{"id":410913,"date":"2026-01-15T12:44:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T12:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/410913\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T12:44:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T12:44:31","slug":"player-ratings-player-ratings-albacete-3-2-real-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/410913\/","title":{"rendered":"Player Ratings: Player Ratings: Albacete 3\u20132 Real Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Player Ratings: Albacete 3\u20132 Real Madrid<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Andriy Lunin \u2014 3<br \/>Conceded three goals and should have done better on two of them. A rough night overall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">David Jim\u00e9nez \u2014 4<br \/>Showed promise going forward but struggled badly defensively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Ra\u00fal Asencio \u2014 5<br \/>A quiet performance. Was not heavily involved and can\u2019t be blamed for the goals conceded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Dean Huijsen \u2014 6<br \/>Solid distribution and posed a real aerial threat on set pieces. Largely faultless defensively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Fran Garc\u00eda \u2014 5<br \/>Spent a lot of time in the final third and delivered four crosses. Not great, but not a major issue either. Made one crucial interception in the second half.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Fede Valverde \u2014 5<br \/>Played in his preferred right central midfield role but was underwhelming. Did register four ball recoveries, though his overall influence was limited.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Jorge Cestero \u2014 4<br \/>One of Spain\u2019s most promising defensive midfielders, but this was a poor showing. Sloppy on the ball and made several costly mistakes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Arda G\u00fcler \u2014 4<br \/>Deployed as a left central midfielder and failed to provide sufficient support for Cestero. Couldn\u2019t impose himself offensively either, despite some positive vertical passing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Franco Mastantuono \u2014 4.5<br \/>Failed to track his man properly on Albacete\u2019s goal but showed good fight to score Madrid\u2019s opener. His first touch let him down at times, and he didn\u2019t beat his man often enough.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Gonzalo Garc\u00eda \u2014 6<br \/>Scored a crucial late equalizer, even if Madrid conceded again shortly after.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Vin\u00edcius Jr. \u2014 3<br \/>Should have led the team but did the opposite. Lost possession 23 times and completed just four of his 10 attempted dribbles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">David Alaba \u2014 5.5<br \/>Not at fault for the goals conceded. Had a couple of strong defensive moments and moved the ball well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Eduardo Camavinga \u2014 4.5<br \/>Played at left-back and looked sluggish. Passing accuracy and tempo were below his standard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Dani Carvajal \u2014 4.5<br \/>As a fresh substitute, more was expected. Poor tracking on Albacete\u2019s winning goal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">C\u00e9sar Palacios \u2014 7<br \/>Impressive cameo with elegant dribbling and line-breaking in tight spaces. Easy to see why he\u2019s so highly rated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Player Ratings: Albacete 3\u20132 Real Madrid Andriy Lunin \u2014 3Conceded three goals and should have done better on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,56711,561,82],"class_list":["post-410913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-real-madrid-cf-players","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}