Real Madrid Falter Again

ESPN FC

ESPN

Sports, Soccer

4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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The FC crew react to Real Madrid dropping points late away to Real Betis and explain why the LALIGA title race is over after the latest mishap. Plus, Dan Thomas and Craig Burley join the show from London to preview the weekend's FA Cup semifinals and the Premier League title race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.1	hello and welcome in to the latest edition of ESPNFC.
0:38.3	Kay Marie Alejandro Moreno and Stevie Nicol here in the studio.
0:41.3	A little later on we're going to be hearing from Dan Thomas and Craig Burley from London for a big weekend in the FA Cup.
0:48.3	But we're kicking things off tonight with the game between Real Betis and Real Madrid.
0:52.3	Vinnie Jr. opened the scoring for the Madridistas in the 17th minute.
0:57.8	And not long after that, Madrid wanted a penalty for a handball of Ricardo Rodriguez that was not given.
1:06.8	Late on in this game, we would see Real Betis level things out.
1:11.5	Ekta Bayerine at the death to make it 1-1, and it means it's now eight points between Barcelona and Real Madrid ahead of Barcelona's game.
1:20.0	Away to Hatafé tomorrow, Real Madrid losing more ground on the leaders in La Liga's title race.
1:27.1	Luis Garcia is joining us now and he had a feeling it was going to be a draw.
1:31.3	What does this draw mean though, Luis? Is that it now for Real Madrid?
1:35.3	Well, we knew that it was going to be very difficult for Real Madrid to find a way of getting closer to Barcelona,
1:42.3	the way that Barcelona has been performing and getting the results.
1:46.0	But now the pitcher looks even worse because one thing is that Barcelona can arrive to the end of the season,
1:51.0	and they win the trophy and they leave the trophy, two leagues in a row and Real Madrid without a major trophy.
1:56.0	Now it looks a lot worse and you asked me about if Real Madrid needed to do a good performance
2:01.4	today at La Cartouja against the Real Betis.
2:05.0	Real Medes needed at least to win this game to get the three points if not a good performance
2:10.1	because we saw that it wasn't a good performance, a lot less in the second half when I think
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