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Sunday December 16, 2007 Finished

Real Madrid 2 - Osasuna 0

Real Madrid

  • Van Nistelrooy 16’
  • Sneijder 76’

Osasuna

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Real Madrid
    • Osasuna
    • - It was not a great performance and those rumours concerning Jose Mourinho will persist - but what more does Schuster or his possible successor this season have to do in this job? They are entertaining sometimes and win ugly at others - surely you cannot ask for much more.
    • 90+3' The match finishes 2-0 to El Madrid - the three points and Christmas top spot are theirs.
    • 90' The horns blare around this magnificent, 60-year-old stadium - they should be banned. Whatever - we're into injury-time.
    • 86' Pepe is hurt after a collision with Osasuna striker Dady.
    • 85' Robinho with more trickery on the left as the Madrid crowd head for the exits, Barca on their minds.
    • 81' Josetxo heads the corner over the bar.
    • 81' Osasuna sub: former Madridista Portillo on. I look for the replaced man's expression; but I cannot easily read the Font. I thank you! I'm here all week.
    • 80' A fantastic sliding block by Cannavaro gives Osasuna a corner.
    • 79' Madrid change: Marcelo is immediately replaced by Gabriel Heinze.
    • 78' Marcelo booked for a foul on Viana.
    • 76' A great move by the Spanish champions. Robinho spun away with the ball between two challenges and passed to Guti, who gave it to Van Nistelrooy. Ruud laid it on for his compatriot - and he needed only one touch to set it up, two to smack it into the far corner from 20 yards.
    • 76' Sneijder scores Madrid's second!!
    • 75' Madrid too looking for a little something from the bench: Fernando Gago on for Diarra.
    • 73' Osasuna change it around: Ludovic Delporte replaces Plasil.
    • 73' Vela on the left passes inside for Azpilicueta and he has space ahead of him in the box... his shot is blocked by a desperate Diarra dive across, great defending. Osasuna suddenly creating chances!
    • 73' Vela into the area and the ball breaks off a Madrid leg to Casillas. Very fortunate for the home team.
    • 72' Dady - who must be frustrated at his lack of support in attack - flagged offside. That was lazy - he was looking across the line.
    • 68' Madrid enjoying more of the ball now but not looking particularly like scoring a second.
    • 65' Raul running to the left across the box and backheels into the path of Sneijder... the Netherlands international hits an unstoppable shot that whistles past the top corner!! Ricardo was rooted.
    • 64' Osasuna have got to throw caution to the wind. Plasil is the latest player to cut in and shoot tamely at Casillas.
    • 62' Ricardo with the ball at his feet... he clears straight to Raul, who brings the ball to the floor and shoots with his weaker right foot on the turn - into the side-netting!! What a howler from the Osasuna shot-stopper.
    • 60' Osasuna change: Hugo Viana on for Xavier Margairaz.
    • 60' Madrid sub: Guti on for Baptista.
    • 59' Robinho smacks a shot that Ricardo saves full-length to concede a corner. The twinkle-toed Brazilian is the most dangerous man in a white shirt.
    • 57' Vela catches a shot very well and Casillas has to be on his toes to save and keep Madrid in the lead.
    • 56' Los Merengues attack immediately, Robinho skipping across the area before firing at goal - Raul takes the force of his shot in the back!
    • 56' Osasuna right-back Cesar Azpilicueta given space on the right but Casillas claims his cross.
    • 54' Robinho attacks the area and moves outside his man before striking a powerful effort just wide of the far post!! The Madrid players want a corner, saying Ricardo got fingertips to it, but do not get one.
    • 51' Home centre-half Cannavaro is holding his side. He does not look comfortable.
    • 50' Mahamadou Diarra looks up and passes to feet before receiving the ball back and banging it... high and wide!! Oh dear. Laudable intention.
    • 48' Sneijder crosses from the right and Van Nistelrooy arrives... Ricardo blocks! The offside flag is up nonetheless.
    • 46' We get underway in the second half. Schuster will be asking for more attacking creativity after the first 45 minutes; the public demands it. Being top of the [Christmas] tree is not enough round these parts.
    • - No changes at half-time.
    • 45+1' Fabio Cannavaro wins a foul as he goes up to head in his own box and misses the ball, but Pepe handballs simultaneously... and that ends the half. The Osasuna players argue the toss with the referee as they walk off the pitch.
    • 45' Another poor set-piece from Osasuna as we enter the final minute of the half. That is the difference between the sides: a well-executed free-kick from Sneijder.
    • 43' The first booking of the match for Van Nistelrooy as he chops Vela to the ground. Ruud is taking that hatred of Arsenal too far - Mexican Vela technically their property, of course.
    • 42' Pepe defends steadily against Hector Font. Still, the Madrilenos inside the ground will not be impressed that the Pamplona club are on top...
    • 41' Plasil is unlucky to see a threaded ball through just cut out before Dady can latch onto it. Vela then crosses low, again to a Madrid player.
    • 40' Plasil delivers another shocking cross yet the ball arrives back with him. He is out-muscled.
    • 39' Osasuna chuck in a long throw and Madrid defend it, but concede a corner...
    • 37' A curling cross by Sneijder is just ahead of Van Nistelrooy. He was ahead of his marker there...
    • 36' Good passing play by Osasuna, but no end product again. They are missing Raul Garcia's class in the final third, now at Atletico of course.
    • 35' Casillas catches under pressure and delivers it long to Robinho, who falters and allows the ball to leave the field of play.
    • 32' Roninho is still the major provider of Madrid's final attacking play from his position wide on the left.
    • 29' Ricardo saves from Van Nistelrooy as the Dutchman eyes a second goal.
    • 27' A quite spell in the first half. Madrid are winning and content, while Osasuna do not want to risk going two down.
    • 25' Osasuna still with enough of the ball to attack the Madrid goal. Dady feels aggrieved that he is not awarded a free-kick.
    • 23' Raul is hurt and receiving treatment. He should be okay to carry on, you'd have thought - but it is not great news for Madrid. He needs to invest in a portable oxygen tent so he can have a quick top-up at pitchside.
    • 21' Baptista with a shot from 30 yards that flies over the bar. That was not the best effort - but is 'La Bestia' finding his best form again?
    • 19' That is a harsh scoreline on Osasuna, who have been the better side so far in this match. Robinho is seeing a lot of the ball at present...
    • 15' Where was the marking? The Ruud man rose to direct a lovely header inside the far post. One-nil Madrid.
    • 15' Sneijder's kick is HEADED INTO THE GOAL BY VAN NISTELROOY!!
    • 14' Nacho Monreal gives away a free-kick on Ruud van Nistelrooy on the right... it was a bit harsh. Sneijder to send it in.
    • 12' Plasil crosses another free-kick to the back post where Miguel Flano heads across goal... it drops the wrong side of the post - from his point of view! A relieved Iker Casillas would call it the right side.
    • 10' Robinho on the left passes to Raul even though the talismanic forward, in the form of his life again, was stood a mile offside.
    • 9' Jaroslav Plasil with a chance on the edge of the box... the free-kick won by Carlos Vela after a foul by Sergio Ramos. Marcelo in the wall blocks his shot and it goes just wide - but referee Teixeira Vitienes gives a goal-kick.
    • 5' Robinho again into the box to attack the Osasuna back-line. He may look like a kid but he strikes fear into the hearts of men.
    • 4' Wesley Sneijder wins the ball in midfield and Robinho wins a corner at the end of the counter-attack.
    • 1' Off we go then on the 60th anniversary of this massive stadium on Madrid's Castellana.
    • - Dady chosen as the sole striker for the away side ahead of former Madrid man Javier Portillo. No Walter Pandiani today. Madrid's side is as you'd expect, although Julio Baptista is chosen in the middle of the park... he is more in favour these days with Bernd Schuster.
    • - Madrid would be guaranteed top spot in La Liga at Christmas with three points. Osasuna are no mugs though.
    • - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of Real Madrid against Osasuna from the Santiago Bernabeu.

  • Team Stats

    Real Madrid Stats Osasuna
    50% Possession 49%
    16 Shots 11
    5 Shots on target 4
    0 Saves 0
    3 Corners 6
    12 Fouls 22
    3 Offsides 5
    2 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    30 Tackles 23
    298 Accurate passes 286
    63 Bad passes 92

  • 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 14 7 0
      5 Fabio Cannavaro 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 16 1 4
      12 Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 21 10 8
      4 Sergio Ramos 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 33 1 2
      3 Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 22 4 5
      19 Julio Baptista 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 31 7 2
      6 Mahamadou Diarra 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 37 6 4
      23 Wesley Sneijder 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 33 4 3
      7 Raúl González Blanco 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 11 0 0
      17 Ruud van Nistelrooy 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 23 11 1
      10 Robson de Souza 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 31 11 0
      14 José Maria Guti 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 1 1
      25 Jerzy Dudek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Arjen Robben 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Gonzalo Higuaín 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Fernando Gago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
      16 Gabriel Heinze 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      15 Royston Drenthe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Osasuna
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Ricardo Ricardo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0
      4 Miguel Flaño 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 4 1
      3 Nacho Monreal 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 34 15 2
      14 Josetxo Josetxo 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 26 8 0
      5 Xavier Margairaz 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 19 12 0
      24 Ion Erice 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 29 7 1
      8 Hector Font 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 37 13 6
      40 César Azpilicueta Tanco 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 7
      6 Jaroslav Plasil 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 24 3 2
      21 Carlos Vela 0 3 2 2 6 1 0 27 8 2
      18 Eduardo Gomes Dady 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 9 3 1
      17 Javier Flaño 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Ion Echaide Sola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Javier Portillo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
      23 Ludovic Delporte 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 8 0
      1 Juan Elia Vallejo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Hugo Viana 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 31 8 1
      19 Enrique Corrales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 76' A great move by the Spanish champions. Robinho spun away with the ball between two challenges and passed to Guti, who gave it to Van Nistelrooy. Ruud laid it on for his compatriot - and he needed only one touch to set it up, two to smack it into the far corner from 20 yards.
    • 76' Sneijder scores Madrid's second!!
    • 73' Vela on the left passes inside for Azpilicueta and he has space ahead of him in the box... his shot is blocked by a desperate Diarra dive across, great defending. Osasuna suddenly creating chances!
    • 65' Raul running to the left across the box and backheels into the path of Sneijder... the Netherlands international hits an unstoppable shot that whistles past the top corner!! Ricardo was rooted.
    • 62' Ricardo with the ball at his feet... he clears straight to Raul, who brings the ball to the floor and shoots with his weaker right foot on the turn - into the side-netting!! What a howler from the Osasuna shot-stopper.
    • 59' Robinho smacks a shot that Ricardo saves full-length to concede a corner. The twinkle-toed Brazilian is the most dangerous man in a white shirt.
    • 54' Robinho attacks the area and moves outside his man before striking a powerful effort just wide of the far post!! The Madrid players want a corner, saying Ricardo got fingertips to it, but do not get one.
    • 41' Plasil is unlucky to see a threaded ball through just cut out before Dady can latch onto it. Vela then crosses low, again to a Madrid player.
    • 37' A curling cross by Sneijder is just ahead of Van Nistelrooy. He was ahead of his marker there...
    • 15' Sneijder's kick is HEADED INTO THE GOAL BY VAN NISTELROOY!!
    • 12' Plasil crosses another free-kick to the back post where Miguel Flano heads across goal... it drops the wrong side of the post - from his point of view! A relieved Iker Casillas would call it the right side.
    • 9' Jaroslav Plasil with a chance on the edge of the box... the free-kick won by Carlos Vela after a foul by Sergio Ramos. Marcelo in the wall blocks his shot and it goes just wide - but referee Teixeira Vitienes gives a goal-kick.
    • - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of Real Madrid against Osasuna from the Santiago Bernabeu.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: José Antonio Teixeira Vitienes

  • Real Madrid

    Manager: Bernd Schuster

    On the Field

    • Casillas
    • Ramos
    • Cannavaro
    • Laveran "Pepe"
    • Marcelo
    • Baptista
    • Diarra
    • Robinho
    • Raúl
    • Sneijder
    • Van Nistelrooy

    Subs

    • 14. Guti
    • 16. Heinze
    • 25. Dudek
    • 18. Saviola
    • 16. Gago
    • 20. Higuaín
    • 15. Drenthe

    Injured

    • 21. Metzelder
    • 11. Robben
    • 24. Balboa

    Suspended

    None

  • Osasuna

    Manager: José Ángel Ziganda Lacunza

    On the Field

    • Ricardo
    • Azpilicueta
    • Flaño
    • Romero
    • Monreal
    • Margairaz
    • Erice
    • Plasil
    • Font
    • Carlos Vela
    • Dady

    Subs

    • 23. Delporte
    • 20. Viana
    • 9. Portillo
    • 19. Corrales
    • 1. Elía
    • 17. Flaño
    • Etxaide
    • 22. Sola

    Injured

    • 7. Cruchaga

    Suspended

    • 10. Puñal
    • 11. Pandiani
    • 2. Izquierdo
    • 6. Nekounam
    • 15. Igotz Garde