Madrid suffered another blow tonight after drawing against Atlético in a clash in which they were penalized for their lack of aim and the formidable performance of Lola Gallardo, the red and white goalkeeper. In a week full of bumps that could set the course of the season after Tuesday’s defeat against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the Champions League and Celtic’s visit to the capital next Thursday, Real were not able to overcome their rival despite to go ahead with a goal from Weir and sign a choral match in which Linda Caicedo, the 19-year-old Colombian, also shone. The red and white team caught a controversial penalty in the final stretch that Boe Risa converted to punish the carousel of missed chances by the whites, who at the horn launched a rush that Gallardo stopped by saving two one-on-ones against Alba Redondo and Caicedo. With the draw, Alberto Toril’s team and Víctor Martín’s team fall from the co-leadership and leave Barcelona alone at the top of the table, the only team with six victories in as many League games.
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Misa, Rocío Gálvez, Maëlle Lakrar, Sheila García (Oihane Hernández, min. 79), Olga Carmona, Linda Caicedo, Caroline Weir (Melanie Leupolz, min. 79), Filippa Angeldahl (Caroline Møller, min. 79), Teresa Abelleira, Naomie Feller (Athenea del Castillo, min. 61) and Signe Bruun (Alba Redondo, min. 61)
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Lola Gallardo, Silvia Lloris, Ainhoa Moraza, Andrea Medina, Lauren Leal, Gio Garbelini (Fiamma Benítez, min. 61), Vilde Bøe Risa, Rasheedat Ajibade, Gabriela García, Tatiana Pinto (Rosa Otermín, min. 62) and Sheila Guijarro ( Marta Cardona, min.
Goals
1-0 min. 6: Caroline Weir. 1-1 min. 77: Vilde Bøe Risa
Referee Paola Cebollada López
Sheila García (min. 1), Ainhoa Moraza (min. 15), Lola Gallardo (min. 54)
White scored in the first moment of the match in a fantastic partnership that began on the left wing, that of the partnership between Olga Carmona and Caicedo. The Colombian winger gave the ball in the center of the field to Caroline Weir, who filtered a pass behind Moraza’s back. Caicedo, capable of doing damage both with his powerful drives and with combinations in small spaces, won the race against the red and white defense with astonishing superiority and once again partnered with Weir. The Scotswoman threw a wall with Signe Bruun to overcome three rivals and define against Gallardo. The goal was not only beautiful because of the speed of the combinations, but also because of the backheel that the Danish forward threw to leave her teammate one-on-one with the goalkeeper.
With the advantage on the scoreboard, Madrid threatened Atlético again and again with the attacks of Caicedo, a soccer player who gives speed and precision to Toril’s attack. She already left sparks on Tuesday in the last 20 minutes at Stamford Bridge, when she came off the bench and Real almost equalized despite the Colombian entering the game when her team was losing by two goals.
With their threat and the associations of the midfield, with Tere Abelleira and Angeldahl in the double pivot and Weir as a hook, Real nullified Atlético, who in the first half only got close to Misa’s goal due to two inaccuracies by the defense white, one from Sheila García and another from Rocío Gálvez. Ajibade, the Nigerian winger chosen as the best player in the F League in the month of September, was also a headache for Carmona due to her speed, but Víctor Martín’s team could not test the Canarian goalkeeper while Gallardo frustrated the team’s attempts again and again. attempts by Madrid.
At the beginning of the second section, Abelleira put Caicedo in flight, but his shot was deflected again by the red and white goalkeeper. The Colombian got rid of Moraza while the Madrid midfielders mixed and mixed but could not find a way to overcome Gallardo. The goalkeeper made another fantastic stretch to thwart a shot by the Galician midfielder that was going to the right corner and the Colombian missed an attempt by licking the wood.
With Madrid devastating the red and white goal, Víctor Martín gave a reel to Iannuzzi and Otermin and retired Gio and Pinto. Her team began to be more aggressive about releasing the ball and managed to get Misa to stretch in a corner that Sheila Guijarro finished off. A moment later, the referee gave a penalty in a controversial play in which she interpreted that Abelleira hit Gaby in the area while trying to clear. The Venezuelan midfielder had previously knocked down Rocío Gálvez in an action that looked like a foul, but the referee did not appreciate it and the play ended in Boe Risa’s goal from 11 meters 13 minutes into the 90th.
Toril refreshed the team with the entry of Leupolz, Oihane and Moller, as well as Alba Redondo and Atenea del Castillo, and Real poured themselves into Gallardo’s area. In that final vertigo she found two ones against one that were stopped by the red and white goalkeeper, the footballer who prevented a good Real team from taking the three points tonight and stumbling again on their second date in a key week.
