Getafe ends Real Madrid’s 15-game unbeaten streak

Getafe ended Real Madrid’s 15-game unbeaten streak after beating the Spanish league leaders 1-0 within the capital derby on Sunday.
Striker Enes Unal acquired the host’s winner within the ninth minute after he stole the ball from Madrid defender Éder Militão close to the objective and beat Thibaut Courtois.
Madrid went no nearer to an equalizer than Luka Modric’s strike that hit the crossbar within the seventeenth. Eden Hazard and Marcelo got here on as halftime substitutions however couldn’t spark a comeback.
Madrid’s earlier loss got here on Oct. 3 when it fell 2-1 at Espanyol. Since then, it had received 13 and drawn two throughout all competitions.

⏱ ¡¡¡FINAAAAAAL FINAAAL FINAAAAL en el Coliseum!!! 👏👏@GetafeCF 1-0 @realmadrid
¡Victoria frente al líder de @laliga para comenzar el 2022! 🥳#VamosGeta #GetafeRealMadrid pic.twitter.com/EN1PH1AmYW
— Getafe C.F. (@GetafeCF) January 2, 2022
Carlo Ancelotti had steered Madrid to wins over Barcelona, Atlético Madrid, Sevilla and Inter Milan throughout its unbeaten run.
But it was unable to rally after a mistake by Militão, who tarnished his in any other case wonderful season together with centerback associate David Alaba, with the pair filling the void left by the exits of veterans Sergio Ramos and Raphael Varane.

9′ Goal #Getafe CF vs #RealMadrid 1-0#LaLiga pic.twitter.com/ngTahjdQjv
— Zehoo Goal (@Zehoogoal) January 2, 2022
Toni Kroos appeared to have snuffed out Getafe’s assault when he recovered the ball and shuffled it over to Militão, however Unal pressured him exhausting and poked the ball clear earlier than scoring.

FINAL #GetafeRealMadrid 1-0
💙🎊🙌 ℚ𝕦𝕖́ 𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕣𝕒 𝕕𝕖 𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕖𝕫𝕒𝕣 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟚… ¡El @GetafeCF se lleva un derbi madrileño histórico! #LaLigaSantander pic.twitter.com/ywQf4R3IC0
— LaLiga (@LaLiga) January 2, 2022
“Sometimes as a striker, you just sense that there can be something there. Luckily it worked out,” Unal mentioned about his objective.
Getafe, which beat Osasuna 1-0 within the final spherical earlier than the winter break, rose three factors away from the relegation zone in fifteenth place.

The modest membership from a neighborhood of Madrid began the season dropping its first seven matches. But it has turned issues round within the league after Quique Sánchez Flores took over in early October.
Second-place Sevilla visits Cádiz on Monday 9 factors behind Madrid.
Courtois began the match after it was decided that his optimistic COVID-19 consequence from earlier this week was misguided. Madrid was with out in-form winger Vinícius Júnior after he examined optimistic for the coronavirus.
The match was the primary to be performed since Spanish well being authorities put again in place caps on attendance after the steep rise in COVID-19 infections. All video games are restricted to 75% of capability, with some areas like Catalonia and the Basque Country making use of even decrease limits.