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Espanyol

  • Riera 2’
  • Tamudo 51’

Real Madrid

  • Ramos 89’

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Espanyol
    • Real Madrid
    • 90+2 Real Madrid have a free kick, and Iker Casillas comes sprinting up for it! it doesn't reach him, or anyone else, and the refereee blows up for full time! A miserable night for Spain's top two teams! Thanks for joining us, good night!
    • 89' GOL! Madrid pull one back through Sergio Ramos! It's headed in and bundled over the line by Raul! Could it be? Can they? Probably not, but it makes for a grandstand finish!
    • 86' Guti is booked for going in two-footed, on Johnathon. Luis Garcia is the next Espanyolista to get a round of applause as he is subbed off for Jonatas. Fernando Gago also comes on for Diarra for Madrid, but it looks too late for him to change anything.
    • 83' Tamudo comes off to a huge ovation from the home crowd, as he is replaced by Johnathon.
    • 82' Real break forward, in numbers and at pace. Guti tries to slip it through to Soldado, but a defender just gets a touch on it to stop the move!
    • 79' Another huge chance for Espanyol! Riera plays it across the box and they're queuing up to stick it away, but Cannavaro clears! Real are at sixes and sevens tonight!
    • 76' Zabaleta is played in behind Marcelo by an exquisite pass, and he squares it for TAMUDO... Casillas saved it at point blank range, then Diarra clears away the rebound! Great mve Espanyol!
    • 72' Schuster is desperate to change something here, so he brings on Soldado for Higuain.
    • 70' Riera cuts into the box and tries to chip a pass over to the farpost, but it's way off the mark.
    • 65' Guti floats in a free kick and Kameni comes but doesn't claim it! Van Nistelrooy's head beats Kameni's punch to the ball and it loops over the bar! A let-off for the talented but erratic Cameroon keeper.
    • 63' Wesley Sneijder, perhaps Real's player of the season so far, comes off to be replaces by the more industrious but still attack-minded Royston Drenthe.
    • 60' Clemente Rodriguez crosses in from the rigth for LUIS GARCIA... Who striked it wide of the goal! Real are falling apart at the moment!
    • 51' GOOOOOOLLLAAAAZOOOOOOOO!!! Raul Tamudo scores an absolutely sublime goal to make it 2-0! Valdo slipped through a ball to him on the edge of the area, and the Spain international turned and teed himself up perfectly with one touch then, as Cannavaro and Ramos close in on him, he executes an inch perfect chip that goes over Iker Casillas and drops into the net! Amazing stuff!
    • 46' The second half kicks off! Real have a job to do.
    • 45+1 Half time at the Estadio Montjuic. Could Espanyol bring some joy to Catalonia by hanging on until full time? Vamos a ver...
    • 38' Espanyol have been dominating the possession. They come forward with Luis Garcia who shoots... The shot canons off of Metzelder's back! That must have hurt, but he did his team a real service, that was a well struck shot.
    • 37' Perhaps Raul saw that sign. That can surely be the only explanation for him blasting a shot way over the bar into the crowd!
    • 36' There's a fan in the crowd with a sign that reads "TAMUDO: El Autentico Raul". That must stick in the craw of Real's golden boy!
    • 30' Sergio Ramos gets to the byline and chips a ball to van Nistelrooy to the far pos. It goes over the Dutchman's head but rebounds off a defender and into Ruud's path. He takes a swing at it from six yards out, misses, and goes down like he's been shot! The Referee does something that is a real rarity in La Liga... He books Ruud for diving!!! Van Nistelrooy is incredulous, but replays show he clearly 'simulated' the foul.
    • 29' Diarra has really been in the wars, first with Tamudo and now with Luis Garcia! The Mali captain is not standing for any messing around from the Espanyolistas!
    • 22' Gonzalo Higuain is bearing down on goal. He shoots, and it's a great save by Kameni with his foot! Higuain looks gutted!
    • 21' Sneijder has a go from about 25 yards out! He gets credit for seeing the opportunity, but none for the execution!
    • 14' Raul receives the ball in the box and squares it. This is dangerous... but he was offside.
    • 10' Sergio Ramos brings the ball forward and slides it through to Higuain in the area. The Argentinian takes a touch but it hits a defender's foot and rebounds into his face, before rolling into the grateful arms of Kameni!
    • 3' GOOOOOOOOOOOL! Riera puts the Catalans in front! The Real Madrid defence was static when the corner came in, and Riera rose higher than Ramos to head down into the corner, giving Casillas no chance! Another shock early goal tonight in La Liga. Who needs the Rugby!!
    • 1' Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of Espanyol v Real Madrid! This is last season's UEFA Cup finalists against the reigning champions!

  • Team Stats

    Espanyol Stats Real Madrid
    41% Possession 59%
    16 Shots 9
    5 Shots on target 4
    0 Saves 0
    6 Corners 2
    15 Fouls 27
    1 Offsides 1
    2 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    27 Tackles 20
    203 Accurate passes 304
    57 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
    • Espanyol
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Carlos Kameni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1
      6 Clemente Rodriguez 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 11 6 1
      21 Daniel Jarque 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 18 2 1
      19 Marc Torrejón 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 4 2
      22 Moises Hurtado 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 22 1 3
      25 Milan Smiljanic 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 33 14 4
      8 Pablo Javier Zabaleta 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 18 0 3
      7 Valmiro Lopes Rocha 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 23 0 6
      11 Alberto Riera 1 3 1 1 3 0 0 27 21 2
      23 Raúl Tamudo 1 4 2 3 2 0 0 6 0 1
      10 Luis Garcia 0 6 1 4 2 0 1 23 9 3
      4 Jesus Maria Lacruz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Iñaki Lafuente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Jonathan Soriano Casas 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0
      9 Iván De la Peña 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Ferran Corominas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Mohammed El Yaagoubi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Jonatas Domingos 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 3 1 0
      5 Fabio Cannavaro 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 24 4 4
      4 Sergio Ramos 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 31 1 1
      21 Christoph Metzelder 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 35 4 3
      12 Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 34 10 4
      14 José Maria Guti 0 1 0 1 5 0 1 47 7 2
      23 Wesley Sneijder 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 21 4 3
      6 Mahamadou Diarra 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 43 4 3
      17 Ruud van Nistelrooy 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 7 0 0
      20 Gonzalo Higuaín 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 31 2 0
      7 Raúl González Blanco 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 18 5 0
      9 Roberto Soldado 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
      25 Jerzy Dudek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Fernando Gago 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0
      22 Miguel Torres Gómez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Royston Drenthe 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 4 0
      2 Míchel Salgado 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Javier Saviola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 89' GOL! Madrid pull one back through Sergio Ramos! It's headed in and bundled over the line by Raul! Could it be? Can they? Probably not, but it makes for a grandstand finish!
    • 76' Zabaleta is played in behind Marcelo by an exquisite pass, and he squares it for TAMUDO... Casillas saved it at point blank range, then Diarra clears away the rebound! Great mve Espanyol!
    • 65' Guti floats in a free kick and Kameni comes but doesn't claim it! Van Nistelrooy's head beats Kameni's punch to the ball and it loops over the bar! A let-off for the talented but erratic Cameroon keeper.
    • 51' GOOOOOOLLLAAAAZOOOOOOOO!!! Raul Tamudo scores an absolutely sublime goal to make it 2-0! Valdo slipped through a ball to him on the edge of the area, and the Spain international turned and teed himself up perfectly with one touch then, as Cannavaro and Ramos close in on him, he executes an inch perfect chip that goes over Iker Casillas and drops into the net! Amazing stuff!
    • 3' GOOOOOOOOOOOL! Riera puts the Catalans in front! The Real Madrid defence was static when the corner came in, and Riera rose higher than Ramos to head down into the corner, giving Casillas no chance! Another shock early goal tonight in La Liga. Who needs the Rugby!!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: José Antonio Teixeira Vitienes

  • Espanyol

    Manager: Ernesto Valverde

    Captain: 23. Raúl Tamudo

    On the Field

    • Kameni
    • Rodriguez
    • Jarque
    • Torrejón
    • Zabaleta
    • Hurtado
    • Smiljanic
    • López "Valdo"
    • García Fernández
    • Riera
    • Tamudo

    Subs

    • 13. Lafuente
    • 4. Lacruz
    • 18. Rufete
    • 17. El Yaaggoudi "Moha"
    • 24. Soriano
    • 20. Corominas
    • 16. Jonatas

    Injured

    • 14. Ángel

    Suspended

    None

  • Real Madrid

    Manager: Bernd Schuster

    Captain: 7. González Raúl

    On the Field

    • Casillas
    • Ramos
    • Cannavaro
    • Metzelder
    • Marcelo
    • Sneijder
    • Diarra
    • Higuaín
    • Raúl
    • Guti
    • Van Nistelrooy

    Subs

    • 25. Dudek
    • 18. Saviola
    • 9. Soldado
    • 16. Gago
    • 15. Drenthe
    • 22. Torres

    Injured

    • 16. Heinze
    • 11. Robben
    • 3. Laveran "Pepe"

    Suspended

    None