-0 lead by the last team at the table (Nacho was guilty of both goals), referees started to ‘push’ in the second half. First, at the beginning of the second half, a controversial penalty was awarded, to say the least. After Fran Perez’s cross, Jude Bellingham and the Brazilian Kaiki went to the ball, and after a long deliberation, when it appeared that even the judges were not fully convinced of what happened, Maeso pointed to the penalty spot, from where the Englishman scored his 14th goal in the championship and came out of a short-term result crisis. Almeria managed to score the third goal, which was rightfully nullified due to an offensive foul prior to the goal.pas bellingham celui de vinicius ???????? genre là y’a rien pic.twitter.com/U9bTW6gkBL— 🤍. (@tatissssn) January 21, 2024 1 – This have been the first time that #RealMadrid lost in the first half of a home game in #LaLiga, conceding two goals and failing to shoot on target since at least the 2003/04 season. Strange. pic.twitter.com/a0eWjQoKad— OptaJose (@OptaJose) January 21, 2024 The biggest mistake happened in the 67th minute when Vinicius Junior reacted to Tchouameni’s cross. How? By hand! Maeso first called Hanball, and then, after looking at the screen, he saw what no one else in the world did. And shamelessly showed that the Brazilian scored the goal with his shoulder. From that moment, Almeria’s goal was under siege until the 99th minute, when Dani Carvajal’s goal brought the undeserved victory for the hosts.LA LIGAFridayAlaves – Cadiz 1-0 (0-0)/Rioja 51/SaturdayRayo Vallecano – Las Palmas 0-2 (0-1)/Moleiro 35, Munoz 83/Villarreal – Mallorca 1-1 (1-0)/Sorloth 45+1 – Llabres 90+1/Valencia – Ath. Bilbao 1-0 (0-0)/Duro 60/Celta – Sociedad 0-1 (0-1)/Mendez 11/SundayOsasuna – Getafe 3-2 (2-0)/Garcia 9, Munoz 31, Areso 80 – Mayoral 64, Maksimovic 68/Real Madrid – Almeria 3-2 (0-2)/Bellingham (p) 57, VInicius 67, Carvahal 90+9 – Ramazani 1, Gonzales 43/20.30: (4.50) Betis (3.60) Barcelona (1.90)23.00: (1.75) Girona (3.60) Sevilla (4.90)Monday23.00: (5.10) Granada (3.60) Atl.Madrid (1.73)***odds are subject to change
