Madrid loses its papers and falls defeated on the Betis field (1-0)

BarcelonaTragic night for Real Madrid at Betis' stadium, where they suffered their first defeat of the season. In a very heated match, Mbappé missed a penalty in the final seconds that the Madrid supporters demanded be retaken because a local player had allegedly entered the area (1-0). The Frenchman did not have his day, as in the first half he would miss an opportunity almost at an empty goal, and when he could have avoided defeat, he would run into a great Álvaro Vallés on the penalty kick.

The white team faced a complicated trip to the field of a Betis side that needed to react after conceding five goals at Levante's stadium. And the match was well-matched, with both teams exchanging phases of dominance despite a chaotic start, as the Madrid players complained about the balls, which were not inflated enough. They had to be changed up to three times. In the first half, it was the Madrid team that reached the opposing goal more thanks to Arda Güler, but Vinícius and Mbappé could not escape Fran García and a Bellerín who had a great game in defense. The best opportunity would be for the Madrid players, but neither Mbappé nor Vinícius would score when it seemed impossible not to. The two great white stars did not have their day in Seville, where it was very hot. Betis, despite losing Llorente to a broken nose, ended up shaking off Madrid's dominance before the break with a good chance created by Anthony.

But the goals did not arrive until the second half, when a Madrid that looked increasingly tired was seen. The changes improved the home team and not a Madrid that would see how Güler avoided being sent off when, already on a yellow card, he committed a clear foul that was heavily protested by Betis as it would have meant a red card. 10 minutes before the end, Betis scored from a corner. Despite a great first save by Courtois, the Irishman Parrott scored his first goal in the Sevilla team's shirt. Against the ropes, Mourinho managed to celebrate the equalizer thanks to a spectacular strike from the Valencian Carlos Espí, who had just come on and invented an acrobatic finish. But the VAR discovered an offside that left the Portuguese coach stunned.

To top it all off, in the 94th minute, in a penalty for a handball by Nathan, Vallés saved Mbappé's shot. The referee initially ordered the penalty to be retaken thinking that Bartra had entered the box before the Frenchman's shot, but the VAR indicated that no home player had done so entirely, a decision that provoked Mourinho's complaints. In the end, Vinicius ended up protesting to the referee in a stadium that was having a big party.

Mourinho, angry

Mourinho, looking far from friendly, would defend his team by stating that Madrid had played "a great match. Sometimes you lose and you don't know why, sometimes you lose and you don't know how to explain it. Very dominant, imperial center-backs, they controlled absolutely everything, a great deal of offensive play, a great many goal-scoring opportunities," he said in a press conference. "If the match had ended in a draw we would have left frustrated because we did more, imagine how it is with the defeat," he added. Asked about the controversies of the match, he avoided commenting as he had not been able to review the actions: "I haven't seen it in detail, I haven't seen it, I haven't seen it in the locker room, I cannot comment to you. Perhaps tomorrow I will have a different opinion when I can see it," he concluded.