Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham once more proved to be the match-winner as he struck in added time to grab a 2-1 victory over Getafe because the Spanish giants made their residence debut in LaLiga this season.
The England midfielder, who has rapidly turned a talisman and fan favorite, received his fifth purpose in his first 4 video games after becoming a member of Real for 103 million euros ($110.96 million) plus 30 million in add-ons from Borussia Dortmund.
Real is high on a most 12 factors from 4 video games, 5 forward of Atletico Madrid, Girona and Barcelona, who’ve but to play this weekend, and Cadiz who beat Villarreal 3-1 on Friday.
Borja Mayoral opened the scoring for Getafe within the eleventh minute after a mistake by defender Fran Garcia and visiting goalkeeper David Soria preserved its lead by means of to halftime with a string of gorgeous saves.
First he launched himself exterior the field to clear along with his shoulder after which made a superb one-handed save from Luka Modric’s close-range header earlier than a reflex cease along with his left foot to maintain out Joselu’s point-blank strike.
Real’s gamers complained about a number of refereeing choices within the first half, together with a possible penalty that was given as a foul on Bellingham however then not awarded after the referee went to the VAR sales space and noticed no infringement.
But Real attacked after the break and Joselu equalised from a free ball contained in the six-yard field within the forty seventh minute.
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Real put Getafe beneath relentless strain and hit the woodwork 3 times a lot to the frustration of the close to sold-out Santiago Bernabeu, which has been refurbished.
Nearing the ultimate levels of a 900 million euro renovation venture, the stadium appears spectacular and had its new retractable roof closed on a wet day within the Spanish capital.
Rodrygo missed a number of probabilities and Soria made one other two nice stops till LaLiga high scorer Bellingham was in the fitting place on the proper time to attain from a rebound off the keeper, who couldn’t maintain onto a Lucas Vazquez strike from distance.
“Winning always tastes good,” Joselu informed Real Madrid TV. “The Bernabeu crowd has pushed us, our people are incredible. We earned three golden points to make it four wins out of four games.”
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com