Real Madrid star Endrick escapes red card after kicking opponent in the privates

Alaves manager Luis Garcia Plaza was not blessed aft Real Madrid prima Endrick escaped with a yellowish paper implicit a clash with defender Santiago Mourino successful their 3-2 win

Real Madrid starlet Endrick was astatine the centre of contention successful their 3-2 triumph implicit Alaves aft helium clashed with Santiago Mourino.

Endrick appeared to footwear retired astatine Mourino and onslaught him beneath the loop with his genu arsenic the brace tussled successful the punishment area. The guardant was shown a yellowish paper arsenic a effect of the clash, but Alaves brag Luis Garcia Plaza felt helium should person been sent off.

"It's a reddish card," Garcia Plaza fumed aft the game. "We should person played the past 10 minutes against 10 men. It's a wide red, cipher tin accidental it wasn't. If the referee didn't spot it, that's what the VAR is for. Maybe they got much yellows than they should have, but for Endrick, it's a red."

Garcia Plaza angrily confronted Carlo Ancelotti implicit the incidental aft the last whistle was blown, but the Real Madrid brag revealed insisted helium had not seen the clash betwixt Endrick and Mourino.

"It was due to the fact that of Endrick's action," Ancelotti told reporters erstwhile asked astir his heated treatment with Garcia Plaza. "I can't springiness my opinion, I didn't spot it, and I haven't seen a replay."

Ancelotti besides played down fears implicit Kylian Mbappe aft the guardant asked to beryllium taken disconnected precocious successful the crippled with a thigh issue. "He's okay. He's a small sore. He asked for the substitution to debar problems," Ancelotti explained.

"He is already precise good and truthful are we. The squad has looked for galore chances to people and I deliberation the squad is improving and that is bully for america due to the fact that the docket is precise demanding. We person started good aft the interruption and we privation to continue."

Real Madrid did endure a precocious scare aft going 3-0 up wrong 48 minutes acknowledgment to goals from Lucas Vasquez, Mbappe and Rodrygo, with Alaves scoring 2 precocious goals done Carlos Benavidez and Kike Garcia.

However, Real Madrid were capable to clasp connected to their pb and Ancelotti has insisted helium is not acrophobic by the precocious goals. "'That's football. A mistake is capable for determination to springiness assurance to the rival team," helium said.

"It's what happens and what volition hap galore times successful football. We don't privation it to hap but it is possible. In the 60 minutes before, we played precise well."

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