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Wednesday October 3, 2007 Finished Stadio Olimpico

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Lazio

  • Pandev 32’, 77’

Real Madrid

  • Van Nistelrooy 9’, 60’
  1. Group C: All square in Rome

    Group C: All square in Rome

    Lazio twice came from behind to claim a draw against Real Madrid in front of a typically raucous crowd at Rome's Stadio Olimpico. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Lazio
    • Real Madrid
    • 90'+3 The final whistle goes, and it's all over. Bernd Schuster will be absolutely livid at the manner in which Madrid twice threw away the lead, but it's been a much better night for Lazio and, in particular, Goran Pandev.
    • 93' Drenthe fires in a ferocious left-foot volley from Ramos's deep cross, but it flashes wide. Looks like Lazio are going to hold out for a draw.
    • 92' Makinwa crosses from the right, but Ramos is there again.
    • 90' Chance for Lazio! Makinwa bursts forward and shoots, but Casillas saves with his legs.
    • 88' Madrid's third change, and it's Dutchman-for-Dutchman. Sneijder goes off, the dreadlocked Roysten Drenthe comes on.
    • 86' Mutarelli throws himself at a cross from the right, but he's beaten to the ball by Sergio Ramos. Both players receive treatment inside the Madrid penalty area after clashing heads. Mutarelli is now sporting a fetching head bandage.
    • 85' Can either side find a winner? Madrid are pressing at the moment, but there's no real imagination to their attacking play.
    • 83' Madrid make another change, and it's like-for-like as diminutive Argentine Javier Saviola comes on for pint-sized Spaniard Raul.
    • 82' Corner to Madrid. Sneijder whips one in, but it's cleared at the near post.
    • 80' Chance for Lazio! Makinwa finds room on the left, but his cross is too close to the goal and it drifts out for a throw-in on the far side.
    • 78' Madrid make a change too, with Gonzalo Higuain coming on for the disappointing Arjen Robben.
    • 78' Another change for Lazio, but they don't seem to know who they want to take off! Pandev jogs towards the touchline but he's told to stay on, and Stefano Mauri ultimately makes way for Simone Del Nero.
    • 75' GOAL! It's Pandev again! Guti is robbed in midfield, the ball finds its way to Pandev and he cut in from the right and fires a low left-footer inside Casillas's left-hand post. Schuster looks disgusted. 2-2!
    • 74' Madrid are doing their best to kill the game, but there's still a quarter of an hour to go, and Lazio are snapping into their tackles.
    • 73' Lazio attack down the right, but Makinwa's high cross is easily fielded by Casillas.
    • 72' Madrid are knocking the ball around with a bit more assurance now, but they look unwilling to commit men forward.
    • 70' Ramos curls in a cross from the right. The ball hits a defender and spins up into the air but Ballotta manages to palm it to safety.
    • 68' Madrid looking a bit tentative in possession. They don't want to throw the lead away again...
    • 66' A double substitution for the home side. Stephen Makinwa comes on for Tommaso Rocchi and the injured Valon Behrami makes way for former West Ham man Lionel Scaloni.
    • 65' There's a bit of a lull in the action. Lazio seem a bit shell-shocked by that Van Nistelrooy goal.
    • 63' Yellow card for Gabriel Heinze after a foul on the left-hand side. He's the first man into the book tonight.
    • 62' GOAL! Just when you thought Lazio were about to make a breakthrough, Madrid grab a second! Raul slides the ball through to Van Nistelrooy, and he sits Ballotta on the ground before deftly lifting the ball over him and into the net. Ice cool. 2-1 Madrid!
    • 61' Diarra concedes possession in midfield once again, but Lazio can't fashion a shooting chance from their counter attack.
    • 59' Sneijder sends another free-kick towards the Lazio goal but it's well cleared.
    • 58' Another bad miss! An angled ball into the box finds Rocchi one-on-one with Casillas. He takes it down beautifully but his tame left-footed shoot finds the side netting from five yards.
    • 57' A rather frustrated shot from distance by Sergio Ramos, which Ballotta gathers comfortably.
    • 56' Madrid opt for some patient build-up play but Lazio are well-organised in defence and don't look like being breached at the moment.
    • 54' Van Nistelrooy scampers forward once more, but the linesman's flag is up.
    • 53' Another Van Nistelrooy shot, another Ballotta save! Robben crosses from the left, but Van Nistelrooy doesn't really connect with his left-footed volley, and the save is a comfortable one.
    • 52' Acrobatics from Van Nistelrooy! Receiving Raul's pass with his back to goal, he flicks it up and fires in an overhead kick which Ballotta dives to save.
    • 51' Lazio threaten again. Stefano Mauri swings in a left-footed cross, and Pandev is inches away from connecting with his head.
    • 50' Madrid coach Bernd Schuster looks concerned. His side are unlikely to find a goal if they can't even find their own team-mates with their passes.
    • 48' Another weak pass from Diarra allows Lazio to counter-attack at pace. Rocchi finds space on the left but his low cross trickles across the edge of the six-yard box without finding a team-mate.
    • 47' Pandev picks Guti's pocket in midfield, but Madrid's defenders close in to block his path to goal.
    • 46' The second half begins. Lazio are on the attack straight away, but Behrami's right wing cross is cleared.
    • 46' Half-time! After a quiet start it's developing into an intriguing contest. If Lazio can get the ball to Rocchi and Pandev more often, Real might just be there for the taking...
    • 45' Behrami has been lively down the Lazio right. He wins a corner but it's wasted.
    • 44' Robben weaves his way down the left and exchanges passes with his countryman Sneijder, but his shot is straight at Ballotta.
    • 42' Sustained pressure from Madrid. Another cross from Robben, but there just are too many home defenders in the way.
    • 41' Robben finally gets a cross in but it by-passes everyone and is cleared.
    • 39' Robben's on the ball again, but he's not getting any joy at all down this left-hand side.
    • 38' Madrid appear to have recovered from the shock of Lazio's equaliser. Van Nistelrooy dinks a clever ball into the area, but Raul is caught on his heels.
    • 37' Sergio Ramos with a characteristic burst into the box from the right, but his toe-poked effort flies harmlessly high and wide.
    • 36' Robben and Sneijder link up down the left, but they can't get a ball into the box thanks to some committed Lazio defending.
    • 35' The home fans are sensing blood here. Madrid have been sloppy at times, and Rocchi and Pandev are starting to ask questions of their back four.
    • 34' Van Nistelrooy drives into the box, but he's offside.
    • 32' GOAL! Pandev atones for that howler with a stunning left-footed volley into Casillas's top-right corner. The Stadio Olimpico erupts!
    • 30' What a miss! Lazio's first decent chance of the game, and Pandev wastes it. Rocchi flicks the ball into the Madrid box, and Pandev blazes over despite being one-on-one with Casillas.
    • 28' Casillas at last has a save to make, but it's a fairly comfortable take from a straight ball into the box that bounces in front of him.
    • 26' A sight of goal for Lazio! A mis-hit pass by Diarra nearly lets Pandev in, but he and Heinze recover to smother the danger.
    • 25' Rocchi scampers down the left wing but he's offside again.
    • 24' Lazio seeing a bit more of the ball now. Pandev tries to thread a ball into the area but it's cleared.
    • 23' The free kick is played in high to the back post, but it drops kindly for Diarra who hoofs it clear.
    • 22' Marcelo blocks off Behrami down the Lazio right. Free kick.
    • 21' Nice stuff from Lazio down the left. Heinze cuts out the low cross, and Rocchi's follow-up shot is blocked.
    • 20' The crowd are on their feet every time Lazio pour forward, but they just can't find a way through the Madrid back line.
    • 19' Sneijder swings the ball in with his right foot, Ballotta punches it away.
    • 18' Lazio are on the attack again but it's broken up and Real break quickly. Robben races down the left and is well tackled by Behrami. Corner ball.
    • 16' Another offside. It's Rocchi again, but this time there's no debate about it.
    • 15' Pandev lofts a ball over the top, but his strike partner Rocchi is harshly given offside.
    • 14' Lazio are looking for openings, but they keep finding the imposing figure of Mahamadou Diarra in their way.
    • 13' A lazy cross-field pass from Heinze puts Sergio Ramos under pressure but, cool customer that he is, he recovers his composure quickly.
    • 11' Lazio are on the attack straight away, looking to make amends. They win two corners, but both are dealt with by Madrid's defence.
    • 9' GOAL! Sneijder's free-kick from the left clears everyone and it hits Van Nistelrooy's left leg and flies past Ballotta. Make that 51 Champions League goals... 1-0 to Madrid!
    • 8' Sneijder shoots from the left-hand edge of the area, but the shot is blocked. Robben picks it up and wins a free-kick.
    • 6' Madrid are probing down the left-hand side. Robben and Sneijder will be key men for them tonight.
    • 5' Some sloppy passing from Madrid results in Rocchi bursting into the box in pursuit of the ball, but it comes to nothing and Madrid clear.
    • 4' Goran Pandez tries a shot, but it's blocked by Cannavaro on the edge of the box.
    • 3' Lazio venture forward for the first time, but Madrid's defence soaks it up comfortably.
    • 2' Ruud van Nistelrooy wins a free-kick for Real near the halfway line. With 50 Champions League goals to his name, he'll be closely marked tonight...
    • 1' The action's underway at an expectant Stadio Olimpico. Gabriel Heinze gets a few early touches.
    • - Arjen Robben and Gabriel Heinze earn their first Champions League starts for Real Madrid, who are looking to make it two wins out of two after beating Werder Bremen 2-1 at the Bernabeu two weeks ago.
    • - Lazio striker Tommaso Rocchi overcomes a fitness concern to partner Goran Pandev up front. Massimo Mutarelli and Valon Behrami come in for Lorenzo De Silvestri and Christian Manfredini, in the only changes to the side that drew 1-1 at Olympiacos on Matchday 1.
    • - Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
    • - Real Madrid: Casillas; Heinze, Cannavaro, Ramos, Marcelo; Sneijder, Diarra, Guti, Robben; Raul, van Nistelrooy
    • - Lazio: Ballotta; Behrami, Cribari, Stendardo, Zauri; Mudingayi, Ledesma, Mauri, Mutarelli; Pandev, Rocchi
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  • Team Stats

    Lazio Stats Real Madrid
    39% Possession 60%
    11 Shots 8
    4 Shots on target 6
    0 Saves 0
    4 Corners 3
    14 Fouls 16
    5 Offsides 6
    0 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    31 Tackles 21
    257 Accurate passes 465
    38 Bad passes 93

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Lazio
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      32 Marco Ballotta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 0
      2 Guglielmo Stendardo 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 33 0 3
      8 Luciano Zauri 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 7 1
      25 Sanchez Emilson Cribari 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 33 1 0
      24 Cristian Ledesma 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 29 7 5
      11 Stefano Mauri 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 30 6 2
      26 Gaby Mudingayi 0 0 0 5 3 0 1 30 0 8
      85 Valon Behrami 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 18 0 9
      5 Massimo Mutarelli 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 14 7 3
      19 Goran Pandev 2 5 2 2 0 1 0 14 4 0
      18 Tommaso Rocchi 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 10 3 0
      6 Lionel Scaloni 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
      81 Simone Del Nero 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      3 Aleksandar Kolarov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      68 Christian Manfredini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Fernando Muslera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Mourad Meghni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Stephen Makinwa 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 2 0
    • Real Madrid
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Iker Casillas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0
      5 Fabio Cannavaro 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 39 0 4
      12 Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 57 23 1
      4 Sergio Ramos 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 50 6 3
      16 Gabriel Heinze 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 5 3
      6 Mahamadou Diarra 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 69 8 4
      14 José Maria Guti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 15 1
      23 Wesley Sneijder 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 46 16 3
      11 Arjen Robben 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 25 9 1
      7 Raúl González Blanco 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 31 6 1
      17 Ruud van Nistelrooy 2 4 4 4 3 3 0 13 4 0
      15 Royston Drenthe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 Jerzy Dudek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Fernando Gago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Gonzalo Higuaín 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0
      2 Míchel Salgado 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Julio Baptista 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Javier Saviola 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 93' Drenthe fires in a ferocious left-foot volley from Ramos's deep cross, but it flashes wide. Looks like Lazio are going to hold out for a draw.
    • 90' Chance for Lazio! Makinwa bursts forward and shoots, but Casillas saves with his legs.
    • 80' Chance for Lazio! Makinwa finds room on the left, but his cross is too close to the goal and it drifts out for a throw-in on the far side.
    • 75' GOAL! It's Pandev again! Guti is robbed in midfield, the ball finds its way to Pandev and he cut in from the right and fires a low left-footer inside Casillas's left-hand post. Schuster looks disgusted. 2-2!
    • 62' GOAL! Just when you thought Lazio were about to make a breakthrough, Madrid grab a second! Raul slides the ball through to Van Nistelrooy, and he sits Ballotta on the ground before deftly lifting the ball over him and into the net. Ice cool. 2-1 Madrid!
    • 58' Another bad miss! An angled ball into the box finds Rocchi one-on-one with Casillas. He takes it down beautifully but his tame left-footed shoot finds the side netting from five yards.
    • 57' A rather frustrated shot from distance by Sergio Ramos, which Ballotta gathers comfortably.
    • 53' Another Van Nistelrooy shot, another Ballotta save! Robben crosses from the left, but Van Nistelrooy doesn't really connect with his left-footed volley, and the save is a comfortable one.
    • 52' Acrobatics from Van Nistelrooy! Receiving Raul's pass with his back to goal, he flicks it up and fires in an overhead kick which Ballotta dives to save.
    • 51' Lazio threaten again. Stefano Mauri swings in a left-footed cross, and Pandev is inches away from connecting with his head.
    • 48' Another weak pass from Diarra allows Lazio to counter-attack at pace. Rocchi finds space on the left but his low cross trickles across the edge of the six-yard box without finding a team-mate.
    • 44' Robben weaves his way down the left and exchanges passes with his countryman Sneijder, but his shot is straight at Ballotta.
    • 37' Sergio Ramos with a characteristic burst into the box from the right, but his toe-poked effort flies harmlessly high and wide.
    • 32' GOAL! Pandev atones for that howler with a stunning left-footed volley into Casillas's top-right corner. The Stadio Olimpico erupts!
    • 30' What a miss! Lazio's first decent chance of the game, and Pandev wastes it. Rocchi flicks the ball into the Madrid box, and Pandev blazes over despite being one-on-one with Casillas.
    • 26' A sight of goal for Lazio! A mis-hit pass by Diarra nearly lets Pandev in, but he and Heinze recover to smother the danger.
    • 9' GOAL! Sneijder's free-kick from the left clears everyone and it hits Van Nistelrooy's left leg and flies past Ballotta. Make that 51 Champions League goals... 1-0 to Madrid!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Franck de Bleeckere

  • Lazio

    Manager: Delio Rossi

    Captain: 8. Luciano Zauri

    On the Field

    • Ballotta
    • Behrami
    • Stendardo
    • Cribari
    • Zauri
    • Mutarelli
    • Ledesma
    • Mudingayi
    • Mauri
    • Rocchi
    • Pandev

    Subs

    • 6. Scaloni
    • 81. Del Nero
    • 10. Baronio
    • 68. Manfredini
    • 20. Makinwa
    • 29. De Silvestri
    • 3. Kolarov
    • Muslera

    Injured

    • 13. Siviglia
    • 15. Diakite

    Suspended

    None

  • Real Madrid

    Manager: Bernd Schuster

    Captain: González Raúl

    On the Field

    • Casillas
    • Ramos
    • Cannavaro
    • Heinze
    • Marcelo
    • Sneijder
    • Diarra
    • Robben
    • Raúl
    • Guti
    • Van Nistelrooy

    Subs

    • Salgado
    • Dudek
    • Saviola
    • Baptista
    • Gago
    • Higuaín
    • Drenthe

    Injured

    • Metzelder
    • Laveran "Pepe"
    • Robinho

    Suspended

    None