Real Madrid were held to a 1-1 draw by Real Valladolid at the Santiago Bernabeu on matchday 2 of the 2019-20 La Liga on Saturday evening.
Real Madrid dominated the proceedings against the visitors in the first half, but were wasteful in front of goal as Gareth Bale, James Rodriguez and Karim Benzema all spurned great opportunities to put their team in front. The second half also followed a similar script as Los Blancos failed to find the clinical touch in the final third.
With under ten minutes left, Real Madrid finally managed to find a breakthrough, as Benzema fired home a sublime finish. The lead lasted for only five minutes though, as Sergi Guardiola leveled things up for the visitors in the 88th minute after being sent through by Oscar Plano to steal a point from under the noses of their hosts.
It was a lacklustre display from Real Madrid as they failed to make the most of the chances they created and here’s how the fans reacted to their performance on the day.
— Romy ??⚽️ (@MissxRomy) August 24, 2019
This inst ”getting unlucky” anymore. Sick of seeing so many chances missed…
— Matt Pascoe (@Mpascoe17) August 24, 2019
Easy games like this , needed to start JOVIC , first half we should have buried this game #ZIDANEOUT
— ___ BOBBI ?? (@bobbibertt) August 24, 2019
That was trash. 90 minutes of trash.
Slow. Cant hit the net, and cant defend a counter if our life depended on it.
Got dunked on in home opened by Valladolid.
Unbelievable.— tomcw 9248 (@tomcw9248) August 24, 2019
The team is useless ??
— DETCHMADEIT (@detchmadeit) August 24, 2019
What a shame ?♂️. Back to normal.
— S!D (@Gannicuslegend) August 24, 2019
Shameful performance, I mean, you should be winning these kind of games.
Terrible!!!— Francisco Bob Perez ? (@donperez_) August 24, 2019
Losing points AT HOME to freaking Valladolid is a reason to sack the entire team. What a bunch of clowns.
— Faustino (@NapoleonKopa) August 24, 2019
A large number of fans were critical of Thibaut Courtois, as he was easily beaten by Sergi Guardiola for the equalizer with many demanding Keylor Navas to be reinstated between the sticks by the manager.
— Nauval Risla C (@nauvalaka) August 24, 2019
Well, well, well, how suprising, Courtois costing us again. Bench the giraffe and play Navas.
— Faustino (@NapoleonKopa) August 24, 2019
Keep Navas, sell Cortois pic.twitter.com/7rXrOpnrn0
— Danny (@dclikewah) August 24, 2019
Need Navas who could close his damn legs on time.
— John (@itssomeguyuknow) August 24, 2019
Courtois is the biggest problem in the team.
— Stuntman1994 (@stuntman19941) August 24, 2019
We can’t go through the heart pain again this season. Bench Courtois and save Madrid.
— HAKIISO (@hakiiso_1) August 24, 2019
Navas needs to be in goal, Courtois needs to go ???
— David DeBlase (@thekingdavid21) August 24, 2019
New season, same heart break…that goalkeeper hmm
— Silky? (@bABA_silky) August 24, 2019