Jorge Almirón’s team drew 1-1 with the White House and cut a streak of five straight wins.
This Wednesday, Elche managed to slow down the triumphant march of Real Madrid (1-1) after a game in which the illicit team was able to recover in the good first half of its rival, which was less Besides.
Those led by Zinedine Zidane were clear dominators in the first 45 minutes, but after the local tie, scored from the penalty spot, the white club ran aground and was already unable to beat goalkeeper Edgar Badia, who he made several stops of merit.
The meeting started according to the planned script. Madrid assumed the monopoly of the ball against an Elche folded and that had in Lluc Boyé its only offensive reference.
Zidane’s set, which already threatened in the second minute with a header from Kroos, marked a slow but steady hunting pace, continuously percussing the rises of their flanks to try to open the local defense.
The Madrid team finally found the prize after a loss of ball from Elche. Asensio made a great block, though.
The goal did not change the drift of the game, comfortably controlled by Real Madrid, who without too much ostentation rubbed the second goal on several occasions. He was even about to have a penalty in his favor for possible hands of Victor, an action immediately corrected by the VAR.
Only Rigoni, who knew how to exploit Marcelo’s defensive weaknesses, showed a bit of rebellion, but the Argentine did not find partners to shake the Madrid defense.
Elche, with a more offensive pose, managed to balance the game in the first minutes of the second act. As a result of this improvement the penitentiary of Carvajal on Barragán arrived, transformed into goal by Fidel.
The tie woke Madrid up, who was in a hurry, and gave confidence to Elche, who were about to score the second with a shot from Boyé that hit the post.
Zidane appealed to Hazard, Valverde and Vinicius to reactivate their attack and Madrid came to completely dominate the game in the final minutes, with Sergio Ramos as the center forward, but Elche defended with order and sacrifice.
Bad result for the white house that was left with 34 points and now sees how its city rival, Atletico Madrid, is a leader with 36 units and two games less.