Real Madrid won again after three games without knowing victory. They did it at home and against the bottom team, Sporting de Huelva, by 5 goals to 2, although the main protagonists of the match were Alberto Toril and Athenea del Castillo. The Madrid coach was greeted with whistles from fans who were calling for his resignation, but the Cantabrian forward publicly showed her support by celebrating with him the goal that opened the scoring after half an hour of play. Olga Carmona, Hayley Raso and a double from Caroline Moller completed the Real Madrid victory.
The white team is not experiencing its best moment of the season. He was beaten in the Montjuïc classic against a much superior FC Barcelona, who gave him a hand, and on Thursday he couldn't beat the second-placed team in the Swedish league, Häcken. Real Madrid lost 2-1 at home and is still without victory in a Champions League that opened with a controversial draw against Chelsea in which they benefited from refereeing errors.
“This is football,” said a resigned Toril after the defeat in Nordic lands. Some words that have not gone down well with fans that expect much more from the team. The Alfredo di Stéfano stands greeted the coach with whistles when his name was announced on the video scoreboard this afternoon and shouts of "Toril resignation" followed.
But the image of the match was starred by Athenea del Castillo. Hers was the first goal of the game and after scoring 1-0 she left her teammates celebrating alone in the Sporting de Huelva area while they ran to the bench to hug their coach. The public, far from pardoning Toril, responded with more shouts for his head.
Now, the national team break will give the white coach a break, who will not sit on the bench again until two weeks from now, when Real Madrid will host Sevilla. Before the end of the year they will face Levante Las Planas, one of the revelations of the season, and will close 2023 with a double match against Paris FC in the Champions League. A demanding calendar that will test the already highly questioned Alberto Toril.
