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Real Madrid managed to draw, with difficulty, against Atletico Madrid, with a goal for one, in the match that was held between the two teams today, Saturday, at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, in the thirteenth round of the Spanish Premier League competitions.
Ancelotti’s team did not take advantage of the euphoria of their crushing victory over Liverpool in the first leg of the Champions League final on Tuesday, and they failed to achieve a victory at home against Atletico Madrid, who played with ten men since the 64th minute, after Angel Correa was sent off.
With this result, Real Madrid raised its score to 52 points, in second place behind Barcelona, which leads the La Liga standings with 59 points. If it wins tomorrow against Almeria, it will widen the difference with Al-Merengue to 10 full points.
The match witnessed an arbitration scandal when the referee, always controversial, Gil Manzano, issued a red card in the face of Angel Correa after he struck Rudiger, who overreacted.
And Marca newspaper testified that the referee’s decision was exaggerated, as the former referee, Perez Burul , said , via Radio Marca, in the analytical paragraph of the match referee’s decisions: “Throughout the match, the referee was very exaggerated in announcing the cards, and this time the same thing happened.”
The newspaper added: “The Atletico Madrid player took out his arm and hit Rudiger , but the Real Madrid defender exaggerated his reaction after the blow. In no way can Correa be expelled for this reason.”
Source: Marca
