Freixa's Surprising Reaction to Real Madrid's Defeat: 'Now I Understand...'

Real Madrid has fallen to Valencia CF at Bernabéu in a lackluster match for Carlo Ancelotti's team. Valencia, with their first away victory of the entire season, achieved a golden win to try to secure their stay.

Diakhaby put the visitors ahead in the 15th minute, but Vinícius, who had missed a penalty, scored the equalizer. Finally, a goal by Hugo Duro in the 95th minute tipped the match in favor of the Valencians when Real Madrid was most committed. A blow for the whites and a breath of fresh air for Corberán's team.

Mamardashvili and Bad Luck

Valencia's goalkeeper, Giorgi Mamardashvili, prevented Real Madrid from taking the match with several key saves. Shots from Mbappé and Valverde came close to scoring but were stopped by the Che goalkeeper. It was an afternoon where it seemed Fran González would take the spotlight, but the Georgian proved to be the true hero.

Real Madrid wasn't lucky this afternoon and also saw a Diakhaby own goal disallowed due to an offside by Mbappé. That goal, had it counted, could have completely changed the course of the match.

Vinícius equalized the match at the start of the second half, correcting his penalty mistake and improving his poor first half. The momentum indicated that ending in a second half where they had a good handful of chances, but today Mamardashvili didn't allow it. Valencia withstood the storm and delivered the final blow with a header from Hugo Duro assisted by Rafa Mir as the match was coming to an end.

Toni Freixa's Reaction

In addition to Jota Jordi, another Barça fan who also reacted on social media to Real Madrid's defeat was Toni Freixa. "Now I understand why they wanted to stop the League", he commented.

However, his comments were filled with different responses from Madridists who explained things to him a bit. "You still haven't learned anything in these 10 years... When you laugh at Madrid in May, you cry...", a user replied.