Real Madrid suffers a defeat against Espanyol

Vinicius Júnior came on as a substitute to lead the comeback with which Real Madrid beat Espanyol 4-1 yesterday, in a duel on matchday six of the Spanish league.

An own goal by goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois in the 54th minute put the duel uphill for the meringues.

However, the tie came very soon, when the visiting goalkeeper, Joan García, missed a diagonal shot from Jude Bellingham, which gave Dani Carvajal the opportunity to score on the goal line in the 58th minute.

Then it was time for ‘Vini’ to shine. First he shone with a pass from the left for Rodrygo Goes to score the comeback goal in the 75th minute.

Three minutes later, Vinicius himself sealed the victory, after a steal by Kylian Mbappé, who gave him the pass when he reached the area to score in the 78th minute.

Finally, Mbappé himself joined the match’s scorers with a penalty in the 88th minute, after Endrick was knocked down in the area.

This victory left the meringues in second position with 14 points, one behind Barcelona.

With this victory, Real Madrid went 38 league games without defeat, dating back to last season.

Espanyol stagnated in the 13th. position with seven points.

A two-minute period was enough for Valencia to score the goals with which they beat Girona 2-0 in front of their fans, achieving their first victory of the championship.

Luis Rioja (56′) and Dani Gómez (58′) scored so that the “che” team left the last position in the table, rising to 18th place with four points.

For its part, Girona suffered its third setback of the season, remaining in 13th place. position with seven points.

REAL SOCIEDAD cannot get out of the football slump it is in, and proof of this is in the 0-0 draw yesterday visiting Valladolid.

The Basques stayed in 16th place with only five units, just one place above Valladolid, which has the same points.

Finally, Osasuna returned to the path of victory by winning, in their fiefdom, 3-2 against the new bottom general, Las Palmas.

The rojillos reached seventh position with 10 units.— AP