Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti refused to criticize Karim Benzema following he missed the opportunity to score from a penalty kick in the match that ended in a 1-1 draw with its guest, Osasuna, on Sunday evening, in the seventh stage of the league. Hispanic.
Real Madrid missed two points for the first time in the season, winning all its past six matches in the League.
Despite the return of Benzema following an absence of three weeks due to injury, “Real Madrid” did not appear at his usual level in yesterday’s match.
“Real” advanced with a goal scored by Vinicius Junior in the 42nd minute, but “Osasuna” equalized through Enrique Garcia Kiki in the 50th minute.
Karim Benzema had the opportunity to decide the match for Real Madrid and win the seventh in a row, when the team got a penalty kick with David Garcia sent off from the ranks of Osasuna, and Benzema took the penalty in the 78th minute, but he hit the crossbar.
Despite the numerical shortage, “Osasuna” maintained a tie until the end of the match to collect a valuable point at the “Real” stadium.
Benzema missed three penalties, this year, once morest “Osasuna”, which is coached by Jagoba Araste, as he had missed the scoring from two penalties in the two teams’ match on April 20, in the thirty-third stage of the last season of the league.
Ancelotti refused to blame Benzema for the result of the tie, and stressed that the performance of “Real” was not bad, and said, in statements to the “Dazon” platform: “Karim usually scores.”
“The match was not great, but following the goal we received, the team played as required,” Ancelotti added. He said: “Karim has no problem starting to play for the whole 90 minutes. He is supposed to get back to his best level by playing.” He continued, “This is a footballing accident, it can happen sometimes. We were solid in defence, had a good balance, and prevented the counter-attack a lot.”
Since the beginning of last season, “Osasuna” has tied with “Real Madrid” three times, outperforming all other teams in the “La Liga”.
Real Madrid raised its score to 19 points in second place with a goal difference only, behind its arch-rivals “Barcelona”, who beat “Real Mallorca” 0-1, the day before yesterday, Saturday, in the same stage.
