{"id":42282,"date":"2025-04-20T22:35:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T21:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=42282"},"modified":"2025-04-20T22:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T21:35:08","slug":"real-madrid-1-0-athletic-club-la-liga-fede-valverde-connects-a-clutch-half-volley-in-stoppage-time-player-rating-ancelotti-post-match-reaction-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/real-madrid-1-0-athletic-club-la-liga-fede-valverde-connects-a-clutch-half-volley-in-stoppage-time-player-rating-ancelotti-post-match-reaction-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid 1\u20130 Athletic Club La Liga \u2013 Fede Valverde Connects a Clutch Half Volley in Stoppage Time, Player Rating, Ancelotti Post-Match Reaction and More\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid was tested by the Athletic Club on their visit to Santiago Bernabeu. Keeping the ball for almost three-quarters of the game, Carlo Ancelotti&rsquo;s side had nothing to show until Federico Valverde stepped up with one of his typical volley. The Uruguayan put <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/tag\/real-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Real Madrid<\/a> ahead at home in the stoppage time as the Los Blancos collected crucial three points.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Ancelotti&rsquo;s side will continue to breathe under FC Barcelona as they close to four points with six games to go. Valverde who has been filling in the right-back position scored the sixth La Liga goal of his season. He now has 10 G\/A in the Spanish League as he continues to show his versatility in the back line.&nbsp;<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FEDERICO VALVERDE ARE YOU SERIOUS??!!<br><br>VALVERDE WITH A HALF VOLLEY TO SAVE MADRID! CLUTCH PLAYER! &#128293; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xbKZBTg9L8\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/xbKZBTg9L8<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNFC\/status\/1914059868580765787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>April 20, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Federico Valverde Was the POTM Against Athletic Club<\/h2><p>Valverde was named as the player of the match against Athletic Bilbao. Completing 93% of his passes, the 26-year-old won all of his duels of the game.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/i-will-do-nothing-but-thank-the-club-if-i-leave-ancelotti-reflects-after-real-madrids-arsenal-rout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Ancelotti<\/a>&nbsp;will be pleased with the rescue given the stakes of the competition.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Here is an overview of Valverde&rsquo;s match-winning performance against Atheltic Club (via-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofascore.com\/football\/match\/real-madrid-athletic-club\/AgbsEgb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>SofaScore<\/a>):&nbsp;<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Metric<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Value<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Sofascore Rating<\/strong><\/td><td>8.8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Goals<\/strong><\/td><td>1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Clearances<\/strong><\/td><td>3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Tackles<\/strong><\/td><td>4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Key Passed<\/strong><\/td><td>3\/3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Pass Completion Rate<\/strong><\/td><td>&nbsp;66\/71 (93%)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure><p>Ancelotti who has had an <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/is-it-end-of-the-ancelotti-era-post-exit-from-the-champions-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>emotional week<\/a> after the Champions League exit was seen thrilled at full-time. Appreciating Valverde at the whistle, the Italian&nbsp;the manager grabbed the Uruguayan in the adrenaline.&nbsp;<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128248; &ndash; VALVERDE AND ANCELOTTI AFTER THE FT WHISTLE! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xk52gNlgLb\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/Xk52gNlgLb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Touchline | Football Coverage (@TouchlineX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TouchlineX\/status\/1914060513031442583?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>April 20, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p><strong>ALSO READ:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/i-will-do-nothing-but-thank-the-club-if-i-leave-ancelotti-reflects-after-real-madrids-arsenal-rout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'><strong>&lsquo;I Will Do Nothing But Thank the Club If I Leave&rsquo; &ndash; Ancelotti Reflects After Real Madrid&rsquo;s Arsenal Rout<\/strong><\/a><\/p><p>Real Madrid attempted 22 shots in the 90 minutes while struggling to open the deadlock. However, failing to surpass the Athletic defence, it took something special like Valverde&rsquo;s goal from distance to seal the deal.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Athletic Club coming after their Europa League semi-final qualifications looked second-best in the final moments. They still retain their fourth position on the La Liga table despite suffering their fourth away defeat of the season.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Real Madrid retained their position of having the best record at home losing only two games. They will keep their heads on the next games as they hope for Barcelona slip on one of these match days. Additionally, any luck on their side and the El Clasico game on May 11, 2025 could come in as a decider of La Liga this year around.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fede Valverde now has 10 G\/A in La Liga this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":42288,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4038],"tags":[5388,4098,4535,3948,3904],"class_list":["post-42282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer","tag-athletic-bilbao","tag-carlo-ancelotti","tag-federico-valverde","tag-la-liga","tag-real-madrid"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Real Madrid 1&ndash;0 Athletic Club La Liga &ndash; Fede Valverde Connects a Clutch Half Volley in Stoppage Time, Player Rating, Ancelotti Post-Match Reaction and More&nbsp; - The Playoffs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Real Madrid triumphs 1-0 over Athletic Club in La Liga with Fede Valverde&rsquo;s clutch stoppage-time half volley. 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