La Cerámica saw tonight the show of Alexander Sorloth, scorer of four goals against Madrid, which allows him to enter a select group in which in modern times there are only three other players: Diego Milito (Zaragoza), Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund ) and Taty Castellanos (Girona). The match had everything, a first half for Madrid, in which Güler’s double stood out and ended 1-4, and a second for the Submarine, in which three goals from Sorloth in eight minutes left the match tied at four , a result that would no longer move.
Villarreal was rushing its chances of entering European competitions and attacked and attacked although the draw was of no use to them. Madrid beat the counterattack in the first half, but in the second half Villarreal’s rushing start overwhelmed the whites with a total wreck of Rüdiger and Militão, who could have burned their chances for Wembley.
Marcelino’s Villarreal was on a roll and always plays well. It is a team that does not give up a ball. Madrid appeared at La Cerámica, a stadium that is very hostile to them, with the second unit and Lunin in goal.
The first half was clearly Madrid’s, which killed the rival on the counterattack. Güler and Joselu scored the first two goals, Sorloth scored his first after a mistake by Ceballos and before the break Lucas Vázquez and Güler again made the score 1-4. The Turkish thing with the goal has a lot of idyll. He had six goals in six shots. In the second half he had another one that narrowly missed.
The second half began with three changes by Marcelino. Villarreal was a gale that swallowed Madrid in eight minutes, something that had not happened either at the Etihad or the Allianz Arena. Three more goals from Sorloth made the score 4-4 and La Cerámica was on fire.
Ancelotti introduced Camavinga and the match was balanced. Sorloth had two other chances but he was no longer fine in the shot, the rebound did not come and Madrid was able to save a point. Even Rodrygo was able to win the match. In the end, Villarreal had the pride of equaling a three-goal deficit and Madrid had the pride of maintaining the unbeaten record it has maintained since the Metropolitano. Of course, he retired with a bad face due to the surprising defensive fragility and for not finishing off a game that he had won and that was pointing to a rout.
