Bale Cetak Gol dari Jarak 30 Yard untuk Menangkan Madrid
Bale Scores 30-yard Screamer as Los Bancos Stroll to Victory
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Madrid (B2B) - Real Madrid melangkah ke puncak klasemen Liga Spanyol setelah menaklukkan Elche 3-0 dalam pertandingan pekan ke-25 di Santiago Bernabeu, Sabtu malam.
Dengan kemenangan kandang 3-0, Real Madrid sementara menghuni urutan pertama klasemen liga dengan poin 63, posisi yang belum aman karena pesaing utamanya Barcelona berpeluang mengambil kembali jika mereka menang atas Real Sociedad di pertandingan berikutnya.
Meski nyaris imbang dalam penguasaan bola, Real Madrid jauh lebih produktif dalam menciptakan peluang, sampai kemudian Illarramendi membuka keunggulan untuk tuan rumah pada menit 34, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Gol pertama Real Madrid oleh Illarramendi itu tercipta setelah tendangan pojok oleh Di Maria. Satu gol untuk Real Madrid itu bertahan hingga babak pertama usai.
Pada babak kedua, anak-anak asuh Carlo Ancelotti tetap mendominasi serangan, sementara Elche lebih banyak mengandalkan serangan balik cepat.
Pada menit 72, Garreth Bale yang mendapatkan bola dari Alonso, mengambil ancang-ancang dan melayangkan tembakan keras dari luar kotak penalti. Tendangan indah Bale tidak bisa dibendung kiper Elche, Herrera, Real Madrid unggul 2-0.
Menginjak menit 75, tuan rumah kembali mendapatkan peluang emas melalui umpan cantik bola rendah Isco ke depan gawang Elche, namun mengecewakan, sepakan Dani Carvajal dari jarak sangat dekat gagal menjangkau bola.
Setelah serangan Elche gagal, Benzema yang berada di depan berlari menusuk pertahanan Elche, mengoper bola ke Isco yang berada di tengah jantung lawan. Isco yang mengontrol bola dengan baik dan melewati hadangan pemain belakang Elche berhasil memperdaya Herrera dari sudut sempit.
Gol Isco menit 81 itu membuat Real Madrid kian unggul dengan tiga gol belum terbalas.
Semenit kemudian, Elche nyaris memperkecil kekalahan. Beruntung Pepe sigap menghalau bola dengan kepalanya untuk menyematkan gawang Real Madrid.
Pada menit-menit akhir, serangan-serangan Real Madrid tetap mengancam gawang Elche, antara lain melalui Isco. Isco yang mengabaikan Bale yang berdiri bebas, menentang bola dari posisi sulit, dan kiper Herrera tanpa kesulitan menghadang bola.
Pertandingan pun berakhir dengan kemengangan 3-0 untuk Real Madrid.
Madrid - Real Madrid extended their unbeaten run to 26 matches in all competitions despite missing Cristiano Ronaldo for their 3-0 win over Elche.
Carlo Ancelotti’s started the match with purpose, but after spurning a couple of early opportunities, creatively they looked short of ideas without their Portuguese talisman.
The forward had initially been included in their squad after a second appeal against the red card he picked up at Athletic Bilbao, but his attempt to fight the ban was ultimately unsuccessful again.
Just after the half-hour mark, Asier Illarramendi scored his first La Liga goal for Real Madrid with a deflected strike, but they had to wait until the final 20 minutes for their second as Elche finally came unstuck by a Gareth Bale wonder strike.
Substitute Isco completed the scoring with finish from a tight angle in the final 10 minutes and Real’s 15th-consecutive home win all competitions keeps them firmly in the hunt at the top of the table.
Jese Rodriguez continued in Ronaldo´s absence and Illarramendi replaced the suspended Luka Modric, while Elche named an all-Spanish starting line-up.
The hosts unsurprisingly tried to take the initiative early on and Karim Benzema was quick to force Manu Herrera into an important stop, tipping the Frenchman´s low drive around his right-hand post.
Soon after in the 10th minute, Angel Di Maria went even closer directly from a corner as Herrera misjudged the flight of his delivery, but luckily for Elche the crossbar came to their rescue.
Real struggled to break their visitors down and although Jese fired just wide from the edge of the area, it was by no means a clear-cut opportunity.
After that fairly stagnant spell, Real eventually took the lead 34 minutes in. Benzema won a corner despite appearing to be offside and, from the resulting set-piece, Illarramendi´s half-volley from 20 yards deflected off Manu del Moral on its way to goal.
Real found it even harder to break down their visitors in the second half. Ancelotti’s men dominated possession, but goal-scoring chances were startlingly rare at both ends of the pitch.
Bale summed up his under-par hour in the 61st minute as he charged down the right in an encouraging Real Madrid move, cut into the area and then blasted the ball high into the stands as their supporters groaned.
