{"id":2535,"date":"2026-09-09T14:32:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T06:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=2535"},"modified":"2026-09-09T14:32:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T06:32:05","slug":"valverde-pounces-on-disastrous-josep-martinez-blunder-to-double-real-madrid-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/09\/valverde-pounces-on-disastrous-josep-martinez-blunder-to-double-real-madrid-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Valverde pounces on disastrous Josep Martinez blunder to double Real Madrid lead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-10.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-10-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-10-767x431.png 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federico Valverde reacted sharply to capitalise on an inexplicable error from Josep Martinez, sticking out a leg during the goalkeeper&#8217;s ill-fated dribble to make it 2-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hot on the heels of Mbapp\u00e9&#8217;s opening strike, Real Madrid doubled their advantage following an inexplicable blunder from Josep Martinez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Inter goalkeeper collected a pass from Pavard, found Fede Valverde bearing down on him rapidly, and tried to turn his way out of danger with a risky piece of skill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Spaniard took a touch backwards to evade the press, but the &#8216;Falcon&#8217; stuck out his left leg to charge down the clearance and divert the gift into the back of the net. Martinez thus becomes the latest goalkeeper to endure a nightmare Bernab\u00e9u meltdown, joining the likes of Gianluigi Donnarumma and Sven Ulreich&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was a deflating blow for the &#8216;Nerazzurri&#8217;, who had started brightly only to be ruthlessly punished by their own costly errors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federico Valverde reacted sharply to capitalise on an i [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2535"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2537,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535\/revisions\/2537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}