A late equalizer was a blow for Eder Sarabia’s determined team, who came close to their first victory since the 1970s.
“It sounds a little crazy,” said David Affengruber, but to anyone who had been watching, it didn’t. “Being new to this league, we’re slightly disappointed with just a point against Real Madrid,” the Austrian center-back of Elche expressed, standing on the pitch after Sunday’s match at Estadio Martínez Valero ended. A few kids and Endrick were now playing around as the stadium emptied, 31,024 fans leaving into the night. Despite the fun, there was also “frustration,” he remarked.
That was one calm way to express it, much like his playing style, but there were other ways. If that was him, then his coach, known for his candidness, would put it differently. A little bit disappointed? Perhaps outright annoyed. Eder Sarabia had just witnessed his team, last season’s runners-up in segunda, score as many goals in one night as Madrid had let in over five games; a team that hadn’t won since September and a club that hadn’t defeated Madrid since the 1970s managed a 2-2 draw against league leaders, who had only dropped points twice; and his players matched a giant whose budget is 19 times larger, with substitutes more costly than all of Elche’s players, and a left-back whose price could fund his whole club for a year. So, was he happy?
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