FOOTBALL Live

Sunday November 11, 2007 Finished

Real Madrid 4 - Real Majorque 3

Real Madrid

  • Robinho 11’, 17’
  • Raúl 62’
  • Van Nistelrooy 72’

Mallorca

  • Varela 13’, 38’
  • González Güiza 57’
  1. Real win seven goal thriller

    Real win seven goal thriller

    Defending champions Real Madrid won a seven goal thriller against Mallorca 4-3 at the Bernabeu to go four points clear at the top of La Liga, while Villarreal leapfrog Barcelona into second after a 3-2 home win over Sevilla. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Real Madrid
    • Mallorca
    • 90+3 That's it, final whistle! The Real players are acting as though they've just won a trophy, but this match at times felt almost like a final! Mallorca will be distraught that they scored three times at the Bernabeu and yet go home with nothing! An amazing match that takes Real four points clear at the top of La Liga. Thanks for joining us, see you soon.
    • 87' Royston Drenthe comes on for Robinho, ending any chances of him getting the hat trick he so deserves. He doesn't seem bothered though, as he laps up the applause from the Bernabeu crowd and shakes hands with Schuster.
    • 82' Higuain announces his arrival on the game by taking it past Nunes and getting a shot off... that is shanked high into the crowd!
    • 79' Robinho has the ball on the right of the box. He SHOOTS FROM DISTANCE... GREAT SAVE LUX! The Argentinian keeper got down to his right well to palm the shot wide for a corner.
    • 76' Coach Gregorio Manzano makes his big change, bringing on Webo for Arango. There's still plenty of time for at least five more goals in this one!
    • 74' Higuain comes on, but it's for Wesley Sneijder.
    • 72' GOL GOL GOOOOOOOOL!! Ruud van Nistelrooy! 4-3 Real Madrid! What the hell is going on?! The Dutch master beared down on goal and slotted a cool finish low into the corner! Lux got a finger to it, but couldn't keep it out. He's had a quiet game, but he's earned his money there!
    • 67' Gonzalo Higuain is getting ready to come on, most likely for Ruud van Nistelrooy, who has had a rather quiet game by his own high standards.
    • 65' Marcelo tries to emulate his team mate by beating three men and getting to the byline, but the ball escapes him and goes out for a goal kick.
    • 62' GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!! This game is mental! Now it's 3-3! Mallorca's lead lasted less than five minutes thanks to that man again, Robinho. The wing wizard broke into the box and squared it for his captain, Raul, who could hardly miss from two yards out! This match is a belter!
    • 58' GOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!! David Guiza scores against his old manager and Mallorca are ahead at the Bernabeu! The ball was loose on the edge of the Real box and Diarra somehow played it across to Guiza, who hit a fantastic first-time shot right into the bottom rigth corner, giving Casillas no chance! What was Diarra thinking?
    • 56' Navarro brings it down the right but he's stalked all the way by Diarra. The Mali captain puts in a perfectly timed tackle and emerges with the ball.
    • 52' Marcelo puts over a great ball to Robinho, who bears down on goal, but Berenguel Del Pino puts in a great tackle!
    • 50' Robinho bamboozles the Mallorca defence with three or four stepovers before overhitting his cross! Mallorca are bringing on Borja Valero in place of Pereyra.
    • 48' Van Nistelrooy gets to the byline and pulls a ball back across for SNEIJDER... He did well to recover his position to get the shot off but pulls it wide of the far post!
    • 46' The second half is underway! Real have replaced Fabio Cannavaro for Pepe in the heart of defence.
    • 45+1 Half time is called at the Santiago Bernabeu, and what a half it's been! The game is nicely poised now, as we have two men on a hat trick and prospect of Real Madrid missing the chance to capitalise on Barca's slip-up at Getafe last night. Don't go anywhere!
    • 42' Fernando Gago holds the ball exceptionally well in midfield. He then starts a great move that goes through Diarra and Raul and almost ends with Robinho clear in the box, but the ball is cut out by Nunes.
    • 41' Great vision by Sneijder as he hoists a ball into the box for RAUL... The veteran striker tried a looping header on the run, and it drops onto the roof of the net. Good effort!
    • 39' Bernd Schuster looks livid, and no wonder! Taking just a point from this game will mean an opportunity to go four points ahead of Barcelona is wasted.
    • 36' GOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLAZOOOOO! Varela gets his second! He had time and space to shoot from about 30 yards out, and he unleashed an absolute rocket! Casillas didn't even move! What a game we have here!
    • 32' Varela goes into the book for tripping up Marcelo.
    • 31' Mallorca are beginning to play it along the deck again, and it's paying divdends. Some neat passing through the midfield has Arango on the ball, but he underhits his pass to Guiza and Miguel Torres gets in a challenge.
    • 28' The high octane start to this match has eventually fizzled out, with the play now settling into the two teams trading long balls.
    • 25' Robinho is a livewire in this match! He pounces on a loose ball and is off like a shot, but play is called back for a foul by Van Nistelrooy.
    • 21' Arango plays it across, and two Mallorca players dummy it well! It comes to VARELA... He strikes the ball well but it rebounds off Guiza's back. That looked painful!
    • 18' And now Mallorca come again! The cross comes in and NUNES... The centre back heads over the bar! He holds his head in frustration! How many are going to go in tonight?
    • 17' The Mallorca players appeal in vain for offside. Replays show that Raul got a touch of the ball on the way through after Robinho had run into an offside position.
    • 16' GOL GOL GOOOOOOOOOOOL!! Robinho gets another!! Sneijder stabbed through a ball into the box, and Robinho tucks it into the bottom corner! Que partido!
    • 13' GOOOOOOOOOOOLLLL! Varela equalises for Mallorca! Marcelo fails to deal with a long ball forward and Varela sneaks in to take it round Casillas and slot into the empty net! It's never boring at the Bernabeu!
    • 11' GOOOOOOOOL DEL ROBINHOOOOOOO! The little Brazilian opens the scoring for the champions! He backheeled a pass out to Marcelo on the wing, and his fellow Brazilian chips a cross in which Robinho sends into the top corner with a looping header!
    • 8' Raul is played through and is one-on-one with Nunes. He beats him and shapes up to shoot... The linesman's flag is up for offside. Replays show that the Real captain was level when the ball was played.
    • 7' Real break away quickly after snuffing out a Mallorca attack. Miguel Torres runs towards a loose ball and is upended by Arango in midfield! No booking though.
    • 4' Robinho brings it forward for Madrid. He plays it out to the left for Raul, who hits a first-time ball across goal for VAN NISTELROOY... The Dutch hitman slid in but couldn't reach the low ball! Big chances for either side early on here at the Santiago Bernabeu!
    • 3' Mallorca get an early free kick out on the right. It's whipped in and PEREYRA... He was free in the box but headed wide of Iker Casillas' goal!
    • 1' The match is underway!
    • 2' With Barcelona going down 2-0 to Getafe last night, defending champions Real have the chance to extend their lead at the top of the table to four points. Mallorca line up with David Guiza, just called up to his first Spain squad, in attack. Madrid have the fearsome front line of van Nistelrooy, Raul, Sneijder and Robinho, while Gabriel Heinze plays in the centre of defence.

  • Team Stats

    Real Madrid Stats Mallorca
    54% Possession 45%
    15 Shots 9
    5 Shots on target 4
    0 Saves 0
    2 Corners 5
    11 Fouls 19
    6 Offsides 2
    2 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    31 Tackles 28
    337 Accurate passes 263
    51 Bad passes 39

  • 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 1 0 0 11 5 0
      5 Fabio Cannavaro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0
      12 Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 26 6 5
      22 Miguel Torres Gómez 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 31 0 1
      16 Gabriel Heinze 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 32 8 1
      6 Mahamadou Diarra 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 50 9 3
      8 Fernando Gago 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 55 5 6
      23 Wesley Sneijder 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 27 4 2
      17 Ruud van Nistelrooy 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 25 2 2
      7 Raúl González Blanco 1 4 1 3 2 4 1 16 0 7
      10 Robson de Souza 2 4 3 2 2 2 1 31 11 0
      15 Royston Drenthe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Christoph Metzelder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Jordi Codina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Gonzalo Higuaín 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 0 2
      3 Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 2
      19 Julio Baptista 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Javier Saviola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Mallorca
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      25 German Lux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 0
      24 Héctor Héctor 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 23 0 3
      3 Fernando Navarro 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 26 10 5
      7 Fernando Varela 2 3 2 1 2 0 0 27 0 8
      22 Sergio Ballesteros 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 21 1 4
      18 Juan Arango 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 20 2 1
      4 Guillermo Pereyra 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 25 3 1
      6 Angelos Basinas 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 33 2 3
      16 Nunes Nunes 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 1
      10 Ariel Ibagaza 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 40 10 1
      14 Daniel Güiza 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 14 2 0
      9 Pierre Webó 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0
      19 Víctor Castaño 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Borja Valero 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 11 2 1
      29 Ione Puga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Ivan Ramis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Gonzalo Castro Irizabal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Tuni Tuni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 72' GOL GOL GOOOOOOOOL!! Ruud van Nistelrooy! 4-3 Real Madrid! What the hell is going on?! The Dutch master beared down on goal and slotted a cool finish low into the corner! Lux got a finger to it, but couldn't keep it out. He's had a quiet game, but he's earned his money there!
    • 62' GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!! This game is mental! Now it's 3-3! Mallorca's lead lasted less than five minutes thanks to that man again, Robinho. The wing wizard broke into the box and squared it for his captain, Raul, who could hardly miss from two yards out! This match is a belter!
    • 58' GOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!! David Guiza scores against his old manager and Mallorca are ahead at the Bernabeu! The ball was loose on the edge of the Real box and Diarra somehow played it across to Guiza, who hit a fantastic first-time shot right into the bottom rigth corner, giving Casillas no chance! What was Diarra thinking?
    • 48' Van Nistelrooy gets to the byline and pulls a ball back across for SNEIJDER... He did well to recover his position to get the shot off but pulls it wide of the far post!
    • 36' GOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLAZOOOOO! Varela gets his second! He had time and space to shoot from about 30 yards out, and he unleashed an absolute rocket! Casillas didn't even move! What a game we have here!
    • 18' And now Mallorca come again! The cross comes in and NUNES... The centre back heads over the bar! He holds his head in frustration! How many are going to go in tonight?
    • 16' GOL GOL GOOOOOOOOOOOL!! Robinho gets another!! Sneijder stabbed through a ball into the box, and Robinho tucks it into the bottom corner! Que partido!
    • 13' GOOOOOOOOOOOLLLL! Varela equalises for Mallorca! Marcelo fails to deal with a long ball forward and Varela sneaks in to take it round Casillas and slot into the empty net! It's never boring at the Bernabeu!
    • 11' GOOOOOOOOL DEL ROBINHOOOOOOO! The little Brazilian opens the scoring for the champions! He backheeled a pass out to Marcelo on the wing, and his fellow Brazilian chips a cross in which Robinho sends into the top corner with a looping header!
    • 4' Robinho brings it forward for Madrid. He plays it out to the left for Raul, who hits a first-time ball across goal for VAN NISTELROOY... The Dutch hitman slid in but couldn't reach the low ball! Big chances for either side early on here at the Santiago Bernabeu!
    • 3' Mallorca get an early free kick out on the right. It's whipped in and PEREYRA... He was free in the box but headed wide of Iker Casillas' goal!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

  • Real Madrid

    Manager: Bernd Schuster

    On the Field

    • Casillas
    • Torres
    • Cannavaro Substitution Out (46′)
    • Heinze
    • Marcelo
    • Diarra Yellow Card
    • Gago
    • Sneijder Substitution Out (74′)
    • Raúl Goal
    • Robinho Goals×2 Substitution Out (87′)
    • Van Nistelrooy Goal

    Subs

    • 21. Metzelder
    • 18. Saviola
    • 19. Baptista
    • 3. Laveran "Pepe" Substitution In (46′)
    • 13. Codina
    • 20. Higuaín Substitution In (74′) Yellow Card
    • 15. Drenthe Substitution In (87′)

    Injured

    • 25. Dudek
    • 11. Robben

    Suspended

    • 14. Guti
    • 4. Ramos

  • Mallorca

    Manager: Gregorio Manzano

    On the Field

    • Lux
    • Berenguel Del Pino
    • Nunes
    • Ballesteros
    • Navarro
    • Basinas
    • Pereyra Substitution Out (50′)
    • Varela Goals×2 Yellow Card
    • Ibagaza
    • Arango Substitution Out (77′)
    • González Güiza Goal

    Subs

    • 9. Webo Substitution In (77′)
    • 2. Ramis
    • 11. "Tuni"
    • 19. Casadesús
    • 8. Borja Valero Substitution In (50′)
    • 12. 'Chori' Castro
    • 27. Ionè

    Injured

    • 21. Dorado
    • 1. Moyà

    Suspended

    None