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Saturday August 25, 2007 Finished

Real Madrid 2 - Atletico Madrid 1

Real Madrid

  • Raúl 15’
  • Sneijder 81’

Atlético de Madrid

  • Agüero 1’
  1. Real win opening day derby thriller

    Real win opening day derby thriller

    Spanish champions Real Madrid opened the new Liga season with a dramatic 2-1 win over local rivals Atletico Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Real Madrid
    • Atlético de Madrid
    • 90+3 That's it, the end of the match!! Atletico fans must be heartbroken! After spending so much in the summer, and starting the match so well, they must be wondering if they can't beat their old rivals now, will they ever?! As for Real, after a disastarous pre-season, they start their title defence in good fashion. Thansk for joining us for this marvellous match up. See you again soon for all the best LIVE football action from across Europe!
    • 90 +2 This is a nervy end to the match. The whole Bernabeu waits with baited breath! Casillas has another save to make, this time from Aguero in the second minute of injury time!
    • 89' Iker Casillas saves from Reyes! THat could be the difference between 1 point and 3! The Real keeper is in the same form this term as he finished the last in.
    • 85' Real coach Bernd Schuster makes his final change, bringing on Fernando Gago for man of the moment Wesley Sneijder.
    • 81' Forlan though he had instantly equalised for Atletico, but it's been ruled out for offside! It's the correct decision, but what drama so late in the game!
    • 79' GOOOOOOOOOOLLL!! Sneijder has scored! Perea fouls Raul on the edge of the box. Guti takes the free kick and rolls it to Sneijder who shoots and it's deflected in! That caps off an impressive debut for the dutchman, scoring what could prove to be the winner!
    • 75' Real are putting the pressure on now, with Guti and Sneijder both firing crosses into the box, but Leo Franco is dealing with eveything that is being thrown at him at the moment. Can Atleti hang on?
    • 72' Sneijder is having a sensational debut! He sets up Diaara for a header, then his countryman Van Nistelrooy, whose effort is saved, then he goes on a solo run of his own. If he can score or create a winner in this game, he'll have won the fan's affections forever! Mind you, you would think that about Reyes, but he was greeted half with cheers and half with boos when he came on as a substitute. How quickly people forget!
    • 67' Pernia fouls Robinho, and Real have a free kick within striking distance. In the absence of Beckham and Roberto Carlos, Guti steps up to take it... and hits the post!! Metzelder header from the rebound is caught by Leo Franco. Still a long way to go in this game!
    • 66' Van Nistelrooy is caught offside. Last season's Pichichi hasn't had the best night tonight, but he does have a habit of being in the right place at the right time when it counts...
    • 63' Jose Antonio Reyes is coming on for Simao. The last time he played on this pitch, he won the title for Real! Could his presence here represent a cruel twist of fate for los Meringues?
    • 62' Sneijder has been everywhere in this half, and he has another shooting opportunity after leaving Seitaridis in his wake, but he shoots wide of the Franco's goal.
    • 57' It's Leo Franco's turn to save now, as Wesley Sneijder solo run ends with the Dutchman shooting straight at the keeper.
    • 53' Iker Casillas makes another great save! Atletico make a great move forward, switching the play from one wing to the other, with some great work from Simao setting up Pernia, only for casillas to save.
    • 50' Guti has been fouling consistently, and is booked for his latest one on Simao Sabrosa.
    • 50' Casillas makes another fine save! Maniche rose highest to head the ball goal-bound, but somehow Casillas keeps it out!
    • 47' And the second half nearly starts as qwildly as the first! Sneijder arrives in the area and shoots, but his shot is just a little too high!
    • 46' We are off and running for the second half of this scintillating fixture.
    • 45' Metzelder has come on to replace Fabio Cannavaro for the second half.
    • 45' Diarra almost gives Real the lead right before the break. The midfielder pounces on a loose ball in the Atletico area and it goes wide of the post!
    • 42' It's all happening now! First van Nistelrooy has a shot from a corner go wide at one end, then Atleti break out and Aguero goes on a terrific solo run! Then Pepe proves why he is worht 30 miliion euros by deflecting a Pernia effort on to far post!!
    • 37' Seitaridis makes a timely interception, as Raul breaks free on the right, the Real captain's pass would have caused all sorts of problems if the Greek full back hadn't been there!
    • 32' Sneijder then makes a chance of his own. He strikes a solid left-footed volley, but it flies just wide of the post!
    • 31' Back at the other end, Ramos hits the post! Sneijder's corner comes in a Ramos hits a great header against the foot of the post! Unbelievable stuff!
    • 29' The tables have turned in Atleti's favour now! Maniche has a shot that rebounds to Maxui Rodriguez, but Ramos and Casillas conspire to keep the ball out of the net.
    • 28' Diarra fould Maniche near the Real box. From the resulting free kick, Raul Garcia takes a shot that Iker Casillas catches.
    • 24' Robinho almost scores! The little Brazilian recieved the ball from Ramos, and makes a run down the right hand side before unleashing a shot from outside the area, but it goes wide.
    • 22' Casillas makes a great save! Forlan fires a dangerous shot at the Spain number one, but he parrieds it wide!
    • 17' GOOOOOOOL! Raul equalises for Real Madrid! Sergio Ramos crosses from the right, and Raul runs onto it and nods it past Leo Franco! This game is living up to all the hype!
    • 13' Wesley Sneijder has an opportunity to equalise with a shot from the right, but Leo Franco saves. Then Robinho recieves the ball from Raul and hits a right-footed shot. The shot rebounds dangerously, but Real can't capitalise.
    • 9' The Bernabeu crowd certainly could not have expected a start like this. These two new look teams have a long way to go, but Atleti fans will not forget this in a hurry. Can they keep the lead and secure a famous victory?
    • 5' Guti wins a free kick, after being fouled by Raul Garcia, but the Madrid vice caprain wastes the possession.
    • 3' Forlan bursts down the left wing and passes to Raul Garcia, who's shot goes out for a goal kick.
    • 1' GOOOOL!! Atletico score in the first minute! It's Aguero with a header after Pernia's effort from a corner rebounded into his path! What a way to start the new season

  • Team Stats

    Real Madrid Stats Atlético de Madrid
    55% Possession 44%
    21 Shots 21
    8 Shots on target 8
    0 Saves 0
    13 Corners 4
    19 Fouls 22
    3 Offsides 2
    3 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    21 Tackles 20
    327 Accurate passes 257
    54 Bad passes 43

  • 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 5 1 0
      3 Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 24 1 2
      15 Royston Drenthe 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 31 13 2
      4 Sergio Ramos 0 2 0 6 2 0 1 23 1 4
      5 Fabio Cannavaro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 1
      14 José Maria Guti 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 58 10 2
      6 Mahamadou Diarra 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 48 6 1
      23 Wesley Sneijder 1 6 3 1 2 0 0 33 5 2
      7 Raúl González Blanco 1 1 1 3 4 1 0 20 6 2
      17 Ruud van Nistelrooy 0 5 2 0 1 2 0 15 3 0
      10 Robson de Souza 0 3 1 4 4 0 0 33 2 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
      8 Fernando Gago 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 2 2
      24 Javier Saviola 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 1 1
      2 Míchel Salgado 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Christoph Metzelder 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 2 1
      19 Julio Baptista 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Atlético de Madrid
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      25 Leonardo Franco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0
      21 Luis Perea 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 19 5 6
      4 Mariano Pernia 0 2 1 5 2 0 0 23 8 3
      2 Giourkas Seitaridis 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 20 0 2
      22 Pablo Ibañez 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 24 0 2
      8 Raúl García 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 34 4 2
      18 Maniche Ribeiro 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 39 6 2
      24 Simão Sabrosa 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 19 7 1
      11 Maximiliano Rodríguez 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 25 1 1
      10 Sergio Aguero 1 2 2 3 2 1 0 18 2 1
      7 Diego Forlan 0 5 3 0 0 1 0 25 3 0
      12 Fabiano Eller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Cléber Santana Loureiro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Luis Garcia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Mista Mista 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Antonio López Guerrero 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 José Antonio Reyes 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 8 3 0
      13 Christian Abbiati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 81' Forlan though he had instantly equalised for Atletico, but it's been ruled out for offside! It's the correct decision, but what drama so late in the game!
    • 79' GOOOOOOOOOOLLL!! Sneijder has scored! Perea fouls Raul on the edge of the box. Guti takes the free kick and rolls it to Sneijder who shoots and it's deflected in! That caps off an impressive debut for the dutchman, scoring what could prove to be the winner!
    • 67' Pernia fouls Robinho, and Real have a free kick within striking distance. In the absence of Beckham and Roberto Carlos, Guti steps up to take it... and hits the post!! Metzelder header from the rebound is caught by Leo Franco. Still a long way to go in this game!
    • 42' It's all happening now! First van Nistelrooy has a shot from a corner go wide at one end, then Atleti break out and Aguero goes on a terrific solo run! Then Pepe proves why he is worht 30 miliion euros by deflecting a Pernia effort on to far post!!
    • 31' Back at the other end, Ramos hits the post! Sneijder's corner comes in a Ramos hits a great header against the foot of the post! Unbelievable stuff!
    • 22' Casillas makes a great save! Forlan fires a dangerous shot at the Spain number one, but he parrieds it wide!
    • 17' GOOOOOOOL! Raul equalises for Real Madrid! Sergio Ramos crosses from the right, and Raul runs onto it and nods it past Leo Franco! This game is living up to all the hype!
    • 1' GOOOOL!! Atletico score in the first minute! It's Aguero with a header after Pernia's effort from a corner rebounded into his path! What a way to start the new season

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Manuel Enrique Mejuto González

  • Real Madrid

    Manager: Bernd Schuster

    Captain: González Raúl

    On the Field

    • Casillas
    • Ramos
    • Cannavaro Substitution Out (46′)
    • Laveran "Pepe" Yellow Card
    • Drenthe
    • Sneijder Goal Substitution Out (85′)
    • Diarra
    • Robinho
    • Raúl Goal Yellow Card
    • Guti Yellow Card
    • Van Nistelrooy Substitution Out (77′)

    Subs

    • 2. Salgado
    • 21. Metzelder Substitution In46′
    • 25. Dudek
    • 24. Saviola Substitution In77′
    • 19. Baptista
    • 9. Soldado
    • 16. Gago Substitution In85′

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Atlético de Madrid

    Manager: Javier Aguirre

    Captain: Maxi Rodríguez

    On the Field

    • Franco
    • Seitaridis
    • Ibáñez
    • Perea Yellow Card
    • Pernía
    • García Escudero
    • Maniche
    • Rodríguez
    • Sabrosa Substitution Out (65′)
    • Forlán
    • Agüero Goal

    Subs

    • 13. Abbiati
    • 3. Antonio López
    • 20. Mista
    • Reyes Substitution In65′ Yellow Card
    • 9. Garcia
    • 12. Eler
    • 16. Cléber Santana

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None