FOOTBALL Live

Wednesday September 24, 2008 Finished

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Real Madrid

  • van der Vaart 17’, 32’, 47’
  • Higuaín 36’
  • Robben 50’
  • Raúl 58’, 63’

Sporting de Gijón

  • Mateo 53’

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Real Madrid
    • Sporting de Gijón
    • 90' That's it folks!!! A thrilling performance from Madrid that will surely have the rest of Spain quaking in their boots. Van der Vaart's hat-trick was superb, but arguably Higuain and Raul were just as impressive.
    • 87' Barral hammers a shot towards goal, and Valdes can only punch away.
    • 85' Drenthe is busying himself effectively for Madrid, using his strength and pace down both flanks.
    • 80' Sporting attack, but Madrid cope easily and break rapidly upfield. Drenthe cuts inside and cracks a stinging shot, which Sergio gathers at the second attempt.
    • 77' Sporting lost 6-1 to Barcelona at the weekend, so it might just be their defence needs some attention. Madrid continue to play the ball around with comfort.
    • 75' Madrid are stroking it around very casually now. It might be they've had their fill. Sporting seem happy to sit back.
    • 70' The question is...are Madrid satisfied? They have seven goals, but you get the feeling they might get at least another couple if they really go at it.
    • 67' Robben makes way for Roysten Drenthe. He's had a great game.
    • 64' GOOOOAAAALLL!!!!! RAUL WITH A SUBLIME LOB OVER SERGIO TO MAKE IT 7-1!!!! What a lovely, lovely goal - reminscent of Karel Poborsky's strike at Euro 2004.
    • 61' Higuain leaves the field to a standing ovation, to be replaced by Javier Saviola.
    • 59' Meanwhile, Sporting have made a double substitution. Maldonado and Raúl Cámara have exited stage left, replaced by Diego Castro and Enrique Neru.
    • 58' GOOOOOOOAAAALLLL!! They just keep on coming!! 6-1!!! Robben absolutely pinged one from outside the box, Sergio touched in onto the bar and RAUL was on hand to volley home the rebound.
    • 55' Time for a comment without the word goal in it. Sporting are suddenly going right at Madrid, possibly sensing a chance to limit the damage to their goal difference.
    • 53' Guess what...GO00000AAAL!!! But this time it's Sporting who come to the party. Barral lays on Kike Mateo, who blasts his shot past Valdes.
    • 49' GOOOAAAAAALLLL!!!! 5-0!!! This is comedy football from Madrid. Higuain plays in Robben, who rounds Sergio and slots home with ease.
    • 47' GOOOOOAAAALLLL!!!!!! Robben into Raul, who lays off beautifully for HIGUAIN!!!! Great finish. This is truly magnificent football from Madrid. Joyful!!
    • 46' Tehe second half is under way and let's hope for some more silky magic from the home side.
    • 45' That's it for the first half sports fans. It's been a great one for fans of Real, who have seen their team turn on the style and bag three absolute corkers.
    • 44' Pepe is down now. He gets chopped late by Torres David Barrall and will also need attention. Everything's got a little bit heated all of a sudden.
    • 42' Nasty clash of heads between Santa Cecilla Pedro and Van der Vaart...both require treatment.
    • 38' Sporting just can't get into it. They're being completely and utterly outplayed.
    • 36' GOOOOOOAAAALLL!!!! ANOTHER ONE!!! This time it's Higuain who gets on the scoresheet, stroking home Robben's right-wing pull-back. LIQUID FOOTBALL FROM MADRID!!! LIQUID!!
    • 34' Robben pings a humdinger that swerves wickedly, great save from Sergio!!!
    • 32' GOOOOOOAAALLLL!!!! WHAT A FINISH FROM VAN DER VAART!!! Higuain pulled the back from the left and the Dutchman backheeled past Sergio. A touch of real class.
    • 28' Madrid are looking sharp tonight, with Raul pulling the strings in midfield and Higuain everywhere.
    • 26' Delightful ball from Raul, who releases Higuain down the left. He crosses, but it's just too long for Van der Vaart. (VDV from this point forward).
    • 23' Montoya Kike Mateo with a chance for Sporting, but he takes too long before pulling the trigger.
    • 20' Great defending by Pepe, who races down Maldonado and robs the ball back for Madrid.
    • 18' GOOOOOAAAAALLL!!! Rafael Van der Vaart puts the home side ahead, finishing off lovely work from Raul.
    • 12' Bernd Schuster is seriously pumped-up tonight. He's marching up and down the touchline barking orders at the Madrid players.
    • 9' Francisco Maldonado works some magic for Sporting, who are beginning to assert themselves on the match now.
    • 4' Higuain cracks an early shot in, but its an easy one for Sanchez Sergio to deal with.
    • 1' And away we go!!! Madrid start with Ruud van Nistelrooy on the bench. Ruben De la Red and Gonzalo Higuain start up top.
    • - Good evening and welcome to our LIVE!! coverage of Real Madrid v Sporting Gijon at the Bernabeu.

  • Team Stats

    Real Madrid Stats Sporting de Gijón
    61% Possession 38%
    16 Shots 15
    12 Shots on target 3
    1 Saves 4
    3 Corners 2
    15 Fouls 14
    2 Offsides 0
    0 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    24 Tackles 28
    469 Accurate passes 280
    34 Bad passes 48

  • 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
    • Real Madrid
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Iker Casillas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 0
      3 Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 63 7 2
      22 Miguel Torres Gómez 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 37 0 2
      5 Fabio Cannavaro 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 58 2 3
      12 Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 37 4 3
      6 Mahamadou Diarra 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 40 2 3
      18 Rubén De la Red 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 59 8 2
      23 Rafael van der Vaart 3 3 3 0 3 1 1 40 5 3
      20 Gonzalo Higuaín 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 24 1 0
      7 Raúl González Blanco 2 3 2 2 0 0 2 26 2 0
      11 Arjen Robben 1 5 3 0 2 0 1 16 1 5
      9 Javier Saviola 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 1 0
      25 Jerzy Dudek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Míchel Salgado 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Ruud van Nistelrooy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Gabriel Heinze 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Javi Garcia 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 33 0 1
      15 Royston Drenthe 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 8 0 0
    • Sporting de Gijón
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Sergio Sánchez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0
      14 Iván Hernández Soto 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 8 6
      15 Roberto Canella 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 20 6 1
      20 Raúl Cámara 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 0 1
      12 Jürgen Colin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 1 0
      8 Miguel Marcos Madera 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 59 8 6
      21 Enrique Mateo Montoya 1 4 1 3 3 0 0 28 3 2
      19 Diego Camacho 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 26 5 2
      7 Pedro Santa Cecilia Garcia 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 14 0 1
      23 David Barral 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 20 2 2
      25 Francisco Jose Maldonado 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7 4 0
      10 Pablo De Lucas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Mate Bilic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Francisco Borja Enrique Ayesa 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 1 4
      4 Andreu Guerao Mayoral 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Luis Morán 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 3 1
      17 Diego Castro Gimenez 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 13 4 2
      13 Ivan Cuellar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 64' GOOOOAAAALLL!!!!! RAUL WITH A SUBLIME LOB OVER SERGIO TO MAKE IT 7-1!!!! What a lovely, lovely goal - reminscent of Karel Poborsky's strike at Euro 2004.
    • 58' GOOOOOOOAAAALLLL!! They just keep on coming!! 6-1!!! Robben absolutely pinged one from outside the box, Sergio touched in onto the bar and RAUL was on hand to volley home the rebound.
    • 53' Guess what...GO00000AAAL!!! But this time it's Sporting who come to the party. Barral lays on Kike Mateo, who blasts his shot past Valdes.
    • 49' GOOOAAAAAALLLL!!!! 5-0!!! This is comedy football from Madrid. Higuain plays in Robben, who rounds Sergio and slots home with ease.
    • 47' GOOOOOAAAALLLL!!!!!! Robben into Raul, who lays off beautifully for HIGUAIN!!!! Great finish. This is truly magnificent football from Madrid. Joyful!!
    • 36' GOOOOOOAAAALLL!!!! ANOTHER ONE!!! This time it's Higuain who gets on the scoresheet, stroking home Robben's right-wing pull-back. LIQUID FOOTBALL FROM MADRID!!! LIQUID!!
    • 34' Robben pings a humdinger that swerves wickedly, great save from Sergio!!!
    • 32' GOOOOOOAAALLLL!!!! WHAT A FINISH FROM VAN DER VAART!!! Higuain pulled the back from the left and the Dutchman backheeled past Sergio. A touch of real class.
    • 18' GOOOOOAAAAALLL!!! Rafael Van der Vaart puts the home side ahead, finishing off lovely work from Raul.
    • - Good evening and welcome to our LIVE!! coverage of Real Madrid v Sporting Gijon at the Bernabeu.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Julián Rodríguez Santiago

  • Real Madrid

    Manager: Bernd Schuster

    Captain: 7. González Raúl

    Starting line-up

    • I. Casillas
    • M. Torres
    • .. Pepe
    • F. Cannavaro
    • .. Marcelo
    • M. Diarra Substitution Out (60′)
    • R. De la Red
    • R. van der Vaart Goals×3
    • A. Robben Goal Substitution Out (67′)
    • G. Higuaín Goal Substitution Out (61′)
    • G. Raúl Goals×2

    Subs

    • 2. M. Salgado
    • 21. C. Metzelder
    • 16. G. Heinze
    • 25. J. Dudek
    • 9. J. Saviola Substitution In61′
    • 17. R. van Nistelrooy
    • 24. F. Javi García Substitution In60′
    • 15. R. Drenthe Substitution In67′

    Injured

    • 14. J. Guti
    • 10. W. Sneijder
    • 8. F. Gago

    Suspended

    None

  • Sporting de Gijón

    Manager: Manuel Preciado

    Captain: 9. Mate Bilic

    Starting line-up

    • S. Sánchez
    • C. Raúl Substitution Out (47′)
    • S. Iván Hernández
    • J. Colin
    • S. Roberto Canella
    • K. Mateo Goal
    • D. Camacho
    • F. Maldonado Substitution Out (47′)
    • M. Míchel
    • D. Barral

    Subs

    • 3. F. Ayesa "Neru" Substitution In47′
    • 9. M. Bilic
    • 6. -. Carmelo
    • 13. I. Cuéllar
    • 11. O. Sampedro
    • 17. D. Castro Substitution In47′
    • 4. G. Andreu
    • 7. S. Pedro Substitution Out56′

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None