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Saturday January 5, 2008 Finished

Logo 3 - Villarreal CF 0

Espanyol

  • Tamudo 9’, 36’
  • López "Valdo" 14’

Villarreal

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Espanyol
    • Villarreal
    • 90+2 And that's the final act of the match, an easy win for Espanyol who cement their third place with a 3-0 win.
    • 90+1 De La Pena with a very long-range free kick that flashes just wide. Great effort.
    • 84' ESPANYOL SUB: Raul Tamudo comes off to a quite frankly awesome reception, the fans sing his name for the 10#plus; years he's been in the Espanyol first team. Corominas on in his place.
    • 77' Espanyol somehow fail to score a fourth when they over-run Villarreal, De La Pena with the first finish but blocked by Viera and the rebound is sent back and Fuentes clears it off the line, that looked over to me! But no goal, play-on.
    • 72' ESPANYOL SUB: Luis Garcia comes off to a standing ovation, Loia in his place.
    • 70' Free-kick to Villarreal about 25 yards out, Rossi to take... and he sends a brilliant left-footer past the motionless Kameni and off the bar! But unlike their opponents, there is no-one to flick the rebound home and Espanyol survive.
    • 66' Capdevilla gets booked for a foul on Luis Garcia.
    • 65' VILLARREAL SUB: Senna comes off after a poor game, Santi Cazorla comes on.
    • 62' Luis Garcia whips in a corner, cleared but De La Pena sends the ball back in... offside though.
    • 59' ESPANYOL SUB: Riera comes off to a round of applause from both sets of fans, he's been good again today.
    • 58' Angel thinks he was caught as he moved into space on the right but nothing given - he's furious.
    • 53' Great bit of skill by Kameni in the Espanyol goal to beat Rossi closing him down. This match has alas become a bit pointless now...
    • 46' Second half underway!
    • 45+1 The whistle goes, 3-0 to Espanyol at the break and Little Bhudda is STILL raging at the ref.
    • 45' De La Pena gets booked for a silly piece of dissent in stopping Villarreal taking a free kick and then almost talks his way into a red. His team are three up for crying out loud.
    • 44' After some horsing about Luis Garcia takes the free kick which Viera punches out for a throw.
    • 42' Cani sees yellow after chopping down Riera. Free-kick Espanyol on the left wing...
    • 37' Espanyol are on fire, De La Pena pulling the strings as it's set up for Riera with the low drive but inches wide! All over Villarreal here.
    • 36' Corner Villarreal, send in to the near post where Lacruz I think flicks it on AND RAUL TAMUDO FLIES IN WITH THE FAR POST HEADER FOR 3-0! Justice for Espanyol, who ahve surely won this game.
    • 34' Villarreal leave loads of spaces at the back and Espanyol break, they have men over, two on one and now three on two and it's played to Luis Garcia who is through but brought down by Mavuba and surely a red card? Everyone's arguing about something... and the ref has given a throw! Unbelievable! Clear foul, possibly a red although maybe the defender would have got across.
    • 31' Tamudo is played through on the left but is clearly offside.
    • 24' Great play by Espanyol as they over-run Villarreal and it must be free but Valdo can't get the shot away and somehow Villarreal survive!
    • 22' Lobo with a free kick from some distance which is well hit but straight down the throat of Viera.
    • 17' The ball drops to Raul Tamudo again and he spots Vieri off his line and sends in a lob which totally beats him but goes just wide! Espanyol are irresistible at the moment.
    • 16' Raul Tamudo is played clean through now and he must finish but shanks the shot and passes it into the keeper's arms!
    • 13' Free-kick to Espanyol which will be taken by Luis Garcia from the edge of the box... and a superb effort rattles off the crossbar BUT A WONDERFUL INSTINCTIVE BACKHEELED REVERSE FLICK FROM VALDO INTO THE BACK OF THE NET FROM THE REBOUND! 2-0! Great goal all round, although a lot of luck involved.
    • 11' Free kick taken by Mathias Fernandez on the edge of the box which he sends towards the top left but held by Kameni.
    • 8' Raul Tamudo plays a one-two with Luis Garcia who slips a superb ball through the middle that frees Raul Tamudo who's clear of the last man and slides it past the keeper for 1-0! Cracking move and finish.
    • 5' Valdo with a somewhat awkward challenge in the box on Mathias Fernandez. No pen though.
    • 1' Match underway at Lluis Companys.
    • - Villarreal's Turkey striker Nihat misses the game because of a muscle tear in his right leg.
    • - Hello and welcome to Espanyol's hosting of fellow high-fliers Villarreal in Saturday's second Liga clash, LIVE on eurosport.yahoo.com from 21:00 GMT!

  • Team Stats

    Espanyol Stats Villarreal
    38% Possession 61%
    13 Shots 10
    7 Shots on target 2
    1 Saves 3
    5 Corners 3
    18 Fouls 18
    2 Offsides 1
    1 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    31 Tackles 29
    240 Accurate passes 425
    45 Bad passes 76

  • 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 6 3 0
      19 Marc Torrejón 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 24 3 2
      3 David Garcia de la Cruz 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 29 6 1
      4 Jesus Maria Lacruz 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 23 7 0
      22 Moises Hurtado 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 22 1 6
      9 Iván De la Peña 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 31 8 4
      7 Valmiro Lopes Rocha 1 2 1 3 3 1 1 22 1 4
      8 Pablo Zabaleta 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 19 1 5
      11 Alberto Riera 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 15 5 1
      10 Luis Garcia 0 3 1 2 2 0 1 21 3 0
      23 Raúl Tamudo 2 4 4 1 1 0 0 7 0 1
      14 Ángel Martínez Cervera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 Milan Smiljanic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 4
      13 Iñaki Lafuente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Jonathan Soriano Casas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Clemente Rodriguez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Ferran Corominas 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 1
      17 Mohammed El Yaagoubi 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 4 2
    • Villarreal
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Sebastian Viera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0
      20 Fabricio Fuentes 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 19 0 4
      4 Diego Godin 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 21 9 3
      5 Joan Capdevila 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 41 19 5
      18 Lopez Ruano Ángel 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 55 1 5
      7 Robert Pires 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 53 6 3
      19 Marcos Senna 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 41 5 3
      24 Rio Mavuba 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 51 9 3
      10 Ruben Cani 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 59 2 1
      14 Matías Fernández 0 2 1 3 5 0 0 36 14 0
      22 Giuseppe Rossi 0 4 1 1 3 0 0 14 7 1
      9 Guillermo Franco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Bruno Llido 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Javi Rodriguez Venta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 José Miguel González Rey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Santi Cazorla 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 26 3 1
      12 Pascal Cygan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Diego Lopez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+1 De La Pena with a very long-range free kick that flashes just wide. Great effort.
    • 77' Espanyol somehow fail to score a fourth when they over-run Villarreal, De La Pena with the first finish but blocked by Viera and the rebound is sent back and Fuentes clears it off the line, that looked over to me! But no goal, play-on.
    • 70' Free-kick to Villarreal about 25 yards out, Rossi to take... and he sends a brilliant left-footer past the motionless Kameni and off the bar! But unlike their opponents, there is no-one to flick the rebound home and Espanyol survive.
    • 37' Espanyol are on fire, De La Pena pulling the strings as it's set up for Riera with the low drive but inches wide! All over Villarreal here.
    • 36' Corner Villarreal, send in to the near post where Lacruz I think flicks it on AND RAUL TAMUDO FLIES IN WITH THE FAR POST HEADER FOR 3-0! Justice for Espanyol, who ahve surely won this game.
    • 34' Villarreal leave loads of spaces at the back and Espanyol break, they have men over, two on one and now three on two and it's played to Luis Garcia who is through but brought down by Mavuba and surely a red card? Everyone's arguing about something... and the ref has given a throw! Unbelievable! Clear foul, possibly a red although maybe the defender would have got across.
    • 24' Great play by Espanyol as they over-run Villarreal and it must be free but Valdo can't get the shot away and somehow Villarreal survive!
    • 17' The ball drops to Raul Tamudo again and he spots Vieri off his line and sends in a lob which totally beats him but goes just wide! Espanyol are irresistible at the moment.
    • 16' Raul Tamudo is played clean through now and he must finish but shanks the shot and passes it into the keeper's arms!
    • 13' Free-kick to Espanyol which will be taken by Luis Garcia from the edge of the box... and a superb effort rattles off the crossbar BUT A WONDERFUL INSTINCTIVE BACKHEELED REVERSE FLICK FROM VALDO INTO THE BACK OF THE NET FROM THE REBOUND! 2-0! Great goal all round, although a lot of luck involved.
    • 8' Raul Tamudo plays a one-two with Luis Garcia who slips a superb ball through the middle that frees Raul Tamudo who's clear of the last man and slides it past the keeper for 1-0! Cracking move and finish.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Arturo Dauden Ibañez

  • Espanyol

    Captain: 23. Raúl Tamudo

    On the Field

    • Kameni
    • Zabaleta
    • Lacruz
    • Torrejón
    • García
    • Hurtado
    • López "Valdo" Goal
    • De la Peña Yellow Card
    • Riera Substitution Out (58′)
    • García Fernández Substitution Out (72′)
    • Tamudo Substitution In (84′) Goals×2

    Subs

    • 13. Lafuente
    • 17. El Yaaggoudi "Moha" Substitution In (58′)
    • 24. Soriano
    • 20. Corominas Substitution Out (84′)
    • 6. Rodriguez
    • 14. Ángel
    • 25. Smiljanic Substitution In (72′)

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Villarreal

    Captain: 19. Marcos Senna

    On the Field

    • Viera
    • López Ruano
    • Fuentes
    • Godín
    • Capdevila Yellow Card
    • Senna Substitution Out (65′)
    • Mavuba
    • Fernández
    • Pires
    • Rossi
    • Gracia "Cani" Yellow Card

    Subs

    • 12. Cygan
    • 3. Josemi
    • 17. Venta
    • 13. López
    • 8. Cazorla Substitution In (65′)
    • 9. Franco
    • 21. Bruno

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None