Elche manager furious with Real Madrid’s second goal being allowed – ‘A clear foul’

Real Madrid’s 2-2 draw against Elche was a lucky result as far as Los Blancos are concerned, for they did struggle on the night and score two dubious goals that could have gone either way.

While both goals were indeed legitimate, there is good reason for the hosts to feel hard done by the same.

That sentiment, needless to say, was far more exaggerated in the team’s second goal when Vinicius Jr. unfortunately collided with Elche’s goalkeeper Inaki Pena and left him with a bleeding nose seconds before Jude Bellingham’s tap-in.

Elche coach speaks

Eder Sarabia, the manager of Elche, faced the media after the game and made his thoughts very clear that he saw the draw to be an unfair result for his side.

The coach insisted that Real Madrid’s second goal on the night should not have counted, saying,

Inaki Pena was injured against Elche. (Photo by Angel Martinez/Getty Images)

“I’m not happy at all with the result, especially after watching the decisive moments in the match. Vinicius’ foul in the 2-2 goal is very clear.”

Elaborating on how his goalkeeper was affected by the collision and directly impacted by stopping Real Madrid’s equaliser, Sarabia said,

“Inaki didn’t see the play, but it’s not just a normal play – it’s a very clear foul.”

“It angers me to waste time on these things, but when you go ahead twice and feel that there were factors that affected the final result, you feel angry,” he added on his anger.

He then reiterated that his goalkeeper had been fouled in the second goal and how it was atrocious that VAR did not even see the incident worth reviewing.

“Vinícius Junior committed a clear foul on Inaki Pena,” he noted.

Source: MARCA