Real Madrid Vs Villarreal: Luka Modric Gemilang, David Alaba Endangered By Absen At Euro 2024

Midfielder Luka Modric led Real Madrid to a big win over Villarreal. (X/@realmadrid)

JAKARTA - Real Madrid won a big 4-1 victory over Villarreal in the Spanish La Liga match at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Monday, December 18 in the morning WIB. Madrid only paid a heavy price for the victory because mainstay defender David Alaba was seriously injured and threatened with missing at Euro 2024.

Madrid partyed by winning an important game against Villarreal. Veteran midfielder Luka Modric starred in the winning party scoring goals and making assists.

Lebih dari itu, Madrid berhasil merebut kembali posisi puncak La Liga. Dengan mendari poin 42, Los Blancos sukses melimperos Girona yang turun ke peringkat kedua. Sementara, Barcelona yang menduduki peringkat tiga memiliki poin 35.

However, Girona is only one point adrift and if they win against Alaves, they will return to the top of the standings. Girona hosted her rivals at the Municipal de Montilivi Stadium, Tuesday, December 19 in the morning WIB.

Only an impressive victory that Madrid had to be paid a heavy price. Defender David Alaba suffered anterior cruciate league (ACL) injury on his left knee so he had to be pulled out in the 35th minute.

The Austrian national team player is the third after centre-back Eder Militao and injured goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois ACL.

The injury forced footballers to rest for a long time. Alaba himself is almost certain to be out until the end of the season.

Even if he doesn't recover soon, he is in danger of being absent at Euro 2024. This is a tough blow for Alaba after bringing Austria through to the European Cup finals.

In the Euro 2020 edition, Alaba, who was playing at Bayern Munich, took Austria to the last 16 after being beaten by Italy 2-1 over extra time. Italy itself then emerged as champions.

"The medical examination said he was injured by ACL. This hit us because one more player would be absent for a long time," said Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti.

"So far I have never lost up to three players due to an ACL injury in just a few months," he said.

In that match, Madrid completely dominated. They control the game through Modric. The maestro really gave the game a good speech.

Despite controlling the match, Madrid could only break into Villarreal's goal in the 25th minute.

Modric's cross was completed well through Jude Bellingham's header that beat goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen.

Madrid then increased their lead when Rodrygo scored in the 37th minute. The referee's assistant originally scored an offside goal.

However, after being reviewed through VAR, the goal was clean and the referee approved it so Madrid won 2-0 when closing the first half.

In the second half, Villarreal managed to reduce the lag when Jose Morales scored a goal through a counter-attack in the 54th minute.

It's just that Madrid is unstoppable. Striker Brahim Diaz scored after using a wild ball that changed the score to 3-1 in the 64th minute.

Furthermore, Modric closed Los Merengues' victory. The 38-year-old midfielder broke into The Yellow Submarine's goal in the 68th minute. The score changed to 4-1 and lasted until the end of the match.