Ominous start of Club World Cup to Raúl Asencio… And for him Real Madrid of Xabi Alonso. The canterano was expelled in 7 ′ for demolishing Solomon Rondón as last man and left the whites with one player less with more than 80 minutes ahead and under a suffocating sun in Charlotte with about 40 degrees of thermal sensation. Had to make a superhuman effort to the Pachucawhich was believed to be superior in the first bars and more if it fits from the red card to the Madrid central.
Asencio threw the line in defense badly, he broke out of Dean Huijsen and yielded several meters to Rondón, who received between the lines and caused the foul that condemned the Spanish central. By speed it could have reached the cut, but a new short circuit ended the referee Ramón Abacts teaching him the red. The grab was mild, although the referee did not hesitate at any time of his decision. The '35' adds another chapter to oblivion in USA After the penalty committed to Al Hilal On the first day of the group stage.
Thibaut Courtois commented on the action in a brief analysis in the break: «There are two games and twice the same mistake, which can be very light, but we have to be a bit more intelligent and there not to commit that failure. He knows, no problem. We are going to fight for him and we will win without him and then when he returns again we will continue winning ».
