{"id":43650,"date":"2026-02-01T20:45:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T15:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=43650"},"modified":"2026-02-01T20:59:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T15:29:04","slug":"why-real-madrid-was-awarded-a-last-minute-penalty-against-rayo-vallecano-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/la-liga\/why-real-madrid-was-awarded-a-last-minute-penalty-against-rayo-vallecano-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Real Madrid was awarded a last-minute penalty against Rayo Vallecano? Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\">In a thrilling La Liga encounter at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u on February 1, 2026, Real Madrid secured a vital 2-1 victory over Rayo Vallecano thanks to a <strong>stoppage-time penalty converted by Kylian Mbapp\u00e9<\/strong>. The match was filled with late drama, as Los Blancos snatched all three points in the dying moments after Rayo fought back to equalize.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Match Overview and Key Moments<\/h3>\n<ul dir=\"auto\">\n<li><strong>First Half<\/strong>: Real Madrid took the lead in the 15th minute through <strong>Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior<\/strong>, who scored with a clinical finish.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Second Half<\/strong>: Rayo Vallecano leveled the score in the 49th minute via <strong>Jorge de Frutos<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The game turned chaotic in added time. Rayo ended with nine players after red cards, including one to <strong>Pep Chavarria<\/strong> (around 90+12\u2032) and another related incident.<\/li>\n<li>The decisive moment came in the <strong>90+10\u2032 (or around the 9th-10th minute of stoppage time)<\/strong> when Real Madrid was awarded a penalty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Real Madrid 2-1 Rayo Vallecano Goals: Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior (15\u2032), Mbapp\u00e9 (90\u2019+10\u2032 pen) | Jorge de Frutos (49\u2032)<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Why Did Real Madrid Get the Penalty in the Last Minutes?<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Deep into stoppage time, between the 97th and 99th minute, the decisive moment arrived inside Rayo\u2019s penalty area. <strong data-start=\"115\" data-end=\"130\">Brahim D\u00edaz<\/strong>, who had come on as a substitute after <strong data-start=\"170\" data-end=\"189\">Jude Bellingham<\/strong> was forced off injured, was attempting to control the ball and shield it from pressure inside the box. Rayo defender <strong data-start=\"307\" data-end=\"322\">Nobel Mendy<\/strong>, the young left-back, stepped in to challenge but badly mistimed his attempt.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Instead of making contact with the ball, Mendy caught D\u00edaz with a clear kick, sending him to the ground. The referee immediately pointed to the penalty spot without any hesitation, even as Rayo players surrounded him in protest.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Mbapp\u00e9 stepped up to take the penalty. He opted for the left side, sending goalkeeper Augusto Batalla the wrong way and slotting it into the bottom left corner for the 2-1 winner at around 90+10. This proved decisive, securing the three points for Real Madrid in a tense, stoppage-time thriller.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a thrilling La Liga encounter at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u on February 1, 2026, Real Madrid secured a vital 2-1\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":43653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4651],"tags":[1804],"class_list":["post-43650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-la-liga","tag-mbappe"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43650"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43657,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43650\/revisions\/43657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}