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Deportivo la Coruna

  • Mista 26’
  • Lopo 51’

Real Madrid

  • van Nistelrooy 47’

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Deportivo la Coruna
    • Real Madrid
    • FT And there is the final whistle - Real's terrible record in Coruna continues. Barca and Real Madrid BOTH LOSE on the opening day - who would have predicted that?
    • 90+2 Real with a free in a good area but Higuain fires into the wall.
    • 90 Real have three extra minutes to try and find a equaliser.
    • 89' Depor really good on the break again and Diarra has to slide in and concede a corner that will allow Depor to time-waste.
    • 86' Aranzubia comes out a mile and flaps at a cross but he gets away with it. Marcelo also now just booked for a bad tackle.
    • 84' Real running out of time - Drenthe is on as they try and change things but they just do not look like scoring - at the other end Omar Bravo can't get a little backheel on target from close range.
    • 77' How much would Real love to be able to spring Robinho from the bench right about now? They are lacking in ideas and if anything it is Depor who look more like scoring.
    • 74' A poor corner from Depor allows Higuain to break away and he is chopped down by Pablo Alvarez who is given a yellow card.
    • 70' Poor challenge from Ramos on Filipe Luis and he is booked for his troubles.
    • 67' Riki screws an effort well wide but Depor looking dangerous on the counter.
    • 65' Robben still looking the most dangerous Real play but the champions are struggling to create chances here.
    • 62' Mista gets a well earned rest and Riki comes on to replace him.
    • 60' Deportivo getting great support from their fans now - they sense a win as Real struggle to create.
    • 55' Guti goes in the book for a foul on Mista.
    • 54' It is all happening now - Diarra gets his head on a cross from Marcelo it is heading for the corner of the net but Aranzubia gets down to save.
    • 52' Depor hit straight back. Again it comes from a set-piece - Direct from a corner Lopo gets in ahead of Pepe and Ramos to flick home a fine header.
    • 47' And Real are level!! A simple goal as Raul slips in van Nistelrooy who calmly finishes for what could be the first of many goals this season.
    • 46' Back underway...
    • HT There is the half-time whistle - just before the break - Aranzubia left a Marcelo cross and it ended up hitting the crossbar.
    • 44' Higuain wins a header in the box but it goes harmlessly wide.
    • 40' Deportivo keeping plenty of men behind the ball but they look well organised and dangerous on the break too.
    • 35' Long range ball from Guti finds Robben in the clear he is being pushed onto his right foot but he refuses to use it and instead fires a week left foot effort that Aranzubia saves.
    • 34' Real trying to press on - Robben is cutting in from the right and causing problems but he sees another shot blocked.
    • 31' Rash challenge from Lopo and he goes into the book.
    • 27' MISTA SCORES!!! A debut goal from the former Valencia man. A close range header into the ground from a Guardado cross. It all came from a quick free that was needlessly given away from Pepe. Terrible marking for the goal too.
    • 23' It looks for a moment like Higuain might be in but Castro makes a superb tackle to clear the danger.
    • 22' The high pace continues but Real can't get the ball to stick with their forwards.
    • 17' Robben leads a Real counter attack but his shot is blocked it falls to van Nistelrooy but the Dutch striker was in an off-side position.
    • 15' Still quite an open game but we are waiting for the chances. Mista's early effort still the closest either side has come.
    • 10' The game has settled into a pattern - Real dominating posession with Depor looking to hit them on the break.
    • 6' Quite an open start to this game - Real starting to get into thing. Robben has just dived in the box looking for penalty (not even close) and Higuain has screwed a poor shot wide.
    • 2' OFF THE CROSSBAR ALREADY FROM DEPORT - new signing Mista nicked in ahead of his man and got on the end Verdu's low cross but he sees his shot crash off the bar.
    • 1' And we are underway at a ground where Real have not won for 17 seasons.
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of this Liga opener between Deportivo and Real Madrid. The champions can steal an early march on Barcelona who have already lost today.

  • Team Stats

    Deportivo la Coruna Stats Real Madrid
    38% Possession 61%
    11 Shots 18
    3 Shots on target 4
    2 Saves 1
    6 Corners 5
    16 Fouls 18
    3 Offsides 2
    4 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    17 Tackles 10
    250 Accurate passes 426
    53 Bad passes 72

  • 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
    • Deportivo la Coruna
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Daniel Aranzubía 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 1 0
      4 Alberto Lopo 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 19 1 1
      3 Filipe Luis Kasmirski 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 25 11 2
      15 Laureano Sanabria Ruiz 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 19 0 4
      5 José Eduardo Rosa Vale e Castro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 3
      10 Joan Verdú Fernández 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 30 10 1
      8 Sergio González Soriano 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 37 5 2
      14 Pablo Álvarez 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 23 2 1
      6 Julian de Guzman 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 34 4 3
      18 Andrés Guardado 0 2 0 2 3 0 2 25 11 0
      12 Miguel Angel Ferrer Martinez 1 2 1 1 1 3 0 9 3 0
      22 Juan Antonio Rodríguez Villamuela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      11 Iván Sánchez-Riko Soto 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 1 0
      30 Fabricio Agosto Ramírez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Omar Bravo 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 2 0
      31 Adrián López Rodríguez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Francisco Jiménez Tejada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Antonio Tomás 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
      3 Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 48 6 3
      12 Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 44 14 1
      4 Sergio Ramos 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 62 4 2
      16 Gabriel Heinze 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 41 8 2
      14 José Maria Guti 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 62 9 2
      6 Mahamadou Diarra 0 2 1 2 5 0 0 63 8 0
      7 Raúl González Blanco 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 14 5 0
      17 Ruud van Nistelrooy 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 12 1 0
      20 Gonzalo Higuaín 0 5 1 0 2 0 0 34 5 0
      11 Arjen Robben 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 36 8 0
      15 Royston Drenthe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      25 Jerzy Dudek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Fernando Gago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Miguel Torres Gómez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Fabio Cannavaro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Christoph Metzelder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Rubén De la Red 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0

  • Summary

    • 54' It is all happening now - Diarra gets his head on a cross from Marcelo it is heading for the corner of the net but Aranzubia gets down to save.
    • 52' Depor hit straight back. Again it comes from a set-piece - Direct from a corner Lopo gets in ahead of Pepe and Ramos to flick home a fine header.
    • 47' And Real are level!! A simple goal as Raul slips in van Nistelrooy who calmly finishes for what could be the first of many goals this season.
    • 35' Long range ball from Guti finds Robben in the clear he is being pushed onto his right foot but he refuses to use it and instead fires a week left foot effort that Aranzubia saves.
    • 27' MISTA SCORES!!! A debut goal from the former Valencia man. A close range header into the ground from a Guardado cross. It all came from a quick free that was needlessly given away from Pepe. Terrible marking for the goal too.
    • 2' OFF THE CROSSBAR ALREADY FROM DEPORT - new signing Mista nicked in ahead of his man and got on the end Verdu's low cross but he sees his shot crash off the bar.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

  • Deportivo la Coruna

    Manager: Miguel Ángel Lotina

    Captain: Sergio González

    Starting line-up

    • D. Aranzubia Yellow Card
    • L. Laure
    • A. Lopo Goal Yellow Card
    • Z. Castro
    • K. Filipe Luís Yellow Card
    • S. González
    • J. de Guzmán
    • P. Álvarez Yellow Card Substitution Out (79′)
    • J. Verdú
    • A. Guardado

    Subs

    • J. Valerón
    • O. Bravo Substitution In73′
    • M. Mista Goal Substitution Out61′
    • A. Tomás
    • I. Schez. "Riki" Substitution In61′ Substitution Out73′
    • F. Jiménez "Xisco"
    • F. Fabricio
    • A. Piscu

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Real Madrid

    Manager: Bernd Schuster

    Captain: González Raúl

    Starting line-up

    • I. Casillas Yellow Card
    • S. Ramos Yellow Card
    • .. Pepe
    • G. Heinze
    • .. Marcelo Yellow Card
    • M. Diarra
    • J. Guti Yellow Card Substitution Out (81′)
    • G. Higuaín
    • A. Robben
    • R. van Nistelrooy Goal
    • G. Raúl Substitution In (80′)

    Subs

    • F. Cannavaro
    • C. Metzelder
    • J. Dudek
    • R. De la Red Substitution In81′
    • F. Gago
    • R. Drenthe Substitution In80′
    • M. Torres

    Injured

    • M. Salgado
    • J. Saviola
    • W. Sneijder

    Suspended

    • R. van der Vaart

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