Real Madrid F has won 5-0 against Alhama F in the 10th round of the current Women’s F League, the match played at the “Alfredo di Stefano” stadium being “sprinkled” with an own goal in the first half, and “cut” in the second half by the successes of a player who came off the bench, Silvia Cristobal, who scored and made a decisive pass for the third goal of the match. “Los Blancos” remain second in the general hierarchy, but are putting pressure on FC Barcelona, before the team from the Spanish capital receives the visit of Paris FC F in the Champions League.
Real Madrid F met Alhama F in the 10th round of the Women’s F League, in a match that was played at the “Alfredo di Stefano” stadium in the Spanish capital. The students trained by Pau Quesada showed up at the time of the match as the team occupying second place in the general hierarchy, with a total of 20 points accumulated after the first nine rounds, four lengths behind the great rival, FC Barcelona.
In the opposing camp, the Murcia team was, before the starting whistle of this duel, in the 13th place in the domestic championship standings, with a total of nine points collected, four lengths away from the first relegation place.
In the most recent match played in the main competition of Spanish women’s football, “los blancos” narrowly beat Espanyol in Catalonia 1-0, thanks to an own goal scored in the first half by Simona Botero.
On the other hand, the opponents in the duel that took place in the Valdebebas sports complex obtained three points at the end of the confrontation held in the company of those from Extremadura, with a goal difference, in the Copa de la Reina Feminin. In the Liga F Feminin, the “azulonas” recently traveled to Madrid to “face off” with Atletico Madrid, and the final result was not in favor of this team, since the “rojiblanco” team won with a final score of 4-0.
On their home field, Real Madrid F, before the match in this round of the domestic championship, had not lost in all competitions of 12 games, during which 10 successes and two other draws were recorded.
The last defeat in front of their own supporters was recorded in March of this year, when FC Barcelona would win in a categorical manner at the “Alfredo di Stefano” stadium, final score 5-0. In the case of the guests, the most recent five duels played on all “fronts”, away from “home” ended with two failures, two triumphs and a draw.
Real Madrid F and Alhama F had faced each other, before this game, in a total of three matches, and each time “los blancos” prevailed, scoring 13 goals and conceding two during this time. However, the most recent meeting between the two clubs took place in 2023, when, in Murcia, the band from the Spanish capital won by four goals.
In the ranking of the best scorers, the Scot Caroline Weir had, until the time of this match, collected four successes and one decisive assist, while Sara Dabritz followed her in this hierarchy, with three goals scored and no assists counted up to this point of the season.
The first goal opportunity belonged to the hosts and appeared in the first seconds of the game, when Sandie Toletti was left alone on the edge of the penalty area and decided to shoot, but her execution went well past the posts defended by Elena de Toro Aldaria. Another important opportunity came in the fifth minute of the match, when a cross from the right-back of the “los blancos”, Eva Navarro, was poorly completed by the Swede, Hanna Bennison, who completely missed the target.
Sandie Toletti was replaced in the 15th minute of the match by Sara Dabritz, after the French midfielder of the home team complained of muscle problems in the thigh area and did not want to force a serious injury. In the 23rd minute of the confrontation, the guests entered the box for the first time, when Aitana Zumarraga’s throw-in from the edge was deflected behind her back by Raquel Pinel, but Marta Gestera could not send it towards the opposing goal, because Misa came out between the goals in time and retained the ball.
Then, the ball launched from a set piece, from an angle, by Caroline Weir, the most prolific player of Real Madrid F this season, was hit by Galvez Luna from the fall, but the execution of the central defender of the hosts narrowly avoided the goal defended by Elena de Toro Aldaria, who had no reaction to the resumption of the stopper of “los blancos”.
The opening of the score came in the 30th minute of the game, when the deep pass sent by Hanna Bennison was taken over by Eva Navarro, and the footballer who was named the best player of October in the domestic championship crossed to the near post. There, Santamaria Coleto was, and the left full-back of the Alhama team made an erroneous rejection, so that the ball entered the net of the goal defended by her teammate.
Later, the team led by Pau Quesada had the chance to double their lead on the scoreboard, but Iris Ashley’s long-range shot went over the goal of the Murcian team. Paula Comendador was the first player from “los blancos” to create a threat to the “azulonas” goal when the match resumed, but the execution of the 18-year-old Real Madrid striker could not be framed in the opponent’s goal area. Later, Santiago Garrido tried to surprise the Alhama F goalkeeper, but Elena de Toro Aldaria was on the post.
The second goal of this match also “fell” into the visitors’ goal, at the end of a set piece executed from the edge of the penalty area by Sara Dabritz, the ball sent with the ground by the German player being rejected in front by the player between the Murcia team’s goals. However, it was Real Madrid’s right-back Silvia Cristobal who was on the ball, who performed a simple formality and pushed the ball into the empty net to increase the advantage of the team prepared by Pau Quesada.
A few minutes later, Real Madrid F managed to score again against Alhama F, when Dutch forward Lotte Keukelaar received a pass inside the box, spun around an opponent and shot, falling, on foot, into the near corner, to triple the overall score difference between the two clubs. Linda Caicedo, a 20-year-old Colombian, tested Elena de Toro Aldaria’s reflexes when, at the end of a successful combination with Athenea del Castillo, the South American footballer sent a shot into the opponent’s goalkeeper’s leg.
A cross from Bella Andersson’s left-wing foot in the 89th minute was unstoppably headed in by Iris Ashley, the Real Madrid F forward, and the home team would contribute to improving their goal difference in the current domestic championship. The best goal of the game came in the extra minutes of the game, when Linda Caicedo dribbled past three or four opponents in a row, easily passing the two defensive blocks of the visitors and finishing with a low shot into the far corner. The move that the South American player managed to pull off brought the stands to their feet, due to its spectacularity.
Thanks to this success, Real Madrid F accumulated 23 points and moved within a length of FC Barcelona, the current leader in the domestic competition, it is worth noting that the “blaugrana” team has not played in the 10th round of the Women’s F League until now. The “Los Blancos” also tied their seventh consecutive triumph in all competitions and are preparing for the UEFA Champions League clash, at home, against the French team from Paris FC F.
Later in the championship, the players led from the sidelines by Pau Quesada will play against the Catalans led from the field by Aitana Bonmati and Alexia Putellas, among others. On the other hand, Alhama F remains, after this defeat, in the “basement” of the general ranking, and the next round will bring the footballers of the Murcia band a duel in the company of another team from the Spanish capital, Madrid C.F, in their own “home”.
