Union Berlin lost because Joselu scored two goals in the second half. Joselu is an experienced striker for Real Madrid.
At the break, they were ahead 1-0 against Carlo Ancelotti’s team, and Braga was down in Naples. Fans were rooting for them and wanted to end the season on a high note by making it to the Europa League. This was exactly where they wanted to be.
But the scorer who used to play for Stoke and Newcastle scored two goals to end the dream. A great game for him in his last game at the club where he began his career. Alex Kral tied the game late in the game, but Dani Ceballos scored the game-winning goal, which was set up by Jude Bellingham.
Joselu jumped high to score his first goal, and for his second, he bent down and nodded it in. He had to save Madrid after a first half full of mistakes. Another mistake by Nacho and David Alaba gave the home team the lead. Luka Modric missed a penalty, making him the fourth Madrid player to miss a goal this season.
As soon as Kepa Arrizabalaga went back to goal, he stopped Madrid from falling behind. That was a bad pass by Luka Modric. Kevin Behrens hit the ball hard, but the goalie on loan from Chelsea made a great save.
Madrid finally got going. In the 10th minute, Lucas Vazquez set up Bellingham’s shot, but Frederik Ronnow stopped it. Soon after, he had another chance, but this time his shot from Fran Garcia’s cross missed the target.
Union Berlin was almost behind again when Fran Garcia sent in another cross that Joselu scored from. Sami Khedira’s brother Rani took down Dani Ceballos. Sami used to play for Real Madrid. Fede Valverde curled the ball wide when Madrid had a chance from the corner kick.
Bellingham got a yellow card before halfway. He only needs one more to be kicked off the game. There was a lot of anger in Union Berlin because the game went on after Nacho stepped on Jerome Roussillon. Everyone was very mad when the ball was finally out of play. Then Bellingham used the book to get Khedira to do something. Even though he was warned, Nacho got away.
After that, Madrid got a penalty kick because Diogo Leite touched Lucas’ pass with his free hand. Modric took a weak shot straight down the middle when he had the chance, but it was stopped.