Sunday January 6, 2008 Finished
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Live Commentary
Time:90'- Real Madrid
- Zaragoza
- Thank you for joining us for this match - LIVE NOW the Seville derby between Sevilla and Real Betis!!!
90+2' ... and the whistle sounds on this strange match. Madrid restore their seven-point gap at the top over El Barca.
90+2' Gabi hits a free-kick at the death that Casillas just gets a hand to to keep out and maintain his clean sheet. He leaps up to block the rebound...- 90' We enter injury time on the Castellana in Chamartin.
87' The final visiting substituion: Javi Paredes on for Oliveira.
86' Yellow card for Diogo - he fouled Marcelo. Guti tries a cheeky backheel for Gago, but it doesn't quite come off. He has turned around the game with his passing.- 84' All Madrid now, the ball stuck in the final third as Zaragoza defend. Sergio lucky not to be cautioned for a hefty tackle on Mahamadou Diarra.
- 78' Now Madrid make a change: Fernando Gago for Baptista.
- 78' Zaragoza changes: Gabi and Oscar replaced Garcia and Celades before the second goal.
- 77' The tricky magician left Sergio for dead and struck a low shot into the far corner past Vallejo from the left corner of the box.
77' ROBINHO MAKES IT TWO FOR MADRID!!- 75' Milito attacks the left by-line for Zaragoza and centres... for a second Oliveira seems set to score at the near post, but Marcelo does enough to clear. Close to the equaliser.
- 74' Robinho skins Diogo on the left then fires a great shot just over the bar from an acute angle. That is much improved from Madrid.
- 73' Madrid now keeping the ball a lot better, doubtless becasue the pressure if off.
- 70' Ramos is also booked by González for his part in the scuffle that followed.
- 70' Ayala booked for a thundering challenge, perpetrated upon Robinho.
- 66' Robinho skipped to the right by-line and crossed onto the head of the Netherlands striker - and he stuck it inside the near post. How Madrid are winning this match is beyond me.
- 66' VAN NISTELROOY SCORES FOR MADRID!!!
- 65' Baptista fed by Guti, but once again Sergio Fernandez stands tall to dispossess him. It has not been the Bap Man's greatest game.
64' Cannavaro returns to the fray after attention this time on one of his calves, it looks like. Schuster is loath to bring him off.- 61' Oliveira with space on the right again... he shoots low across Casillas and THE BALL COMES OFF THE BASE OF THE POST!! It rolls - you guessed it - to safety. Madrid have been very, very lucky tonight - and owe a lot to their magic man between the sticks.
- 59' Celades centres a free-kick from the left and DIOGO RISES HIGHEST... HIS DOWNWARD HEADER IS SAVED POINT-BLANK BY CASILLAS!! What do they have to do to score?
- 56' Guti shows his quality with a great pass down the channel that Torres almost uses to create a goal. Better from Madrid.
- 54' Madrid sub: Sneijder replaced by Guti.
- 53' Alberto Zapater bangs a shot at goal that Casillas gets a desperate hand to!! The ball rolls to safety. Zaragoza continue to cause all the problems.
- 52' Guti is stripped off and ready to make an entrance. This could be his game - if he gets hold of the ball and uses it as we know he can.
- 51' Cannavaro leaves to have his fingers looked at after they were trod on accidentally by Milito. He returns soon after though.
- 50' Oliveira shoots left-footed just past the base of Casillas's post!! No change in the rhythm of this contest as yet.
- 48' Madrid again losing possession easily and Zaragoza using the ball wisely.
46' Madrid's fans will demand a better showing in the second period, no matter what happens. Off we go.- - No changes at half-time.
- 45+2' The ref draws the curtains on a shocking first half for the mighty and formerly brilliant Real Madrid. They just haven't turned up so far today. Victor Fernandez's Zaragoza have played very well, mainly on the break.
- 45' Marcelo hits a shot about two stories above the crossbar which the home fans surprisingly appreciate. At least it's a shot, I suppose...
- 43' Wesley Sneijder whips in a devilish free-kick from out wide that Vallejo has to reach to knock away for a Madrid corner... they cannot capitalise on two balls into the danger area.
- 41' The ball into the box is headed by veteran Roberto Ayala before Milito tries to get his own head on it. The ball is too far ahead of him and Madrid are happy to have a goal-kick.
- 40' Garcia meets another ball across for him 20 yards out - forcing Casillas to get right down in the corner and dig the ball out for a 'saque de esquina', or corner kick.
- 37' ... and now Marcelo goes into the ref's book.
37' Iturralde González has already sent a member of the Zaragoza bench to the stands for complaining...- 37' Garcia now hurt after he was challenged by Marcelo for a high ball.
- 36' Celades is set up after more indecisive defending by Bernd Schuster's outfit... and his effort flies a foot over the bar. Goal-kick - although it looked like it took a deflection. The small midfielder does not have the best scoring record with either side!!
- 34' Another returning player to this magnificent Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, Albert Celades, is hurt in an aerial challenge and wins a free-kick.
- 33' No place for Guti in this Real Madrid side again today. He does have a tendency to go absent from matches, although he can be brilliant on his day.
- 31' Baptista surges through midfield and slips one through for Brazilian compatriot Robinho... the little man centres on the floor - cut out by the away defence for a corner.
- 30' Sergio Garcia with a cracker of a shot from 25 yards out that tests Casillas again at his near post!! Zaragoza are well on top of their illustrious opponents. Casillas is also lucky that the ball ran to safety after he blocked.
- 29' An awful shot from a Madrid player that will remain unnamed - it was that bad.
- 27' Oliveira shoots with power from a long way out and Casillas holds the ball. Zaragoza also forage down the wings on a couple of occasions, there is space for them to exploit here...
- 24' Milito springs the offisde trap and is through on goal... Casillas COMES OUT TO BLOCK!! Madrid in all sorts of trouble here.
22' Zaragoza on the counter... Milito shoots from the edge of the area and Iker Casillas makes the save - only for Oliveira to STICK AWAY THE REBOUND!!! No, it won't count - the flag was up! It was very close, but the linesman got it just right.- 19' Peter Luccin picks up the ball a long way out for Zaragoza and lets fly like a bullet marginally wide of the post!! He would love to score against his former rivals as a former Atletico man.
- 18' Oliveira takes the ball in his stride and smacks one... just wide of the mark!! Close for Zaragoza.
- 17' Torres clips a good ball into the middle from his position on the right... Baptista heads powerfully at goal, but Vallejo saves comfortably.
- 16' Madrid make the change: Miguel Torres on for Heinze. Torres will go to right-back while Sergio Ramos moves inside to partner Fabio Cannavaro.
- 14' Heinze is hurt and there is a break while he is seen to by the home physio. Not a leg break, you understand... just a moment's 'respite' from a slow start.
- 14' Ricardo Oliveira races down the right... he has Diego Milito in the middle calling for the ball but he opts to shoot - and misses. Zaragoza opened Madrid up there.
- 12' Van Nistelrooy looks to create space for a shot on goal from a central position on the edge of the box... it is blocked.
- 10' The home fans are in good voice, buoyed no doubt by a 'feliz Navidad' - merry Christmas - and even more 'feliz' victory in Catalunya thanks to a stunning Julio Baptista goal.
- 8' Both teams are cagey early on. Madrid saw Barcelona win yesterday and so have to take all the points if their seven-point gap at the top is to be restored.
- 5' Carlos Diogo, returning to his former club, cuts out a ball through for Marcelo... he would have been through, were it not for the right-back.
- 2' Ruud Van Nistelrooy has a dig in the second minute, over the top for Madrid. Last season's Pichichi with an early warning for Javier Vallejo in the away team's goal.
1' The match begins, Madrid in traditional all white kicking from left to right as we look at the action. Zaragoza are in changed black with yellow trim - which looks very similar to the Madrid away colours!!- - Zaragoza have not won a Liga match since October while Madrid have won 15 consecutive matches at home. Looks like a stick-on three points for the champions...
- - Madrid are only missing Pepe from the starting XI that defeated Barcelona in the Camp Nou before Christmas. Gabriel Heinze moves inside while Marcelo comes in at left-back.
- - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE text commentary on Real Madrid against Zaragoza from the Santiago Bernabeu.
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Team Stats
Real Madrid Stats Zaragoza 57% Possession 42% 14 Shots 24 3 Shots on target 11 5 Saves 1 5 Corners 4 16 Fouls 15 4 Offsides 3 2 Yellow cards 2 0 Red cards 0 32 Tackles 25 357 Accurate passes 255 67 Bad passes 64 -
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
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Real Madrid G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T 1 Iker Casillas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 5 Fabio Cannavaro 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 29 0 2 12 Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 37 8 6 4 Sergio Ramos 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 26 4 8 16 Gabriel Heinze 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 0 19 Julio Baptista 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 37 12 2 6 Mahamadou Diarra 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 62 10 2 23 Wesley Sneijder 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 21 2 2 7 Raúl González Blanco 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 10 2 0 17 Ruud van Nistelrooy 1 4 1 1 1 2 0 8 3 2 10 Robson de Souza 1 3 1 2 4 0 1 35 13 3 14 José Maria Guti 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 32 5 3 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 22 Miguel Torres Gómez 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 37 1 2 8 Fernando Gago 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 20 Gonzalo Higuaín 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Javier Saviola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Zaragoza G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T 25 Javier López Vallejo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 6 Roberto Ayala 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 18 4 2 11 Juan Francisco Garcia 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 35 17 2 2 Carlos Diogo 0 3 2 3 1 0 0 21 0 3 23 Sergio Fernández 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 27 3 6 21 Alberto Zapater 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 29 16 5 7 Peter Luccin 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 32 3 3 16 Albert Celades 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 23 10 1 12 Ricardo Oliveira 0 7 2 4 1 3 0 8 3 0 22 Diego Milito 0 5 3 0 5 0 0 25 6 0 9 Sergio Garcia 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 18 1 3 13 Miguel Martinez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Óscar González 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 24 Chus Herrero Chus Herrero 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Javier Paredes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 14 Gabriel Fernández 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 15 Francisco Pavón 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Summary
- - Thank you for joining us for this match - LIVE NOW the Seville derby between Sevilla and Real Betis!!!
- 90+2' Gabi hits a free-kick at the death that Casillas just gets a hand to to keep out and maintain his clean sheet. He leaps up to block the rebound...
- 77' ROBINHO MAKES IT TWO FOR MADRID!!
- 75' Milito attacks the left by-line for Zaragoza and centres... for a second Oliveira seems set to score at the near post, but Marcelo does enough to clear. Close to the equaliser.
- 74' Robinho skins Diogo on the left then fires a great shot just over the bar from an acute angle. That is much improved from Madrid.
- 66' Robinho skipped to the right by-line and crossed onto the head of the Netherlands striker - and he stuck it inside the near post. How Madrid are winning this match is beyond me.
- 66' VAN NISTELROOY SCORES FOR MADRID!!!
- 61' Oliveira with space on the right again... he shoots low across Casillas and THE BALL COMES OFF THE BASE OF THE POST!! It rolls - you guessed it - to safety. Madrid have been very, very lucky tonight - and owe a lot to their magic man between the sticks.
- 59' Celades centres a free-kick from the left and DIOGO RISES HIGHEST... HIS DOWNWARD HEADER IS SAVED POINT-BLANK BY CASILLAS!! What do they have to do to score?
- 53' Alberto Zapater bangs a shot at goal that Casillas gets a desperate hand to!! The ball rolls to safety. Zaragoza continue to cause all the problems.
- 50' Oliveira shoots left-footed just past the base of Casillas's post!! No change in the rhythm of this contest as yet.
- 40' Garcia meets another ball across for him 20 yards out - forcing Casillas to get right down in the corner and dig the ball out for a 'saque de esquina', or corner kick.
- 37' Iturralde González has already sent a member of the Zaragoza bench to the stands for complaining...
- 30' Sergio Garcia with a cracker of a shot from 25 yards out that tests Casillas again at his near post!! Zaragoza are well on top of their illustrious opponents. Casillas is also lucky that the ball ran to safety after he blocked.
- 24' Milito springs the offisde trap and is through on goal... Casillas COMES OUT TO BLOCK!! Madrid in all sorts of trouble here.
- 22' Zaragoza on the counter... Milito shoots from the edge of the area and Iker Casillas makes the save - only for Oliveira to STICK AWAY THE REBOUND!!! No, it won't count - the flag was up! It was very close, but the linesman got it just right.
- 19' Peter Luccin picks up the ball a long way out for Zaragoza and lets fly like a bullet marginally wide of the post!! He would love to score against his former rivals as a former Atletico man.
- 18' Oliveira takes the ball in his stride and smacks one... just wide of the mark!! Close for Zaragoza.
- 14' Ricardo Oliveira races down the right... he has Diego Milito in the middle calling for the ball but he opts to shoot - and misses. Zaragoza opened Madrid up there.
- 2' Ruud Van Nistelrooy has a dig in the second minute, over the top for Madrid. Last season's Pichichi with an early warning for Javier Vallejo in the away team's goal.
- - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE text commentary on Real Madrid against Zaragoza from the Santiago Bernabeu.
Live Team Line-Up
- Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González
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Real MadridManager: Bernd Schuster
On the Field
- Casillas
- Ramos
- Cannavaro
- Heinze
- Marcelo
- Diarra
- Baptista
- Sneijder
- Robinho
- Raúl
- Van Nistelrooy
Subs
- 14. Guti
- 25. Dudek
- 18. Saviola
- 11. Robben
- 16. Gago
- 20. Higuaín
- 22. Torres
Injured
None
Suspended
None
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ZaragozaManager: Víctor V. Fernández
On the Field
- López Vallejo
- Diogo
- Fernández
- Ayala
- Juanfran
- Celades
- Luccin
- Zapater
- García
- Oliveira
- Milito
Subs
- 3. Paredes
- 15. Pavón
- 5. González
- 14. Fernández "Gabi"
- 13. Martínez
- 24. Chus
Injured
None
Suspended
None
League Table
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GER
Pos. Team Pl W D L +/- Pts 1 Bayern 34 22 10 2 47 76 2 Bremen 34 20 6 8 30 66 3 Schalke 34 18 10 6 23 64 4 Hamburg 34 14 12 8 21 54 5 Wolfsburg 34 15 9 10 12 54 6 Stuttgart 34 16 4 14 0 52 7 Leverkusen 34 15 6 13 17 51 8 Hannover 34 13 10 11 -2 49 9 Frankfurt 34 12 10 12 -7 46 10 Berlin 34 12 8 14 -5 44 11 Karlsruhe 34 11 10 13 -15 43 12 Bochum 34 10 11 13 -6 41 13 Dortmund 34 10 10 14 -12 40 14 Cottbus 34 9 9 16 -21 36 15 Bielefeld 34 8 10 16 -25 34 16 Nuremberg 34 7 10 17 -16 31 17 Rostock 34 8 6 20 -22 30 18 Duisburg 34 8 5 21 -19 29 -
SPA
Pos. Team Pl W D L +/- Pts 1 Real Madrid 38 27 4 7 48 85 2 Villarreal 38 24 5 9 23 77 3 Barcelona 38 19 10 9 33 67 4 Atletico de Madrid 38 19 7 12 19 64 5 Sevilla 38 20 4 14 26 64 6 Racing Santander 38 17 9 12 1 60 7 Mallorca 38 15 14 9 15 59 8 U.D Almeria 38 14 10 14 -3 52 9 Deportivo de la Coruña 38 15 7 16 -1 52 10 Valencia 38 15 6 17 -14 51 11 Athletic Club 38 13 11 14 -3 50 12 Espanyol 38 13 9 16 -10 48 13 Real Betis Balompié 38 12 11 15 -6 47 14 Getafe C.F 38 12 11 15 -4 47 15 Valladolid 38 11 12 15 -15 45 16 Recreativo de Huelva 38 11 11 16 -20 44 17 Osasuna 38 12 7 19 -7 43 18 Zaragoza 38 10 12 16 -11 42 19 Real Murcia 38 7 9 22 -29 30 20 Levante U.D 38 7 5 26 -42 26 -
ITA
Pos. Team Pl W D L +/- Pts 1 Internazionale 38 25 10 3 43 85 2 Roma 38 24 10 4 35 82 3 Juventus 38 20 12 6 35 72 4 Fiorentina 38 19 9 10 16 66 5 Milan 38 18 10 10 28 64 6 Sampdoria 38 17 9 12 10 60 7 Udinese 38 16 9 13 -5 57 8 Napoli 38 14 8 16 -3 50 9 Atalanta 38 12 12 14 -4 48 10 Genoa 38 13 9 16 -8 48 11 Palermo 38 12 11 15 -10 47 12 Lazio 38 11 13 14 -4 46 13 Siena 38 9 17 12 -5 44 14 Cagliari 38 11 9 18 -16 42 15 Torino 38 8 16 14 -13 40 16 Reggina 38 9 13 16 -19 40 17 Catania 38 8 13 17 -12 37 18 Empoli 38 9 9 20 -23 36 19 Parma 38 7 13 18 -20 34 20 Livorno 38 6 12 20 -25 30 -
FRA
Pos. Team Pl W D L +/- Pts 1 Lyon 38 24 7 7 37 79 2 Bordeaux 38 22 9 7 27 75 3 Marseille 38 17 11 10 13 62 4 Nancy 38 15 15 8 14 60 5 Saint-Etienne 38 16 10 12 13 58 6 Rennes 38 16 10 12 3 58 7 Lille 38 13 18 7 13 57 8 Nice 38 13 16 9 5 55 9 Le Mans 38 14 11 13 -3 53 10 Lorient 38 12 16 10 -3 52 11 Caen 38 13 12 13 -5 51 12 Monaco 38 13 8 17 -8 47 13 Valenciennes 38 12 9 17 2 45 14 Sochaux 38 10 14 14 -9 44 15 Auxerre 38 12 8 18 -19 44 16 Paris-SG 38 10 13 15 -8 43 17 Toulouse 38 9 15 14 -6 42 18 Lens 38 9 13 16 -9 40 19 Strasbourg 38 9 8 21 -21 35 20 Metz 38 5 9 24 -36 24
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