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Saturday March 15, 2008 Finished

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Deportivo de la Coruña

  • Pepe 57’ (o.g.)

Real Madrid

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Deportivo de la Coruña
    • Real Madrid
    • 90+3 Game over, and Deportivo have gone some way to allaying relegation fears. For Madrid - league leaders or not - this was a DREADFUL performance, with virtually no redeeming element. Drenthe was arguably the sole player to emerge with credit.
    • 90 They'll be three minutes of added time.
    • 89' Clock running down...Madrid can't create anything of note...Guardado breaks for Deportivo, but it comes to nothing. Sub for Deportivo - Tomas for Gonzalez
    • 85' The Madrid seige begins...but why did they wait this long to go for it. Will they get another chance?
    • 84' This game's opening up! Madrid push forward, and Deportivo catch them on the break. Riki goes through, but blasts over. There's another goal in this one!
    • 80' Felipe comes off to a roaring ovation from the Deportivo fans...he's been superb. Guardado is on. Ten minutes for Madrid to get something,
    • 78' STAT CHECK - Despite dominating possession, Madrid have mustered just ONE SHOT ON GOAL this half. Ruud may be back next week...how they need him.
    • 75' Another change for Madrid - their last of the evening. Baptista enters the fray at the expense of Heinze. Diarra goes to left-back.
    • 72' Torres is booked for Madrid...which provides a perfect opportunity to inform you of another yellow - given to Deportivo's Coloccini for a foul a short time ago.
    • 72' Robinho gets his first touch...and loses possession. Deportivo break and the play is spread to Felipe. Good stuff from the home side. Cannavaro mops up the danger with some strong defending.
    • 67' Two changes for Madrid. Drenthe, by far and away their best player, makes way for...ROBINHO!!! And Higuain replaces Soldado.
    • 66' Change for Deportivo - Riki comes on for Xisco - not to be confused with the rapper Sisco.
    • 64' Madrid are growing frustrated now...the question is...WHERE IS ROBINHO?
    • 60' Penalty shout from Deportivo...not given. AND RIGHTLY SO. That was a comical dive. De Guzman picks up a yellow card for a needless push, ruling him out of Deportivo's game next week.
    • 57' GOOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLL DEPORTIVO!!!! Felipe was the architect, yet again bursting down the left flank. His cross comes off Pepe's extended leg and wrong-foots Casillas at the near post...To be honest, Deportivo are worth their lead. GAME ON!
    • 55' Fairly quiet opening to the second half...Raul has a strike at goal, but its lacking in pace.
    • 49' Almost a great chance for Raul...but he can't quite reach the through-ball, and it slides away from his desperate lunge.
    • 46' The second half is under way. No sign of Robinho for Madrid...but it's surely a matter of time.
    • 45' Peep peep! Half-time is upon us, and it's hard to think of a highlight from a wholly insipid first 45. Deportivo have closed down expertly, and with a little more ambition could cause an upset here. That is unless Madrid come out for the second half in the guise of league-leading super-gallacticos...which at the moment seems unlikely.
    • 44' Diarra gets a bit narky, after being tripped, but like everything else in the game the threat of his sulk quickly dissolves.
    • 43' STAT BLAST - In 43 minutes we've had just THREE shots at goal.
    • 40' ANOTHER corner for Deportivo...taken quickly, and Felipe sends a great ball into the box. Drenthe leaps to clear the danger. Madrid need to seal this left channel.
    • 38' Despite Madrid's apparent malaise, Drenthe is having a good game. He looks fired up, and determined to take advantage of his inclusion at the expense of Robinho.
    • 36' In case you were worried, Guti's fine. Deportivo have a corner, which Felipe whips in dangerously. Madrid clear for another corner...which is in turn cleared upfield.
    • 30' At the risk of repeating the message...Madrid are not at the races yet. Passes are going astray, they look lacklustre and so far have created nothing - all this against a team languishing at the opposite end of the table. Not what you'd expect from runaway league leaders is it?
    • 27' Another free-kick for Deportivo, after Torres is brought down on the left. Filipe curls a left-footed ball in, but once again Madrid cope easily...this is good spell from the home side. Lafite drives down the right and puts a decent ball in...but Madrid clear.
    • 24' Free-kick for Deportivo on the right. Filipe swings it over, but its cleared easily.
    • 21' Madrid are not firing at the moment. The tempo of the game is slow, and Deportivo are capitalising by working feverishly and denying the visitors the space they need.
    • 17' Territorially speaking, Madrid are in the ascendancy. But there's little in the way of incision going on. The final ball is lacking.
    • 15' Drenthe finds some place on Madrid's left, and deftly sets up Sneijder...but the ball gets trapped under his feet.
    • 13' Deportivo's de Guzman gives away a silly free kick on the left flank. It's whipped in dangerously, but evades everyone in the box.
    • 11' Deportivo are coming at Madrid. Lafite goes past Heinze on the left, but his cross comes to nothing.
    • 9' Lovely work from Filipe on the left flank. He curls an inviting ball into the box, but Casillas swoops to end the danger.
    • 8' Madrid win their first corner...Sneijder whips it in, but Deportivo clear easily.
    • 5' Guti controls the ball 25 yards out and takes aim - the result is a wild effort which balloons into row Z.
    • 3' Deportivo start brightly - it's hard to believe they lie just two points away from the relegation zone. Amazingly, Madrid have not won here in 17 years.
    • 0' And we're under way...Madrid in their famous all-white and Deportivo in blue and white striped shirts, blue shorts and blue socks
    • - If Madrid win tonight, they'll go 11 points clear of Barcelona at the top of La Liga. Key team news - Robinho has been relegated to the substitutes' bench, replaced by Soldado.
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  • Team Stats

    Deportivo de la Coruña Stats Real Madrid
    36% Possession 63%
    6 Shots 9
    2 Shots on target 0
    0 Saves 1
    3 Corners 4
    9 Fouls 15
    2 Offsides 0
    3 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    23 Tackles 14
    277 Accurate passes 527
    64 Bad passes 118

  • 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
    • Deportivo de la Coruña
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Dudu Aouate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
      4 Alberto Lopo 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 28 0 3
      5 Fabricio Coloccini 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 25 8 1
      2 Manuel Pablo Garcia Diaz 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 17 0 4
      3 Filipe Kasmirski 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 23 2
      24 Pablo Amo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 3 0
      6 Julian de Guzman 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 42 5 5
      8 Sergio González Soriano 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 32 8 4
      14 Christian Wilhelmsson 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 20 1 1
      17 Angel Lafita 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 27 13 1
      23 Francisco Jiménez Tejada 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 18 2 0
      16 Antonio Tomás 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
      18 Jose Andres Guardado 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 0
      11 Iván Sánchez-Riko Soto 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1
      25 Laureano Sanabria Ruiz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Sebastián Taborda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Gustavo Munua 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Juan Carlos Valerón 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Real Madrid
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Iker Casillas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
      5 Fabio Cannavaro 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 32 2 1
      16 Gabriel Heinze 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 45 16 0
      22 Miguel Torres Gómez 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 57 0 4
      15 Royston Drenthe 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 15 1
      3 Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 51 2 4
      14 José Maria Guti 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 85 22 1
      6 Mahamadou Diarra 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 90 19 1
      23 Wesley Sneijder 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 56 22 1
      7 Raúl González Blanco 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 18 1 1
      9 Roberto Soldado 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 11 2 0
      10 Robson de Souza 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 26 9 0
      25 Jerzy Dudek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Míchel Salgado 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Gonzalo Higuaín 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0
      8 Fernando Gago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Julio Baptista 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 6 0
      12 Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 57' GOOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLL DEPORTIVO!!!! Felipe was the architect, yet again bursting down the left flank. His cross comes off Pepe's extended leg and wrong-foots Casillas at the near post...To be honest, Deportivo are worth their lead. GAME ON!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Javier Turienzo Alvarez

  • Deportivo de la Coruña

    Manager: Miguel Ángel Lotina

    On the Field

    • Aouate Yellow Card
    • García
    • Lopo
    • Amo
    • Coloccini Yellow Card
    • de Guzmán Yellow Card
    • González Substitution Out (85′)
    • Wilhelmsson
    • Filipe Luís
    • Lafita Substitution Out (80′)
    • Jiménez "Xisco" Substitution Out (66′)

    Subs

    • 21. Valerón
    • 13. Munúa
    • 26. Tomás Substitution In (85′)
    • 11. Schez. "Riki" Substitution In (66′)
    • 22. Rodríguez
    • 9. Taborda
    • 18. Guardado Substitution In (80′)
    • Laure

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Real Madrid

    Manager: Bernd Schuster

    On the Field

    • Casillas
    • Torres Yellow Card
    • Pepe Own Goal
    • Cannavaro
    • Heinze Substitution Out (79′)
    • Diarra
    • Guti
    • Sneijder
    • Drenthe Substitution Out (68′)
    • Soldado Substitution Out (68′)
    • Raúl

    Subs

    • 2. Salgado
    • 25. Dudek
    • 19. Baptista Substitution In (79′)
    • 10. Robinho Substitution In (68′)
    • 12. Marcelo
    • 16. Gago
    • 20. Higuaín Substitution In (68′)

    Injured

    • 21. Metzelder
    • 11. Robben
    • 17. Van Nistelrooy

    Suspended

    • 4. Ramos