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Sunday December 16, 2007 Finished

Recreativo Huelva 0 - Atletico Madrid 0

Recreativo de Huelva

Atlético de Madrid

  1. Madrid secure Christmas top spot

    Madrid secure Christmas top spot

    Real Madrid emerged 2-0 winners at home to Osasuna to guarantee the Liga top spot at Christmas regardless of what happens against Barcelona next week. A Ruud van Nistelrooy header and Wesley Sneijder cracker were enough in an indifferent Madrid performance. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Recreativo de Huelva
    • Atlético de Madrid
    • - LIVE NOW: Real Madrid versus Osasuna!!
    • 90+3' The final whistle sounds. Atletico go level on points with Villarreal and are now three points behind Barca.
    • 90' Into injury-time...
    • 90' Recre change: Camunas off, Varela on.
    • 87' Pera booked for a high, dangerous challenge.
    • 87' A corner for the away side is cleared and Raul Garcia cracks a half-volley at goal - only for Sorrentino to somehow save!!
    • 86' Forlan with a lovely ball through again for Atletico, where Reyes's shot is saved by Sorrentino! Another one-on-one - although he was on the left.
    • 84' Pongolle almost passes Pablo in the area and wins a corner... a minute before Abbiati just got to a ball forward ahead of him. Nothing comes of the kick.
    • 81' A cross into the Atletico area is headed down by Pongolle and Camunas SMACKS A HALF-VOLLEY AT GOAL THAT ABBIATI SAVES AT THE POST!! Very close for Recre.
    • 80' Recre sub: Rosu on for Martins.
    • 78' Camunas brings the ball down the flank before Reyes clumps him to the floor! Yellow card for the former Arsenal man.
    • 75' Pongolle again stopped by the offside flag. He suffered with little service in the first half, but is working hard and coming close to creating a chance in the second...
    • 71' Forlan with a good pass for Luis Garcia, who lays it out to Raul Garcia... the cross is headed over by Maxi at the far post. Atleti pressing now...
    • 70' Bouzon's late tackle on Luis Perea earns him a yellow card.
    • 68' The home crowd do not like Aguero and boo him off - a hangover after his handball goal here last season. The only reason he is playing anyway is becasue the Spanish FA overturned the second yellow card he picked up in the vicious Madrid derby against Getafe last week.
    • 67' Substitutions: Marquitos replaced by Rafael Barber for Recreativo. In the colours of Atleti Luis García and Jose Antonio Reyes come on for Aguero and Simao.
    • 65' Vazquez with a clever ball into the danger zone that is just cut out by Pablo for Atletico. At the other end Simao embarrasses himself with a topple in the area.
    • 62' Atletico have played the little brother to Real for so long that they must see this squad as a golden opportunity to close the gap, but they must win games like this.
    • 58' AGUERO PUT THROUGH - HE TRIES TO CHIP AND PUTS IT STRAIGHT INTO THE ARMS OF SORRENTINO!! Forlan put the ball through for him, one of premuium quality. The 'vaselina' is a silly thing to try when you need to win the game at 0-0.
    • 57' Martins feeds Pongolle, who shoots low past the far post! That was close - an exciting start to this second half.
    • 54' A long ball forward from Recre should be dealt with by Pernia... the left-back chests instead of heads and Javier Camunas nicks the ball off him before shooting wide of the near post! Dreadful defending and Recre could have opened the scoring with that.
    • 53' Raul Garcia slips a pass through for Aguero - whose shot is saved by the advancing Sorrentino! 'El Kun' should have scored that one.
    • 52' Pernia whips it over the wall and way over the crossbar. I don't think we're going to get a goal at this rate!
    • 50' Forlan attacks the area and goes down under a tackle from Poli! Yellow card and great position for Pernia...
    • 47' Aitor crosses for Pongolle - but the ball does not reach him.
    • 46' The teams re-emerge for the second half.
    • - There are no changes at half-time.
    • 45+1' The half-time whistle sounds.
    • 45' We enter injury-time... Jesus Vazquez looks for Sinama Pongolle in the box, but the Frenchman cannot get a foot on the ball. Recre thwarted.
    • 44' Maxi is helped off the pitch. The winger is hurt - both physically and, I imagine, through his feelings.
    • 43' Ibanez rules out the goal - but does not give a penalty! He books Maxi for diving and awards the Recre 'keeper a foul. Unbelivable.
    • 43' Maxi takes the ball into his stride and carries it into the area... Sorrentino brings him down and Forlan puts the ball in the net!
    • 42' Booking for Recreativo right-back Pampa Calvo for moaning.
    • 39' Martins brings the ball forward and looks to let one fly after Raul Garcia lost it... he does so, wide of the mark. At least he tried - he gets a star for that.
    • 36' Carlos Martins with the kick out wide... his cross is woeful and cleared easily. Someone needs to sort out this final-ball nonsense.
    • 35' Yellow card for Pablo. He felled Marquitos while defending the right-hand side of his penalty area.
    • 34' It is long and out for a goal-kick. Rubbish.
    • 33' A good passing move from the visitors ends with a foul on Aguero on the touchline. Pernia will send this into the box...
    • 32' A cagey period in the match. Atleti are using the ball more.
    • 30' Atletico denied a chance! The ref blows up for a foul against Aguero on Bouzon - with the little man through on goal. The problem is that the foul was more than harsh. Recre get away with that one.
    • 27' End to end action that fails to materialise into a goalscoring chance... the balls into the area are poor from both teams.
    • 24' Recre's Marquitos penalised for a foul against Fabiano Eller. He is not happy about it.
    • 21' The ball is set up for Diego Forlan on the edge of the box by Maxi Rodriguez and his hard shot is saved well by Sorrentino low down!! That is the closest we have come to a goal...
    • 19' Iago Bouzon leaps with Aguero and the teenager goes down under the challenge. Referee Dauden Ibanez gives the foul but no yellow card is forthcoming.
    • 17' Aitor again on the ball for Recre, coming inside from the left. He cracks a shot wide of the far post. Christian Abbiati had that easily covered.
    • 15' Aitor into the penalty area for the home side... Pablo cuts his ball out though.
    • 14' The ball is whipped over the wall and Stefano Sorrentino tips over the bar!!
    • 13' 'El Kun' Aguero wins a free-kick on the left... Simao to take it...
    • 12' Marquitos near the left corner flag, attacking for Recreativo. He is muscled off the ball.
    • 10' Simao Sabrosa with a lovely turn to feed Mariano Pernia on the left, but he cannot put a decent cross in.
    • 8' The first attempt on goal comes from one of those visiting stars - Sergio Aguero. The Argentine's shot across goal cannot be reached by strike partner Diego Forlan and the ball runs out of play.
    • 6' Villarreal have moved back above Atletico with a 3-1 win at Getafe. Recre are 15th in La Liga, but a win would move them to level eighth.
    • 4' Early ball for Atleti, who are fielding some extremely talented midfielders and attackers. One thing you can say about games involving the Rojiblancos - they are not boring!
    • 3' Atletico are in great form at present and only four points behind Barcelona, who are second. A win in this game in hand would be very welcome in the southern half of the Spanish capital.
    • 1' The match is underway in Huelva. See below for line-ups and formations.
    • - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE text commentary on Recreativo against Atletico Madrid from the Nuevo Colombino.

  • Team Stats

    Recreativo de Huelva Stats Atlético de Madrid
    41% Possession 58%
    11 Shots 15
    3 Shots on target 6
    0 Saves 0
    9 Corners 5
    17 Fouls 18
    3 Offsides 3
    3 Yellow cards 4
    0 Red cards 0
    19 Tackles 17
    172 Accurate passes 296
    59 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
    • Recreativo de Huelva
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Stefano Sorrentino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
      5 Iago Bouzón 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 10 4 1
      20 Hipolito Fernández Serrano 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 17 13 0
      24 José María Calvo 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 15 0 3
      4 José Martín Cáceres 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 1 3
      12 Carlos Martins 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 34 8 1
      7 Marcos García Barreno 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 9 2 1
      10 Antonio Jesús Vázquez 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 26 12 4
      21 Aitor Tornavaca 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 25 12 0
      14 Florent Sinama-Pongolle 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 11 3 2
      8 Javier Camuñas 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 6 2 4
      16 Enrique Alvarez Sanjuan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 José Antonio Luque 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Laurentiu Rosu 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0
      19 Silvestre Varela 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Daniel Bautista Pina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Edwin Congo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Rafael Barber 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
    • Atlético de Madrid
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Christian Abbiati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0
      12 Fabiano Eller 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 30 5 2
      4 Mariano Pernia 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 32 19 1
      22 Pablo Ibañez 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 19 1 4
      21 Luis Perea 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 18 0 2
      8 Raúl García 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 40 9 1
      6 Cléber Santana Loureiro 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 42 4 2
      11 Maximiliano Rodríguez 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 37 1 1
      24 Simão Sabrosa 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 18 9 0
      10 Sergio Aguero 0 3 2 1 6 1 0 12 5 2
      7 Diego Forlan 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 29 5 1
      17 José Antonio Reyes 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 3 1
      19 Miguel de las Cuevas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Luis Javier García Sanz 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 0
      23 Juan Valera Espin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Ismael Falcón 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 José Eduardo Rosa Vale e Castro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Antonio López Guerrero 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • - LIVE NOW: Real Madrid versus Osasuna!!
    • 87' A corner for the away side is cleared and Raul Garcia cracks a half-volley at goal - only for Sorrentino to somehow save!!
    • 86' Forlan with a lovely ball through again for Atletico, where Reyes's shot is saved by Sorrentino! Another one-on-one - although he was on the left.
    • 84' Pongolle almost passes Pablo in the area and wins a corner... a minute before Abbiati just got to a ball forward ahead of him. Nothing comes of the kick.
    • 81' A cross into the Atletico area is headed down by Pongolle and Camunas SMACKS A HALF-VOLLEY AT GOAL THAT ABBIATI SAVES AT THE POST!! Very close for Recre.
    • 71' Forlan with a good pass for Luis Garcia, who lays it out to Raul Garcia... the cross is headed over by Maxi at the far post. Atleti pressing now...
    • 58' AGUERO PUT THROUGH - HE TRIES TO CHIP AND PUTS IT STRAIGHT INTO THE ARMS OF SORRENTINO!! Forlan put the ball through for him, one of premuium quality. The 'vaselina' is a silly thing to try when you need to win the game at 0-0.
    • 57' Martins feeds Pongolle, who shoots low past the far post! That was close - an exciting start to this second half.
    • 54' A long ball forward from Recre should be dealt with by Pernia... the left-back chests instead of heads and Javier Camunas nicks the ball off him before shooting wide of the near post! Dreadful defending and Recre could have opened the scoring with that.
    • 53' Raul Garcia slips a pass through for Aguero - whose shot is saved by the advancing Sorrentino! 'El Kun' should have scored that one.
    • 43' Maxi takes the ball into his stride and carries it into the area... Sorrentino brings him down and Forlan puts the ball in the net!
    • 39' Martins brings the ball forward and looks to let one fly after Raul Garcia lost it... he does so, wide of the mark. At least he tried - he gets a star for that.
    • 30' Atletico denied a chance! The ref blows up for a foul against Aguero on Bouzon - with the little man through on goal. The problem is that the foul was more than harsh. Recre get away with that one.
    • 21' The ball is set up for Diego Forlan on the edge of the box by Maxi Rodriguez and his hard shot is saved well by Sorrentino low down!! That is the closest we have come to a goal...
    • 14' The ball is whipped over the wall and Stefano Sorrentino tips over the bar!!
    • - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE text commentary on Recreativo against Atletico Madrid from the Nuevo Colombino.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Arturo Dauden Ibañez

  • Recreativo de Huelva

    Manager: Víctor Muñoz

    On the Field

    • Sorrentino
    • Calvo Yellow Card
    • Bouzón Yellow Card
    • Cáceres
    • "Poli" Yellow Card
    • Martins Substitution Out (79′)
    • Vázquez
    • Marcos García Substitution Out (66′)
    • Tornavaca
    • Camuñas Substitution Out (88′)
    • Sinama-Pongolle

    Subs

    • 11. Rosu Substitution In79′
    • 16. Álvarez
    • 18. Congo
    • 13. Luque
    • 17. Barber Substitution In66′
    • 3. Bautista
    • 19. Varela Substitution In88′

    Injured

    • 15. Zahínos
    • 22. Beto
    • 23. Guerrero
    • 2. Moya

    Suspended

    None

  • Atlético de Madrid

    Manager: Javier Aguirre

    On the Field

    • Abbiati
    • Perea Yellow Card
    • Ibáñez Yellow Card
    • Eler
    • Pernía
    • Cléber Santana
    • García Escudero
    • Rodríguez Yellow Card
    • Agüero Substitution Out (66′)
    • Sabrosa Substitution Out (66′)
    • Forlán

    Subs

    • 20. Mista
    • 17. Reyes Substitution In66′ Yellow Card
    • 9. Garcia Substitution In66′
    • 1. Falcón
    • 23. Valera
    • 14. Castro
    • De las Cuevas

    Injured

    • 25. Franco
    • 5. Motta
    • 2. Seitaridis
    • 15. Jurado

    Suspended

    • 18. Maniche