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Zaragoza

  • Ibáñez 33’ (o.g.)
  • Milito 71’

Atletico de Madrid

  • Sabrosa 25’

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Zaragoza
    • Atletico de Madrid
    • 90+3 And the final whistle goes! Zaragoza win, a vital three points to help them in their fight against relegation, they go mid-table, while Atletico spurn the chance to go third. Thanks for joining us, more Liga tomorrow!
    • 90' Reyes does well to volley a loose ball first-time and drill a low just just wide of Cesar's goal... Cesar is "injured" and awaits treatment, eating up valuable seconds...
    • 88' Maxi is lucky not to get a second yellow after reacting to a tackle from an opponent...
    • 87' Aguera on the left, he beats one man, then another, this is a brilliant run and he rounds Cesar but it's too tight to score BUT HE LAYS IT ON A PLATE FOR FORLAN BUT SOMEHOW DIOGO SLIDES IN TO PUT IT INCHES WIDE FOR A CORNER!
    • 84' Forlan latches onto a through ball and he races one-on-one but Cesar with a brilliant stop to keep him out!
    • 83' ZARAGOZA SUB: Oliveira on for Milito.
    • 81' ZARAGOZA SUB: Oscar off for Celades.
    • 79' ZARAGOZA SUB: Matuzalem comes off to a standing ovation for Zapater.
    • 76' Couple of tasty challenges, the first one sees Aguero in a heap but play-on! He was clearly caught late on the edge of the box, but somehow the ref misses it! Then Perea on Milito, free kick no card.
    • 75' So after leading 1-0 Atletico are behind - quite literally of all their own doing.
    • 73' Diego Milito steps up to take it... and he drills it into the bottom left for 2-1! Zaragoza lead!
    • 71' Sergio Garcia bursts into the box, skips past Antonio Lopez and can shoot but Simao clips his heels and a penalty is awarded!! Booking for the Portugal winger.
    • 69' Yellow card to Perea...
    • 67' Juanfran now gets his name taken.
    • 62' Free kick to Atletico on the right after Aguero was fouled... Simao to take, he outcurls it far post AND AGUERO FLIES IN WITH THE HEADER FOR 2-0 BUT STRAIGHT AT CESAR who does really well to hold on. Great chance goes begging.
    • 60' Great ball from Gonzalez on the left and Matuzalem gets his little frame up to head on goal but he sends it into the ground and well wide.
    • 57' Matuzalem gets the ball around 25 yards out and lets rip with a low drive that takes Abiatti by surprise but it's well wide.
    • 55' Yellow for Pablo I think after a late tackle...
    • 53' Forlan on the attack, flicks the ball through for Aguero but he held his run and Zaragoza clear.
    • 51' Luccin booked for kicking Antonio Lopez.
    • 48' Forlan on the edge of the area has a pop from the left but it flashes wide.
    • 46' Second half underway!
    • 45+1 Half-time, 1-1.
    • 45' Free-kick to Atletico... swung in for Aguero but his header is straight at Cesar.
    • 42' Sergio Garcia is sent through but the ball appears to strike a hand and nothing given! The home fans and players cannot believe it, the replay shows it to be inconclusive as the chipped pass appeared to brush Pablo somewhere around the pectoral-shoulder area.
    • 40' Forlan is running through, he's alone but has Luccin with him, he loses him, then two others, and tries a curled chip but misjudges it and sends the ball wide.
    • 39' Aguero on a mazy dribble but he has no support so, in trying to go it alone and running up and down various blind alleys, gives his team-mates time to join him... the move eventually breaks down though as he forgets to pass to one of them when they finally do arrive.
    • 38' Sergio Garcia is played in but Valera gets back to make a saving tackle.
    • 36' I see what the confusion is about - of course it was Juanfran's cross from a free kick, hence the goal being attributed to him, but it was clearly knocked in by someone. Diogo was the closest Zaragoza player but, looking at the replay, it came off Pablo, the Atleti defender, for an own goal.
    • 34' Corner to Zaragoza on the left... the ball is chipped into the six yard box and Atletico fail to deal with it, it comes off Diogo's head and bobbles into the bottom right for 1-1! Odd but important goal by Diogo, although it appears to have been attributed to Juanfran.
    • 30' Ayala with a header from a set play but well over... Zaragoza need some inspiration as Milito almost wriggles into the box but he over-runs it slightly.
    • 28' Maxi out to Forlan, ball played into AGUERO WHO MUST SCORE but great keeping by Cesar to smother.
    • 26' Quick break from Atletico, one-touch passing as Maxi and Aguero combine AND SIMAO SENDS A CURLER INTO THE TOP RIGHT! SUPER STRIKE! Did it take a deflection though? Atletico don't care - 1-0 to the visitors.
    • 24' Valera rolls about like a, um, thing that rolls about a lot after vague contact from Matuzalem.
    • 20' Free-kick to Atletico on the left, Simao to take... and he sends it high far post but Cesar has it covered and claims with ease.
    • 18' Maxi Rodriguez on the ball, pulls across to the middle to set up the shot but it's blocked... The ball comes back towards Maxi though, and while Cesar seems to have it covered, he makes a mess of it and Maxi wins the corner.
    • 16' Aguero on the left, good run from the Argentinian, he swings a ball over to FORLAN FLYING IN WITH THE FLICKED HEADER WHICH CESAR JUST TOUCHES OVER! Corner Atleti, great effort.
    • 10' The ball is swung into the Atletico box and OSCAR WITH A HEADER which Abiatti has to palm over! It kind of bounced off his head and looped towards goals.
    • 8' Maxi is sent through and is clean through but the flag is up.
    • 6' Yellow card for a quite cynical foul on Simao by Sergio Garcia, he was running through from his own half.
    • 4' Cross comes in from Oscar on the left and MILITO WITH THE HEADER but Abiatti manages to get his body back across to claim. Good keeping.
    • 1' Match underway!

  • Team Stats

    Zaragoza Stats Atletico de Madrid
    56% Possession 43%
    13 Shots 11
    3 Shots on target 8
    7 Saves 1
    3 Corners 3
    16 Fouls 20
    2 Offsides 1
    3 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    22 Tackles 32
    416 Accurate passes 316
    67 Bad passes 50

  • 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
    • Zaragoza
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 César Sánchez Dominguez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
      6 Roberto Ayala 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 2
      11 Juan Francisco Garcia 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 33 17 1
      2 Carlos Diogo 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 35 1 3
      3 Javier Paredes 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 37 8 6
      7 Peter Luccin 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 53 8 0
      14 Gabriel Fernández 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 43 4 1
      5 Óscar González 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 43 3 3
      20 Francesco Matuzalem 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 67 11 4
      9 Sergio Garcia 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 27 7 0
      22 Diego Milito 1 2 1 1 3 2 0 20 5 0
      16 Albert Celades 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1
      25 Javier López Vallejo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Francisco Pavón 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Chus Herrero Chus Herrero 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Ricardo Oliveira 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
      21 Alberto Zapater 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 2 1
      19 David Generelo Miranda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Atletico de Madrid
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Christian Abbiati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0
      21 Luis Perea 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 20 1 6
      3 Antonio López Guerrero 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 33 8 3
      22 Pablo Ibañez 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 20 0 3
      6 Cléber Santana Loureiro 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 36 4 2
      8 Raúl García 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 54 7 5
      11 Maximiliano Rodríguez 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 32 3 5
      23 Juan Valera Espin 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 0
      24 Simão Sabrosa 1 1 1 3 4 0 0 28 8 1
      10 Sergio Aguero 0 3 3 1 3 0 0 18 5 2
      7 Diego Forlan 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 34 5 2
      9 Luis Javier García Sanz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      29 Ignacio Camacho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Mariano Pernia 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 7 3
      19 Miguel de las Cuevas 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 0
      1 Ismael Falcón 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 José Antonio Reyes 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 0
      14 José Eduardo Rosa Vale e Castro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90' Reyes does well to volley a loose ball first-time and drill a low just just wide of Cesar's goal... Cesar is "injured" and awaits treatment, eating up valuable seconds...
    • 87' Aguera on the left, he beats one man, then another, this is a brilliant run and he rounds Cesar but it's too tight to score BUT HE LAYS IT ON A PLATE FOR FORLAN BUT SOMEHOW DIOGO SLIDES IN TO PUT IT INCHES WIDE FOR A CORNER!
    • 84' Forlan latches onto a through ball and he races one-on-one but Cesar with a brilliant stop to keep him out!
    • 76' Couple of tasty challenges, the first one sees Aguero in a heap but play-on! He was clearly caught late on the edge of the box, but somehow the ref misses it! Then Perea on Milito, free kick no card.
    • 73' Diego Milito steps up to take it... and he drills it into the bottom left for 2-1! Zaragoza lead!
    • 62' Free kick to Atletico on the right after Aguero was fouled... Simao to take, he outcurls it far post AND AGUERO FLIES IN WITH THE HEADER FOR 2-0 BUT STRAIGHT AT CESAR who does really well to hold on. Great chance goes begging.
    • 42' Sergio Garcia is sent through but the ball appears to strike a hand and nothing given! The home fans and players cannot believe it, the replay shows it to be inconclusive as the chipped pass appeared to brush Pablo somewhere around the pectoral-shoulder area.
    • 40' Forlan is running through, he's alone but has Luccin with him, he loses him, then two others, and tries a curled chip but misjudges it and sends the ball wide.
    • 34' Corner to Zaragoza on the left... the ball is chipped into the six yard box and Atletico fail to deal with it, it comes off Diogo's head and bobbles into the bottom right for 1-1! Odd but important goal by Diogo, although it appears to have been attributed to Juanfran.
    • 28' Maxi out to Forlan, ball played into AGUERO WHO MUST SCORE but great keeping by Cesar to smother.
    • 26' Quick break from Atletico, one-touch passing as Maxi and Aguero combine AND SIMAO SENDS A CURLER INTO THE TOP RIGHT! SUPER STRIKE! Did it take a deflection though? Atletico don't care - 1-0 to the visitors.
    • 16' Aguero on the left, good run from the Argentinian, he swings a ball over to FORLAN FLYING IN WITH THE FLICKED HEADER WHICH CESAR JUST TOUCHES OVER! Corner Atleti, great effort.
    • 10' The ball is swung into the Atletico box and OSCAR WITH A HEADER which Abiatti has to palm over! It kind of bounced off his head and looped towards goals.
    • 4' Cross comes in from Oscar on the left and MILITO WITH THE HEADER but Abiatti manages to get his body back across to claim. Good keeping.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Rafael Ramirez Dominguez

  • Zaragoza

    Manager: Manolo Villanova

    On the Field

    • Sánchez
    • Diogo
    • Ayala
    • Paredes
    • Juanfran Yellow Card
    • García Yellow Card
    • Luccin Yellow Card
    • Fernández "Gabi"
    • González Substitution Out (81′)
    • Matuzalem Substitution Out (78′)
    • Milito Goal Substitution Out (83′)

    Subs

    • 16. Celades Substitution In (81′)
    • 25. López Vallejo
    • 15. Pavón
    • 12. Oliveira Substitution In (83′)
    • 21. Zapater Substitution In (78′)
    • 24. Chus

    Injured

    • 23. Fernández
    • 4. Cuartero
    • 8. Aimar
    • 19. Generelo

    Suspended

    None

  • Atletico de Madrid

    On the Field

    • Abbiati
    • Valera Substitution Out (44′)
    • Ibáñez Own Goal Yellow Card
    • Perea Yellow Card
    • Antonio López
    • Cléber Santana Substitution Out (81′)
    • García Escudero
    • Rodríguez
    • Sabrosa Goal Substitution Out (73′)
    • Forlán
    • Agüero

    Subs

    • 17. Reyes Substitution In (73′)
    • 9. Garcia
    • 1. Falcón
    • 4. Pernía Substitution In (44′)
    • 14. Castro
    • De las Cuevas Substitution In (81′)
    • Camacho

    Injured

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

    Suspended

    None