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Real Betis Balompié

  • Schmidt "Edú" 31’
  • Gonzalez Hoffmann 35’

Real Madrid

  • Drenthe 6’

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Real Betis Balompié
    • Real Madrid
    • 90+6 And that IS the final whistle, a shock win for lowly Betis, Real still eight points clear but if Barca win at Zaragoza it will be five...
    • 90+5 A bit more argy bargy in the Betis box as Betis complain that RvN used the elbow...
    • 90+4 Bit of handbags as Gonzalez and Marcelo square up... a yellow is shown to Rivera for some reason. In six minutes of stoppage time, just to help Real out.
    • 90+3 Free-kick to Real... RvN will take but straight into the wall, he gets it back but the pass wide is too heavy and out for a Betis throw.
    • 90' Ramos tries to bend the ball into the area but Betis clear, the break is off though and Real come again, wide to Balboa but a poor cross and Betis have it back.
    • 89' Cappa on the left, loads of space and slides it low for Gonzalez flying in but Casillas read it and saved bravely at his feet.
    • 88' BETIS SUB: Edu comes off for Caffa.
    • 86' Real Madrid get another corner, on the right...
    • 84' Betis now playing the ball around with confidence, one-touch passing as they hold onto it late on and Edu gets the ball AND SURGES INTO THE BOX TO LET RIP WITH A RISING DRIVE THAT FLIES INCHES OVER!
    • 81' Corner to Betis which Casillas palms away with some difficulty...
    • 74' Yellow card to Ramos as Real get frustrated.
    • 72' A quite wonderful ball by Guti, wide outside of the boot, find's Higuain in space but a poor first touch let's Melli get back to put it behind for a corner.
    • 71' Raul with a sumptous backheel while on the run playing Gago in but the defender gets across to block the shot, which rebounds of the Madrid man for the goal kick.
    • 68' REAL MADRID SUB: Higuain on for the almost absent Baptista.
    • 67' Interesting decision for the ref as, following the rebound from RvN's post effort, Robben flew in on Ricardo and definitely - if accidentally - caught him. Ricardo is down injured but no card, which would have been a red.
    • 66' Van Mistelrooy springs the offside trap and he's through and must score and beats Ricardo with the finish but off the post!!
    • 65' Robben goes into the book for a late tackle.
    • 60' BETIS SUB: Capi off for Brazilian forward Sobis.
    • 59' REAL MADRID SUB: Van Nistelrooy comes on after returning from injury, fellow Dutchman Drenthe making way.
    • 57' Edu is injured after being caught by Guti...
    • 54' Arzu gives the ball away then pulls back Guti, yellow card.
    • 52' Betis threaten but Edu can't get the shot away, Real clear but still with Betis and shocking defending allows Pavone to turn and shoot but a great save from point blank range by Casillas!
    • 48' Free-kick to Real on the left which Guti will take... but he's unable to get the ball past the first defender, poor delivery and Betis clear.
    • 46' Second half underway...
    • 45+1 Half-time, Betis leading 2-1!
    • 40' Real still bossing possession but Betis - bouyed by that equaliser - are working hard and stifling their attacking threat.
    • 36' Edu on the left working hard, can't get the cross away first time though but he turns Salgado in and out and finally digs one away AND GONZALEZ FLIES IN TO HEAD INTO THE BOTTOM RIGHT FOR 2-1! Rapid fightback, great stuff from Betis.
    • 32' Capi on the left, pings in a superb cross AND EDU FLIES IN WITH A DEFT HEADER INTO THE BOTTOM RIGHT FOR 1-1! Excellent goal but Marcelo let his man get above him at the far post.
    • 31' Robben really causing problems for Betis, on the left now, cutting inside and trying to feed Baptista but, despite giving him two bites at the cherry, Betis surive.
    • 28' Betis with an opportunity after Edu is found in the box following Real's failure to clear a cross but Edu can't shoot thanks to good defending by Marcelo and hesitancy from himself.
    • 25' Free kick to be taken by Guti... but he drives it straight into the wall.
    • 24' Late tackle from Melli catches Robben, foolish as the danger had gone with Guti's clipped ball too heavy for the Dutchman.
    • 23' Guti slides the ball through from the edge of the box and Robben is in but he hammers the drive over the bar! Should have made the keeper work from there.
    • 20' Vega puts the ball out for a corner... swung into the near post and three Real shirts fly in but put behind again. Real win a third consecutive corner although this one looked like it came of Julio Baptista.
    • 16' Edu on the right swings in an excellent cross but Real manage to clear their lines and break through Raul on the left...
    • 13' Baptista in space on the right, cuts back to Salgado, played across the area, everyone stands still as it goes wide left, Drenthe is the first to react and drills it in for RAUL but Ricardo bravely out claims at his feet and picks up an injury in the process.
    • 6' Real have men over, on the right with Robben skinning the left back, he crosses in for BAPTISTA WHO MISSES THE BALL BUT DRENTHE WITH THE TAP-IN FOR 1-0! Goals in successive games for the Dutchman.
    • 3' Superb long-range effort from Guti tipped away for a corner by Ricardo.
    • 1' Match underway in Seville!
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  • Team Stats

    Real Betis Balompié Stats Real Madrid
    38% Possession 61%
    14 Shots 8
    4 Shots on target 2
    0 Saves 2
    2 Corners 11
    17 Fouls 20
    2 Offsides 4
    3 Yellow cards 5
    0 Red cards 0
    30 Tackles 22
    210 Accurate passes 369
    64 Bad passes 48

  • 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 Betis Balompié
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Ricardo Pereira 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 4 0
      2 Juan Alberto Andreu Alvarado 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 18 3 0
      3 Fernando Vega 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 15 8
      4 Juan Gutiérrez Moreno 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 4 2
      14 Jesus Capi 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 22 7 1
      11 Mark Gonzalez 1 5 2 1 2 0 0 13 6 2
      8 Arturo Garcia Muñoz 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 29 3 3
      12 Damia Abella Pérez 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 12 0 4
      18 Alberto Rivera 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 32 8 3
      16 Mariano Pavone 0 4 1 7 2 0 1 13 2 0
      10 Luis Eduardo Schmidt 1 3 1 3 4 2 1 15 5 4
      13 Espinosa Barriga Casto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 Rafael Sobis 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 3 1
      27 Juan de Dios Prados López 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 4 1
      23 David Odonkor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Branko Ilic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Leandro Somoza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Juan Pablo Caffa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
    • Real Madrid
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Iker Casillas 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 0
      4 Sergio Ramos 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 47 9 1
      12 Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 27 7 4
      2 Míchel Salgado 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 31 0 4
      15 Royston Drenthe 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 14 3 2
      5 Fabio Cannavaro 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 36 1 4
      19 Julio Baptista 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 25 4 1
      8 Fernando Gago 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 55 4 5
      14 José Maria Guti 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 68 7 0
      11 Arjen Robben 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 27 6 0
      7 Raúl González Blanco 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 15 3 1
      9 Roberto Soldado 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 Jerzy Dudek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Mahamadou Diarra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Javier Balboa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      17 Ruud van Nistelrooy 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 0
      22 Miguel Torres Gómez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Gonzalo Higuaín 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 1 0

  • Summary

    • 84' Betis now playing the ball around with confidence, one-touch passing as they hold onto it late on and Edu gets the ball AND SURGES INTO THE BOX TO LET RIP WITH A RISING DRIVE THAT FLIES INCHES OVER!
    • 71' Raul with a sumptous backheel while on the run playing Gago in but the defender gets across to block the shot, which rebounds of the Madrid man for the goal kick.
    • 66' Van Mistelrooy springs the offside trap and he's through and must score and beats Ricardo with the finish but off the post!!
    • 52' Betis threaten but Edu can't get the shot away, Real clear but still with Betis and shocking defending allows Pavone to turn and shoot but a great save from point blank range by Casillas!
    • 36' Edu on the left working hard, can't get the cross away first time though but he turns Salgado in and out and finally digs one away AND GONZALEZ FLIES IN TO HEAD INTO THE BOTTOM RIGHT FOR 2-1! Rapid fightback, great stuff from Betis.
    • 32' Capi on the left, pings in a superb cross AND EDU FLIES IN WITH A DEFT HEADER INTO THE BOTTOM RIGHT FOR 1-1! Excellent goal but Marcelo let his man get above him at the far post.
    • 23' Guti slides the ball through from the edge of the box and Robben is in but he hammers the drive over the bar! Should have made the keeper work from there.
    • 13' Baptista in space on the right, cuts back to Salgado, played across the area, everyone stands still as it goes wide left, Drenthe is the first to react and drills it in for RAUL but Ricardo bravely out claims at his feet and picks up an injury in the process.
    • 6' Real have men over, on the right with Robben skinning the left back, he crosses in for BAPTISTA WHO MISSES THE BALL BUT DRENTHE WITH THE TAP-IN FOR 1-0! Goals in successive games for the Dutchman.
    • 3' Superb long-range effort from Guti tipped away for a corner by Ricardo.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

  • Real Betis Balompié

    Manager: Paco Chaparro

    Captain: 4. Juan Gutiérrez "Juanito"

    On the Field

    • Ricardo
    • Damiá
    • "Juanito"
    • Melli Yellow Card
    • Fernando Vega
    • Rivera Yellow Card
    • "Arzu" Yellow Card
    • Gonzalez Hoffmann Goal
    • Schmidt "Edú" Goal Substitution Out (88′)
    • "Capi" Substitution Out (60′)
    • Pavone

    Subs

    • 23. Odonkor
    • Espinosa Garrido
    • 6. Ilic
    • 20. Somoza
    • 25. Sobis Substitution In (60′)
    • 7. Caffa Substitution In (88′)
    • 27. Juande

    Injured

    • 9. Fernández
    • 5. Rivas
    • 15. Rivas "Nano"

    Suspended

    None

  • Real Madrid

    Manager: Bernd Schuster

    Captain: 7. González Raúl

    On the Field

    • Casillas
    • Salgado
    • Ramos Yellow Card
    • Cannavaro
    • Marcelo Yellow Card
    • Gago Yellow Card
    • Guti
    • Drenthe Goal Substitution Out (58′)
    • Robben Yellow Card
    • Baptista Yellow Card Substitution Out (69′)
    • Raúl Substitution Out (78′)

    Subs

    • 25. Dudek
    • 6. Diarra
    • 17. Van Nistelrooy Substitution In (58′)
    • 9. Soldado
    • 24. Balboa Substitution In (78′)
    • 20. Higuaín Substitution In (69′)
    • 22. Torres

    Injured

    • 21. Metzelder
    • 18. Saviola
    • 23. Sneijder
    • 3. Laveran "Pepe"
    • 10. Robinho

    Suspended

    None