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Valencia

  • Angulo 58’

Real Madrid

  • Raúl 2’
  • Van Nistelrooy 24’, 36’
  • Ramos 30’
  • Robinho 64’
  1. Real hammer Valencia

    Real hammer Valencia

    Valencia's manager-in-waiting Ronald Koeman was given an indication of the size of the task awaiting him as Real Madrid hammered Los Che 5-1 at the Mestalla. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Valencia
    • Real Madrid
    • 90' There's the final whistle, and a chorus of boos rings round the Mestalla. Valencia have been played off the park by an inspired Madrid side. 1-5 the final score.
    • 87' Nice movement from Vicente on the left, he stands it up at the back post for Joaquin...who heads past the post! That was a real chance.
    • 83' Robinho is through...he's past Raul Albiol...the defender hauls him back just outside the area!! HE'S IN TROUBLE HERE...HE'S OFF! A straight red. Julio Baptista strikes the free-kick...and sends it over the bar.
    • 77' Robinho races through downt he left flank, the flag stays down, he squares it for Julio Baptista...who makes a right hash of things.
    • 75' Helguera wins a header from a Valencia corner, but can only glance it into the ground and up for Casillas to gather comfortably.
    • 71' Heinze puts in a fine challenge on Joaquin, though the referee somehow decides a free-kick is necessary. Valencia take it quickly, and Casillas has to react quickly at the near post to palm away Vicente's shot.
    • 69'' Great strength from Sergio Ramos to shepherd the ball out. He shoved Vicente right out the way there.
    • 66' Robinho on the ball again in the area after a lovely through ball from Gago, he steps rouns Miguel and lashes home a low right foot shot at the near post!!! 5-1, and that tiny glimmer hope Valencia may have had has been firmly extinguished.
    • 64' Angulo comes flying through and sends a shot whistling over the bar...but he's offside.
    • 62' Valencia throw on Vicente in place of Gavilan now.
    • 61' 4-1!!! Is the fightback on? Miguel Angel Angulo takes a firm pass from Joaquin beautifully in his stride and volleys home emphatically from inside the box!! He evaded the attentions of Cannavaro there.
    • 57' Gabriel Heinze is on for Marcelo.
    • 57' Albelda is booked for a nasty late tackle on Robinho.
    • 56' A through ball from Robinho works its way through to Sergio Ramos, but his cross is cut out at the near post.
    • 52' Real are still enjoying most of the possession here. Marcelo and Robinho (who look strangely alike) have both impressed so far.
    • 48' Marcelo unceremoniously shoves Joaquin to the floor, and Valencia have a free0kick in a dangerous position on the right. Gavilan steps up...but that drifts straight across goal and out of play. That rather sums up their night so far.
    • 46' Real get the second half underway at the Mestalla.
    • 45' Half-time at the Mestalla, and Real are running riot. Ronald Koeman now has an idea of the size of the task that awaits him.
    • 42' Miguel cuts inside past Robinho, and the Brazilian is ajudged to have handled the ball! The free-kick is arrowed in by Joaquin...but again Real are first to the ball.
    • 39' Raul races in after a delightful clipped ball from Robinho, the flag stays down again, but Hildebrand manages to get a finger to claw it away.
    • 37' Van Nistelrooy makes it four!!!! A superb bal to the back post picked out Robinho, and his volley across goal was turned home by Van Nistelrooy, who was totally unmarked.
    • 34' Robinho loses his balance while trying to lay the ball infield, and the referee reaches immediately, despite the fact Miguel barely touched him. Another poor decision.
    • 33' Now Robinho is in...this could be 4-0...but no, the offside flag is up. A deathly silence has descended upon the Mestalla - it's not often that Valencia are taken apart in quite this manner.
    • 31' Real have their third!!! A cracker from Sergio Ramos!!! Diarra win the ball in midfield and fed Ramos, who ran down the right flank and lashed a thunderbolt of a shot in off the far post!!!! Valencia are in disarray!!
    • 29' Guti swings in a free-kick towards Van Nistelrooy, he wins it in the air and it falls for Metzelder just 6 yards out, he's on his own...but he manages to put his volley high and wide!!! What an absolute howler of a miss! That should have put the game to bed already!
    • 25' Van Nistelrooy is in behind the Valencia defence after bustling his way past Ivan Helguera, he chips it over Hildebrand...and Van Nistelrooy doubles Real's lead!!! Superly taken from the Dutchman.
    • 21' Diarra picks out a perfectly times run from Gago in behind the defence, he gets to the byline and pulls it back, but can only find a Valencia defender, who gratefully hacks clear.
    • 19' Lovely ball over the top from Silva for Gavilan, he crosses first time, and Casillas is forced to fist behind. Gavilan swings it in again, and Ivan Helguera is punished for the heinous crime of challenging for the ball in the area. There was absolutely no foul in sight there.
    • 16' Moretti with a touch of fortune finds Gavilan in the area, and he wins a corner off Cannavaro. Gavilan swings it in himself....but that's far too close to Casillas.
    • 12' Silva puts in a crunching tackle on Fernando Gago, just seconds after Albelda almost removed both of Guti's legs. Guti immediately registers his complaint with the referee, who correctly pointed out that the ball had been won in both challenges.
    • 10' Glorious pass from Robinho for Van Nistelrooy on the right flank, the flag stays down and he bears down on Hildebrand...but the German 'keeper pulls off a fantastic save!!! It comes back out to Van Nistelrooy, but the defence now get back and Miguel is there to head clear. Valencia have been opened up again!
    • 7' Silva hacks down Guti cynically and Real have a free-kick. It's swung in long towards Metzelder, who forces a smart fingertip save from Timo Hildebrand!!!
    • 5' Morientes now tries an overhead in the area, though he is under pressure from the Real defence and fails to make contact.
    • 4' Morientes takes a huge dive on the left wing against Cannavaro, and referee Perez Burrul is duly conned.
    • 3' Valencia are looking shaky at the back early on. It's a little difficult to see who's who as the main camera at the Mestalla seems to be broken, and the view we have of the match seems to be coming from the heavens. The players all look very small.
    • 1' Robinho cuts in from the left for Madrid, skips round a couple of challenges and lays it off for Raul...WHO FIRES HOME OFF THE INSIDE OF THE POST!!! Not even one minute on the clock and Real already have the lead!!!!
    • 1' Valencia get the game underway.
    • 20:00 Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's live text commentary of Valencia v Real Madrid from the Mestalla.

  • Team Stats

    Valencia Stats Real Madrid
    45% Possession 54%
    9 Shots 14
    7 Shots on target 7
    0 Saves 0
    9 Corners 3
    9 Fouls 18
    6 Offsides 8
    1 Yellow cards 1
    1 Red cards 0
    20 Tackles 25
    345 Accurate passes 438
    67 Bad passes 54

  • 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
    • Valencia
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Timo Hildebrand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0
      24 Emiliano Moretti 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 40 18 2
      23 Luis Miguel 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 37 0 3
      15 Ivan Helguera 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 25 0 3
      4 Raul Albiol Raul Albiol 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 30 3 0
      6 David Albelda 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 45 6 5
      21 David Silva 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 41 13 0
      11 Jaime Gavilán Martínez 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20 8 0
      17 Joaquín Joaquín 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 29 3 4
      10 Miguel Ángel Angulo 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 26 3 1
      9 Fernando Morientes 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 20 5 1
      14 Vicente Vicente 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 9 2 0
      34 Angel Montoro Sanchez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 1
      12 Marco Caneira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Juan Manuel Mata García 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 10 1 0
      25 Jose Mora 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Stephen Sunday 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Nikola Zigic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Real Madrid
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Iker Casillas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0
      4 Sergio Ramos 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 31 1 2
      12 Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 24 10 5
      5 Fabio Cannavaro 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 32 0 2
      21 Christoph Metzelder 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 35 5 0
      6 Mahamadou Diarra 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 67 2 1
      14 José Maria Guti 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 60 6 2
      8 Fernando Gago 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 63 9 5
      17 Ruud van Nistelrooy 2 4 3 0 1 0 0 15 1 1
      7 Raúl González Blanco 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 30 2 0
      10 Robson de Souza 1 1 1 1 4 5 2 44 9 2
      19 Julio Baptista 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1
      25 Jerzy Dudek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Javier Saviola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Javier Balboa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Wesley Sneijder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Miguel Torres Gómez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 2
      16 Gabriel Heinze 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15 6 2

  • Summary

    • 83' Robinho is through...he's past Raul Albiol...the defender hauls him back just outside the area!! HE'S IN TROUBLE HERE...HE'S OFF! A straight red. Julio Baptista strikes the free-kick...and sends it over the bar.
    • 66' Robinho on the ball again in the area after a lovely through ball from Gago, he steps rouns Miguel and lashes home a low right foot shot at the near post!!! 5-1, and that tiny glimmer hope Valencia may have had has been firmly extinguished.
    • 61' 4-1!!! Is the fightback on? Miguel Angel Angulo takes a firm pass from Joaquin beautifully in his stride and volleys home emphatically from inside the box!! He evaded the attentions of Cannavaro there.
    • 39' Raul races in after a delightful clipped ball from Robinho, the flag stays down again, but Hildebrand manages to get a finger to claw it away.
    • 37' Van Nistelrooy makes it four!!!! A superb bal to the back post picked out Robinho, and his volley across goal was turned home by Van Nistelrooy, who was totally unmarked.
    • 31' Real have their third!!! A cracker from Sergio Ramos!!! Diarra win the ball in midfield and fed Ramos, who ran down the right flank and lashed a thunderbolt of a shot in off the far post!!!! Valencia are in disarray!!
    • 29' Guti swings in a free-kick towards Van Nistelrooy, he wins it in the air and it falls for Metzelder just 6 yards out, he's on his own...but he manages to put his volley high and wide!!! What an absolute howler of a miss! That should have put the game to bed already!
    • 25' Van Nistelrooy is in behind the Valencia defence after bustling his way past Ivan Helguera, he chips it over Hildebrand...and Van Nistelrooy doubles Real's lead!!! Superly taken from the Dutchman.
    • 10' Glorious pass from Robinho for Van Nistelrooy on the right flank, the flag stays down and he bears down on Hildebrand...but the German 'keeper pulls off a fantastic save!!! It comes back out to Van Nistelrooy, but the defence now get back and Miguel is there to head clear. Valencia have been opened up again!
    • 7' Silva hacks down Guti cynically and Real have a free-kick. It's swung in long towards Metzelder, who forces a smart fingertip save from Timo Hildebrand!!!
    • 1' Robinho cuts in from the left for Madrid, skips round a couple of challenges and lays it off for Raul...WHO FIRES HOME OFF THE INSIDE OF THE POST!!! Not even one minute on the clock and Real already have the lead!!!!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Alfonso Perez Burrull

  • Valencia

    Manager: Óscar Fernández

    On the Field

    • Hildebrand
    • Miguel
    • Helguera
    • Albiol
    • Moretti
    • Joaquín
    • Albelda
    • Silva
    • Gavilán
    • Angulo
    • Morientes

    Subs

    • 12. Caneira
    • 18. Zigic
    • 13. Mora
    • 19. Arizmendi
    • 14. Rodríguez
    • 20. Alexis
    • 16. Mata
    • 2. Sunday
    • Montoro

    Injured

    • 1. Cañizares
    • 8. Baraja
    • 5. Marchena
    • 22. Gaspar "Edu"
    • 3. Fernandes
    • 7. Villa

    Suspended

    None

  • Real Madrid

    Manager: Bernd Schuster

    On the Field

    • Casillas
    • Ramos
    • Cannavaro
    • Metzelder
    • Marcelo
    • Diarra
    • Gago
    • Guti
    • Robinho
    • Raúl
    • Van Nistelrooy

    Subs

    • 16. Heinze
    • 25. Dudek
    • 18. Saviola
    • 19. Baptista
    • 23. Sneijder
    • 24. Balboa
    • 22. Torres

    Injured

    • 11. Robben
    • 3. Laveran "Pepe"
    • 20. Higuaín

    Suspended

    None