Spanish football: Real Madrid have problems with penalty kicks (video)

You can read the main events that took place in Spanish football on Saturday night, the goals in the matches and the situation in the tournament table through this article.

"Real" — "Valencia" 1:2
Goals: Vinicius 50 — Diacabi 15, Duro 90+5.
Not executed penalty: Vinicius 13.
"Real" — Gonzalez, Vazquez (Guler, 85), Chuameni, Rudiger, Garcia (Camavinga, 77), Modric (Endrik, 77), Valverde, Diaz (Rodrigo, 57), Bellingham, Vinicius (Alaba, 77), Mbappe.
Valencia — Mamardashvili, Aarons (Duro, 74), Mosquera, Tarrega, Diacabi, Vazquez, Lopez, Barrenechea (Guillamon, 90), Guerra (Pepelu, 74), Almeida (Perez, 74), Sodiq (Mir, 59).
Casualties: Tarrega (10), Umar Sodiq (46), Mosquera (90+8)

Real Madrid lost the first half of the match in their second home match in a row against a team fighting for survival in the league. However, Madrid could have taken the lead with a quick goal, but Vinicius Junior missed a penalty and the goal was conceded in the counterattack. This was the fifth time Madrid have missed a penalty in all competitions this season (11 goals from 16 attempts), which is their worst result in the last 11 years.

Mbappe, who had a penalty in Saturday's game, had made his penalty a week earlier in a Panenka style. In this game, the Frenchman was denied a penalty kick and failed to score. Valencia were saved several times by Mamardashvili, and after Kylian's shot, Diakabi was ruled offside.

Everything seemed to fall into place early in the second half when Vinicius Bellingham headed home a corner kick.

But the visitors' goalkeeper and defenders continued to show heroism and the Royals failed to build on their success. The "Bats" not only withstood the onslaught of their opponents in the end, but also secured victory in added time. Former Madrid player Hugo Duro dealt a severe blow to the team's championship ambitions. Despite having 21 shots, Carlo Ancelotti's team lost and could not catch up with Barcelona, who were three points ahead.

"Barcelona" - "Betis" 1:1
Goals: Gavi 7 – Nathan 17
"Barcelona" — Szesny, Kunde, Kubarsi, Araujo, Balde (Martin, 75), Pedri (Lopez, 75), De Jong (Garcia, 57, Gavi, Torres (Rafinha, 57), Yamal, Lewandowski.
"Betis" — Adrian, Ruibal, Bartra, Nathan, Perraud, Cardoso (Lorente, 79), Altimira (Avilla, 46), Antoni (Rodriguez, 75), Lo Celso, Fornals, Cucho (Bakambu, 75).
Warnings: Nathan 14, Garcia 77, Kunde 87.

Increasing the difference between "Barcelona", which played its match later had the opportunity and quickly opened the scoring. The scoring attack began when Kunde picked up the ball, after which Yamal passed to Ferran Torres, who with one touch put Gavi in a comfortable position. But the Catalans could not continue in this spirit and the guests quickly responded. When Lo Celso crossed from a corner, Nathan outplayed Araujo in an aerial duel. Then the Brazilian defender and his teammates repelled all the attacks of the blue and white, while Ferran could not score a clear shot from five meters. Adrian also stood well in goal, including saving Kunde's unexpected shot into the near corner at the beginning of the second half.

In addition, Yamal's game was not great that day, about 30 percent of his passes were errors, he lost the ball 29 times due to unsuccessful dribbling, unclear passes and shots.

Betis have not lost to the Catalans in two games of the season for the first time in 18 years, and thanks to the help of Manuel Pellegrini's team, Real Madrid have not let Barca go far ahead, the difference between the teams is now four points, not six.

The Spanish La Liga table after the 30th round of matches looks like this: