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Diomandé's first Real Madrid goal earns 1-0 win over Villarreal despite Vinícius red card
October 10, 2026 at 09:28 PM · Updated 5d ago
16 reports · 13 in Arabic, 3 in English · over 11 hours
Real Madrid defeated Villarreal 1-0 at the Santiago Bernabéu, Diomandé scoring his first goal for the club despite Vinícius Júnior's sending-off.
- Diomandé scored the only goal in the 62nd minute from Federico Valverde's pass, VAR confirming the strike after an initial offside flag.
- Vinícius Júnior, a second-half substitute, had a goal disallowed and was sent off in the 74th minute for pulling an opponent's hair.
- Real Madrid played with ten men from the 74th minute and moved to 18 points in third place in La Liga.
- Villarreal remained on 8 points in tenth place, while Bernabéu fans whistled at halftime during a goalless first half.
- Vinícius Júnior will miss Real Madrid's next La Liga match against Sevilla and the Clásico against Barcelona on October 25 due to his automatic suspension.
- Coach José Mourinho refused to attend the post-match press conference to avoid sanctions over his comments about the officiating.
- The VAR analysis account Archivo VAR rated the red card as deserved while giving referee Díaz de Mera Escuderos a 1.5/10 rating.
- The account Mr Chip noted it was La Liga's first VAR-era case of a scorer sent off with his goal annulled in the same play.
- Kylian Mbappé started after recovering from a knee injury but was frustrated in his hunt for goals.
- Vinícius Júnior apologized to his Real Madrid teammates and fans in an Instagram post after his red card.
- Mundo Deportivo published VAR audio showing VAR official Muñiz Ruiz alerted referee Díaz de Mera before the sending-off.
- The referee's match report described Vinícius's angry reaction, potentially bringing a one-to-four-match suspension, with a decision expected Wednesday.














