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Tuesday December 11, 2007 Finished Santiago Bernabu

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Real Madrid

  • Baptista 13’
  • Raúl 15’
  • Robinho 36’

Lazio

  • Pandev 80’
  1. Group C: Real progress

    Group C: Real progress

    Real Madrid and Olympiacos qualified for the knock-out stage of the Champions League with comfortable home victories. Three first-half goals gave Real a 3-1 win over Lazio, while Olympiacos left it late before emerging as 3-0 victors over Werder Bremen. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Real Madrid
    • Lazio
    • 90+4' That's it, it's all over! Lazio's misery comes to an end, and Real saunter through to the round of 16.
    • 90+3' Rocchi trots up... AND CASILLAS SAVES! Baronio with the follow-up, and Casillas saves again! Dreadful, dreadful penalty.
    • 90+2' Penalty to Lazio! The ball hits Pepe's arm inside the Real box, and the ref points to the spot!
    • 91' Good save from Ballotta! Guti drives in a rising left-footed half-volley from the edge of the box, but the veteran stopper pushes it over!
    • 90' There will be two minutes of stoppage time.
    • 89' We await the final whistle here at the Santiago Bernabeu. Rocchi directs a header goalwards, but it's an easy catch for Casillas.
    • 86' Lazio are seeing more of the ball now than in the whole of the game so far, but they're not doing much with it. Rocchi looks to get on the end of a through ball, but he's beaten to it by Casillas.
    • 82' Pandev is replaced by Nigerian forward Stephen Makinwa.
    • 80' GOAL! 3-1! And a consolation for the visitors. Mutarelli slips the ball through to Rocchi, he lifts the ball over Casillas and Pandev slides in to touch the ball home, colliding painfully with the post in the process.
    • 76' Spectacular effort from Rocchi! A Lazio corner balloons into the air and the bald frontman unleashes an overhead kick that flies straight into Casillas's midriff!
    • 73' And that will be van Nistelrooy's last involvement. He is replaced by Argentine attacking midfielder-cum-forward Gonzalo Higuain.
    • 71' Great chance for Real! Raul crosses from the right and van Nistelrooy attempts a mid-air volley with the outside of his right foot, but the ball loops into the air and is cleared.
    • 68' Manfredini cuts in from the left and shoots, but it was always going wide.
    • 65' Real are enjoying lots of possession, as you'd expect. Van Nistelrooy looks to make something happen in the Lazio area, but he's crowded out.
    • 64' Robben curls in a shot from the right-hand edge of the box, but it goes just over!
    • 63' Another change for Lazio. Meghni is replaced by Christian Manfredini.
    • 61' Real attack down the right through Sergio Ramos, and his cross is put behind for a corner.
    • 59' Lazio looking for a consolation. Rocchi finds Meghni on the right side of the Real box, but his low cross is easily claimed by Iker Casillas, who must be enjoying one of the quietest nights of his life.
    • 54' Great save Ballotta! Robben fires in a sweetly struck half-volley from the left-hand edge of the box and it looks to be singing its way into the far corner, but the 43 year-old stopper produces a tremendous save to palm it away!
    • 53' Pandev goes down after colliding with Mahamadou Diarra. Hard to see exactly what happened there, but it looks like he's OK.
    • 51' Real enjoying lots of the ball at the beginning of the second half. Raul sets up van Nistelrooy for a volley on the edge of the box, but he slices the ball completely and Lazio are able to clear.
    • 46' The second half is underway. Lazio have replaced Cristian Daniel Ledesma with Roberto Baronio, and Real coach Bernd Schuster has thrown Guti and Arjen Robben into the fray. Robinho and Sneijder have made way.
    • 45' And the half-time whistle is blown. Lazio have been wretched here, and Real are good value for their 3-0 lead. What price an absolute spanking in the second half?
    • 44' Free-kick to Real about 25 yards from goal on the left. Sergio Ramos swings his right foot at it, but it hits a head in the Lazio wall and is cleared.
    • 38' Let's clarify the mathematics here. In order to be sure of qualification, Lazio now need to score five goals. To paraphrase a recent Mark Lawrenson quip, it will be a loaves and fishes job if they manage to pull it off.
    • 36' GOAL! 3-0 Real! And it's all too easy. Robinho finds van Nistelrooy in acres of space inside the box, he cuts inside a defender and lays it back to Robinho and the Brazilian takes a touch before prodding the ball past Ballotta.
    • 34' It's all pretty pedestrian here now. Those two goals have completely sucked the life out of the game, and Lazio look thoroughly beaten already.
    • 29' It's a customarily excellent delivery from Sneijder, but Lazio manage to clear it.
    • 28' Van Nistelrooy wins a corner on the right.
    • 27' Free-kick to Real about 25 yards from goal. Raul steps up... but it's straight into the wall, and Lazio clear.
    • 22' Raul delicately chips the ball over Ballotta and into the net, but he's denied his hat-trick by a very late linesman's flag. That would have been a lovely goal.
    • 21' Great tackle from Pepe! Lorenzo De Silvestri beats Cannavaro and surges goalwards from the left, but the Portuguese defender produces a perfectly timed challenge to deny him!
    • 20' It's been a terrible start for Lazio. They were caught completely cold by that short corner, and with defending like that they probably don't deserve a place in the last 16.
    • 16' GOAL! 2-0 Real! From a short corner Robinho plays the ball to the back post and Raul nods the ball past Ballotta! You suspect Lazio can kiss good-bye to their hopes of progressing.
    • 13' GOAL! 1-0 Real! Robinho cuts in from the left and lays the ball back to Julio Baptista, and the former Arsenal man steps inside a defender and lashes a right-footed effort into the bottom corner!
    • 10' Real hit the post! Wesley Sneijder sends in a corner from the right and Raul's powerful near post header thuds into the woodwork with Marco Ballotta rooted to the spot!
    • 9' Great chance for Lazio! Rocchi threads a pass through to Mourad Meghni, but from 15 yards out he contrives to slice the ball over the bar with the outside of his right foot! That was a golden opportunity.
    • 6' Gaby Mudingayi gets in a low cross from the Lazio right, but it eludes Tommaso Rocchi and Goran Pandev and Real clear.
    • 5' A bit of possession for the home side now. Marcelo throws some step-overs on the far side of the pitch and is promptly fouled by Lionel Scaloni.
    • 3' Lazio on the attack early on. Fabio Cannavaro flies into a challenge just inside the Real box!
    • 1' And they're off! Can Lazio somehow engineer a famous victory here? You'd have to be either very brave or very foolish to put any money on it.
    • - The teams make their way onto the pitch, and kick-off is moments away. The home side are in their famous white shirts, white shorts and white socks, while the visitors are in dark blue with a light blue trim.
    • - A draw for Real will be enough to see them through to the next round, but only with victory can they be sure of top spot. Lazio will qualify if they win but Werder Bremen fail to beat Olympiacos in Athens. If Bremen do win, Lazio will need to win by two goals to qualify.
    • - The visitors welcome back Brazilian defender Emilson Sanchez Cribari from suspension, but are without Simone del Nero, who has a foot injury.
    • - Real are without injured trio Gabriel Heinze, Christoph Metzelder and Javier Balboa, but top-scorer Ruud van Nistelrooy has recovered from a calf problem to start alongside Raul up front.
    • - Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
    • - Lazio: Ballotta; Scaloni, Siviglia, Cribari, Zauri; Mudingayi, Ledesma, Mutarelli; Meghni; Pandev, Rocchi
    • - Real Madrid: Casillas; Sergio Ramos, Cannavaro, Pepe, Marcelo; Baptista, Diarra, Sneijder, Robinho; Raul, van Nistelrooy
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of this Champions League clash from the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid. Kick-off is at 19:45 GMT, so join us then.

  • Team Stats

    Real Madrid Stats Lazio
    54% Possession 45%
    18 Shots 12
    5 Shots on target 6
    0 Saves 0
    9 Corners 3
    18 Fouls 16
    3 Offsides 2
    0 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    17 Tackles 28
    411 Accurate passes 311
    80 Bad passes 45

  • 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
    • Real Madrid
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Iker Casillas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 0
      3 Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 30 2 3
      12 Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 39 13 3
      4 Sergio Ramos 0 3 0 1 3 0 0 51 3 1
      5 Fabio Cannavaro 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 28 2 4
      6 Mahamadou Diarra 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 61 10 1
      19 Julio Baptista 1 2 1 2 4 0 0 36 6 3
      23 Wesley Sneijder 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 23 6 0
      7 Raúl González Blanco 1 3 1 2 0 1 0 32 9 0
      17 Ruud van Nistelrooy 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 15 3 0
      10 Robson de Souza 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 19 8 0
      14 José Maria Guti 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 40 6 1
      25 Jerzy Dudek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Arjen Robben 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 20 9 1
      22 Miguel Torres Gómez 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 6 0 0
      18 Javier Saviola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Lazio
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      32 Marco Ballotta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 0
      25 Sanchez Emilson Cribari 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 34 3 1
      29 Lorenzo De Silvestri 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 23 9 2
      6 Lionel Scaloni 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 32 0 2
      13 Sebastiano Siviglia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 1 1
      24 Cristian Ledesma 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 16 5 0
      23 Mourad Meghni 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 26 1 1
      26 Gaby Mudingayi 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 28 0 2
      5 Massimo Mutarelli 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 30 2 9
      18 Tommaso Rocchi 0 6 4 1 0 0 1 15 6 2
      19 Goran Pandev 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 30 1 2
      10 Roberto Baronio 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 28 12 3
      68 Christian Manfredini 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 3 1
      2 Guglielmo Stendardo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Fernando Muslera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Stephen Makinwa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 2
      8 Luciano Zauri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Stefano Mauri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+2' Penalty to Lazio! The ball hits Pepe's arm inside the Real box, and the ref points to the spot!
    • 91' Good save from Ballotta! Guti drives in a rising left-footed half-volley from the edge of the box, but the veteran stopper pushes it over!
    • 80' GOAL! 3-1! And a consolation for the visitors. Mutarelli slips the ball through to Rocchi, he lifts the ball over Casillas and Pandev slides in to touch the ball home, colliding painfully with the post in the process.
    • 71' Great chance for Real! Raul crosses from the right and van Nistelrooy attempts a mid-air volley with the outside of his right foot, but the ball loops into the air and is cleared.
    • 64' Robben curls in a shot from the right-hand edge of the box, but it goes just over!
    • 54' Great save Ballotta! Robben fires in a sweetly struck half-volley from the left-hand edge of the box and it looks to be singing its way into the far corner, but the 43 year-old stopper produces a tremendous save to palm it away!
    • 36' GOAL! 3-0 Real! And it's all too easy. Robinho finds van Nistelrooy in acres of space inside the box, he cuts inside a defender and lays it back to Robinho and the Brazilian takes a touch before prodding the ball past Ballotta.
    • 22' Raul delicately chips the ball over Ballotta and into the net, but he's denied his hat-trick by a very late linesman's flag. That would have been a lovely goal.
    • 21' Great tackle from Pepe! Lorenzo De Silvestri beats Cannavaro and surges goalwards from the left, but the Portuguese defender produces a perfectly timed challenge to deny him!
    • 16' GOAL! 2-0 Real! From a short corner Robinho plays the ball to the back post and Raul nods the ball past Ballotta! You suspect Lazio can kiss good-bye to their hopes of progressing.
    • 13' GOAL! 1-0 Real! Robinho cuts in from the left and lays the ball back to Julio Baptista, and the former Arsenal man steps inside a defender and lashes a right-footed effort into the bottom corner!
    • 10' Real hit the post! Wesley Sneijder sends in a corner from the right and Raul's powerful near post header thuds into the woodwork with Marco Ballotta rooted to the spot!
    • 9' Great chance for Lazio! Rocchi threads a pass through to Mourad Meghni, but from 15 yards out he contrives to slice the ball over the bar with the outside of his right foot! That was a golden opportunity.
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of this Champions League clash from the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid. Kick-off is at 19:45 GMT, so join us then.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Massimo Busacca

  • Real Madrid

    Manager: Bernd Schuster

    Captain: González Raúl

    On the Field

    • Casillas
    • Ramos
    • Cannavaro
    • Laveran "Pepe"
    • Marcelo
    • Baptista
    • Diarra
    • Robinho
    • Raúl
    • Sneijder
    • Van Nistelrooy

    Subs

    • Guti
    • Dudek
    • Saviola
    • Robben
    • Gago
    • Higuaín
    • Torres

    Injured

    • Metzelder
    • Heinze
    • Balboa

    Suspended

    None

  • Lazio

    Manager: Delio Rossi

    Captain: 18. Tommaso Rocchi

    On the Field

    • Ballotta
    • Scaloni
    • Siviglia
    • Cribari
    • De Silvestri
    • Ledesma
    • Mudingayi
    • Mutarelli
    • Meghni
    • Pandev
    • Rocchi

    Subs

    • 10. Baronio
    • 68. Manfredini
    • 11. Mauri
    • 2. Stendardo
    • 20. Makinwa
    • 1. Muslera

    Injured

    • 81. Del Nero
    • 8. Zauri
    • 15. Diakite

    Suspended

    None