Real Suffer Shock Defeat To Newly Promoted Side
18 October, 2020
LaLiga
Result: Real Madrid 0-1 Cadiz
Date: 17 October 2020
Venue: Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium
Newly-promoted Cadiz handed LaLiga champions Real Madrid their first defeat of the campaign on Saturday evening.
Real survived a scare in the opening short while. Toni Kroos was caught on your golf ball after taking too much time to clear Alex Fernandez's cross into the box from the proper and Alvaro Negredo ran about it. He took the shot on the turn and beat Thibault Courtois, but Sergio Ramos was covering and made the clearance at risk.
Cadiz came close again in the eighth minute. Lucas Vazquez played a sloppy pass into midfield which Negredo collected and he picked out Lozano with an excellent through ball, with the Honduran taking the shot first-time on the edge of the box, but Courtois punched it away.
Los Blancos had their first opportunity of the face in the 12th minute. Vazquez pulled away from his defender as he cuts inside from the right and found space to shoot just beyond your box. He tried to curl his shot into the top-right corner, but his effort sailed just above the bar.
Immediately after, Juan Cala picked up the ball in midfield and the Madrid defenders were in no hurry to close him down as he made a driving run to the edge of the box before drilling a low shot to the bottom corner that Courtois got down quickly to push away.
And the visitors were rewarded because of their early dominance when they took the lead in the 16th minute. The Madrid defenders didn't grab Lozano's run until it had been too late and he chipped his shot over Courtois.
Real center-back Raphael Varane rose highest in the 38th minute to meet up Kroos' corner but his header went inches wide.
It was a cagey opening to the next half with the first goalmouth opportunity coming in the 68th minute. Kroos was presented with a whole lot of space on the left-wing and he whipped a great cross in to the middle of the box. Jeremias Ledesma rushed off his line but missed it and Vinicius got his head to it but sent his effort wide of the far post.
With 10 minutes to go, Karim Benzema was chosen on the edge of the box and he did well to get a shot away as he previously three Cadiz defenders before him but his shot flew over Ledesma's outstretched hand and bounced cool off the crossbar.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za
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