Tuesday 24 September was a difficult night for Real Madrid. The Merengues welcomed Alavés to the Santiago Bernabéu in the match corresponding to matchday 7 of LaLiga EA Sports 2024-2025, achieving their fourth consecutive victory in the league championship with a hard-fought win against the 'babazorros' (3-2) that allows them to get within 1 point of FC Barcelona in the standings.

The match was broken in the first minute with an early goal by Lucas Vázquez when the two teams 'barely' settled on the field. From then on, it was a monologue by Ancelotti's men against an Alavés without response. Kylian Mbappé and Rodrygo seemed to 'sentence' the duel with two goals that invited us to believe in the rout. However, the selfishness of Madrid's offensive 'stars' prevented them from increasing their lead, since when attacking, each one looked for the goal that would make the front page of the next day. Despite being superior, the disconnection was evident.

Madrid asked for time and Vini Jr. got away with it

Thus, and when everything seemed to be decided, Benavídez and García responded with two goals for an Alavés that had the comeback in its hands against a Madrid that had come down a lot. Chaos broke out at the Bernabéu, which saw Vinicius, cautioned with a yellow card, being substituted while addressing the fourth official in a contemptuous manner, although, as usual, the referees turned a blind eye.

However, Luis García Plaza's team could not score the equaliser and the Merengues ended up asking for time to get the three points. In this way, Madrid has managed to get within 1 point of FC Barcelona in the league table and they are already setting their sights on the derby next Sunday, September 29, against Atlético de Madrid, a match in which, if they maintain the level shown so far, they could receive a historic 'thrashing'.

Match details: Real Madrid 3-2 Alavés

  • Real Madrid: Courtois; L. Vázquez, Rüdiger, Militao (Vallejo, m.80), Mendy; Tchouaméni, Valverde (Modric, m.69), Bellingham; Rodrygo (Endrick, m.69), Vinicius Jr. (F. García, m.90+2) y Mbappé (Güler, m.80).
  • Alavés:  Sivera; Mouriño, Abqar (Guridi, m.46), Diarra, Sánchez (Pica, m.71); Benavídez, Blanco (Guevara, m.60), Novoa, Conechny; Villalibre (García, m.71) y Romero (Rebbach, m.60).
  • Referee: Muñíz Ruiz
  • Incidents: Match corresponding to Matchday 7 of LaLiga EA Sports 2024-25
  • Goals: 1-0, Lucas Vázquez (min.1); 2-0, Kylian Mbappé (min.40); 3-0, Rodrygo (min.48); 3-1, Benavídez (min.85); 3-2, García (min.86).