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  1. Real Madrid go third with win

    Real Madrid go third with win

    Real Madrid jumped two places to third in La Liga after a 1-0 home win against sixth-placed Villarreal thanks to an Arjen Robben screamer. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Real Madrid
    • Villarreal
    • - Final scores from around Spain: Almeria 1-0 Real Betis; Athletic Bilbao 1-1 Espanyol; Real Madrid 1 - 0 Villarreal; Recreativo 3-1 Numancia; Valladolid 0-1 Racing Santander; Malaga 1-0 Sporting
    • - LIVE NOW: Sevilla v Osasuna from the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan!!
    • 90+4' It is the last chance - Real go third with the three points behind leaders Barcelona and Valencia, both of whom won on Saturday. Villarreal stay sixth.
    • 90+4' Eguren cannot believe it as he sends the ball well over the bar with a free header. The crowd murmur their relief - and disgust.
    • 90+3' Ramos cycnical on Ibagaza... a last free-kick...
    • 90+3' Drenthe on the left crosses to the near post where Van der Vaart is very unlucky with a flick!!
    • 90+2' Villarreal with a free header in injury-time, but Casillas catches easily as it rises from the floor.
    • 90+1' Real change: Christoph Metzelder on for Robben as Juande Ramos tightens it up.
    • 88' Villarreal wasting their final balls now as the clock ticks down...
    • 86' Ibagaza now causing problems for Real, jinking in the box before a low hard shot that Casillas does well to save and hold.
    • 85' Real applying pressure in the last minutes, with Villarreal unable to break. Lopez claws away a second ball from a corner kick after Fabio Cannavaro had almost hooked it home.
    • 82' Robben tears down the right and somehow pokes the ball back to Ramos in the box, who almost applies a finishing touch. Excellent defending.
    • 80' Rossi on the prowl, receiving the ball back in the box - but his shot is tame and Casillas claims it easily.
    • 79' Villarreal change: Cani on for Pires.
    • 78' Real change: Diarra replaced by Rafael van der Vaart.
    • 77' Sneijder plays in Drenthe, who fires a shot just wide of the far post. Very unlucky, good effort.
    • 77' Villarreal are pushing for an equaliser, although not creating many chances.
    • 74' More chaos as Gago is penalised for a foul on Capdevila: that was worth a yellow if Senna's was on him - not that either was worth one, really. Spanish refs lack consistency. Eguren is then booked for a foul on Robben.
    • 73' Gago booked for fouling Santi Cazorla, who has been pretty quiet today.
    • 72' Lopez keeps Villarreal in it!! Robben attacked from the right and cut back to Ramos, who showed his classy side by flicking on for Sneijder - and Lopez pushed the low shot away from next to the post.
    • 71' INCREDIBLE SAVE BY CASILLAS TO DENY ROSSI!! Ibagza showed his class by hooking a cross back to Rossi eight yards out, who headed at goal - and the keeper literally scraped it with his fingertips on to the bar and over in full flight.
    • 70' Villarreal change: Ariel Ibagaza on for Senna - a bold move by Pellegrini.
    • 68' I bet Senna was peeved because the card means he will miss the derby against Valencia next weekend.
    • 67' Drenthe attacks the left flank, pulling back to SNEIJDER... his low first-time shot is saved by Lopez.
    • 65' Sneijder wastes the free-kick from 25 yards. Senna could not believe he was booked for that.
    • 64' Senna penalised with a yellow card, although he pulled out of the challenge on Gago, who went down nonetheless.
    • 63' Diarra and Senna go into battle - very similar players, these two - with the Frenchman coming out on top, much to the pleasure of the home support.
    • 60' Sneijder bends a ball towards the back stick where Raul is unmarked and onside - but it is just too far ahead of him.
    • 57' Drenthe, another hit-and-miss player, immediately brings his trademark comedy to proceedings by completely mis-controlling the ball on the touchline. Throw-in.
    • 56' Real change: Huntelaar replaced by Royston Drenthe.
    • 55' Huntelaar lacking support on the right, and opts for a volley at goal - tame and low. Just because you're Dutch doesn't make you Marco van Basten circa 1988, sunshine.
    • 55' Before that Ramos performed a step-over and pass inside the away penalty area - straight to a rival. Sometimes he looks like a pub player, sometimes like a European champion...
    • 53' Rossi battling on the right side of the box; the ball is played square for Llorente again, whose low shot towards the far bottom corner is tipped away by Casillas!! Great save.
    • 50' Llorente comes in from the right this time and blazes a shot out for a throw-in when he should have hit the target!
    • 50' The Yellow Submarine pressing their rivals. With a bit more pressure the fans will become very restless...
    • 48' Pires ambling forward - in a good way - leaving the odd defender trailing in his wake... he feeds Llorente on the left, who steps in and almost gets a shot on goal. Nervous times for Real.
    • 47' Robben spins on to a Diarra pass but the flag is up for offside. He was a yard off.
    • 46' The second half starts next to the Castellana in Madrid. Villarreal change: Joseba Llorente on for the ineffectual Matias Fernandez.
    • - After this match we have Sevilla v Osasuna LIVE for you, plus scoring on Getafe v Deportivo later at 20:00 UK time. Also follow the live scores from the second halves in a few minutes' time, plus continued coverage of Real Madrid v Villarreal.
    • - Half-time scores from around Spain: Almeria 1-0 Real Betis; Athletic Bilbao 0-1 Espanyol; Real Madrid 1-0 Villarreal; Recreativo 1-0 Numancia; Valladolid 0-0 Racing Santander; Malaga 1-0 Sporting.
    • 45+3' The whistle sounds for half-time. Real Madrid lead by a goal in this crucial match.
    • 45+2' Diarra is fouled openly twice, the second time by Diego Godin - who also gets a team-mate with the wild tackle before going down hurt. Someone else is on the deck in a white shirt... the usual Liga chaos then, played out against a backdrop of indignation from the stands.
    • 45' Lopez comes out of his goal a long way to the corner of the box and Raul would have scored with his header, had he not slipped!
    • 44' Rossi with a full-body challenge on Ramos but bizarrely wins the ball; the ref waves play on and Gago hacks at the frontman. Chaos ensues again.
    • 43' Lovely move from Real, Robben turning away and reaching the by-line before cutting back - Joan Capdevila walks out and calmly intercepts. Great defending.
    • 40' HUNTELAAR ALMOST SCORES A SECOND!! He sprang the offside trap and controlled on the far side of the box before shooting, but Lopez flew out to block brilliantly with his arm!! Raul put the rebound over the bar.
    • 38' A calm period for a change - don't expect it to last.
    • 34' The kick almost swerves into the top corner - Casillas reaching high to tip it away. A great game on our hands now.
    • 33' VILLARREAL ALMOST EQUALISE!! Senna won the ball in the opposition half and it fell to Rossi, who slipped in Pires - and his excellent low shot was saved by Casillas. Corner kick...
    • 32' GREAT GOAL FOR REAL!! Robben cuts in from the right-hand touchline and leaves several players trailing before dispatching a lethal strike into the far-post top corner.
    • 32' All sorts of shenanigans as Real players go down looking for fouls. Raul is unlucky after he was caught on the edge of the box, but Robben's fall in the box is terrible - and what we have come to expect.
    • 30' Villarreal right-back Angel is the second name in the book after hauling back Gabriel Heinze as he sped down the touchline.
    • 29' After Real clear the free-kick Gonzalo is taken out by Huntelaar. The striker is booked for his trouble, the first player to be punished today. The match is becoming fractious.
    • 28' Rossi bears down on a lovely dinked through-ball but Casillas is lively and out to clear. A moment later Sebastian Eguren goes down in a heap after a challenge from Ramos.
    • 27' Diarra with an absolutely abysmal attempt at a pass. How much did he cost again?
    • 25' Sneijder opts to shoot from about 40 yards when he would normally whip a cross in. It is well over. There is no excuse for that.
    • 23' Senna gets stuck into Gago in the middle of the park and follows through with a kick with his left foot... he is VERY lucky not to go into the book.
    • 22' Former Arsenal star Robert Pires is playing quite narrowly rather than out wide for the away team, putting in some defensive work.
    • 20' The Yellow Submarine have become quite a force in Spain in recent seasons despite their humble beginnings/surroundings (it has been said that there are only 11 taxis in the town, but having never been there I cannot confirm that). Manuel Pellegrini has cultivated a ball-playing side that was clearly not dependent on initial stars Juan Roman Riquelme and Diego Forlan.
    • 18' A foul is given to Villarreal as Sneijder delivers again into the box. Juande Ramos's side are going at their impressive rivals early doors.
    • 17' Former Manchester United striker Giuseppe Rossi with a typical striker's tackle on Real defender Pepe. He is lucky not to be booked, especially with it being in Spain.
    • 15' Raul leaps for a header near the edge of the box and the ball deflects back for SNEIJDER... his volley is a foot wide. It looked closer than it was.
    • 14' Real keeper Iker Casillas changes his gloves - perhaps he has requested a thermal pair in the cold.
    • 12' Arjen Robben attacks through midfield for the home side, Gonzalo Rodriguez diving across to block 25 yards out... THE BALL LANDS ON THE CROSSBAR AND OVER!!
    • 9' Diarra involved in a challenge in the centre of the park as Real look to keep up the pressure on the away goalmouth. Soon after Nihat volleys wide of the far post for Villarreal.
    • 6' Huntelaar looks to control a lobbed ball through, but it just runs away from him. Unlucky from the Dutchman.
    • 6' Huntelaar is not the only player making his debut today, a rare afternoon kick-off for Real; Lassana Diarra is also on the pitch in midfield.
    • 4' Wesley Sneijder crosses from the right as Real continue to attack, with new man Klaas-Jan Huntelaar there to get an effort away; Marcos Senna blocks well.
    • 2' Fernando Gago with a great through-ball for Sergio Ramos down the channel, but visiting keeper Diego Lopez is out quickly to narrow the angle and block.
    • 1' The match is underway, Real kicking from left to right in all white. Villarreal in all yellow as usual.
    • - These sides sit fifth and sixth respectively in La Liga - a win for either would take them third above Atletico Madrid and Sevilla.
    • - Welcome to text coverage of Real Madrid v Villarreal from the Bernabeu.

  • Team Stats

    Real Madrid Stats Villarreal
    45% Possession 54%
    16 Shots 14
    6 Shots on target 6
    6 Saves 5
    7 Corners 11
    18 Fouls 24
    4 Offsides 1
    2 Yellow cards 4
    0 Red cards 0
    17 Tackles 23
    273 Accurate passes 332
    53 Bad passes 66

  • 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 6 1 0
      5 Fabio Cannavaro 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 16 1 1
      16 Gabriel Heinze 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 34 19 1
      4 Sergio Ramos 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 39 2 2
      3 Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 22 0 3
      6 Lassana Diarra 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 29 3 5
      10 Wesley Sneijder 0 7 2 1 2 0 0 39 12 0
      8 Fernando Gago 0 0 0 5 4 1 0 36 3 1
      11 Arjen Robben 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 19 1 0
      19 Klaas Jan Huntelaar 0 1 1 4 3 1 0 9 5 0
      7 Raúl González Blanco 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 14 3 2
      35 Miguel Palanca Fernández 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 Jerzy Dudek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Javier Saviola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Rafael van der Vaart 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      2 Míchel Salgado 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Christoph Metzelder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Royston Drenthe 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 9 3 2
    • Villarreal
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Diego Lopez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0
      2 Javier Gonzalo Rodriguez 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 27 1 4
      5 Joan Capdevila 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 24 12 6
      18 Ángel David López Ruano 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 27 1 2
      4 Diego Godín 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 21 2 1
      6 Sebastian Eguren 0 1 0 5 2 0 0 44 6 3
      19 Marcos Senna 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 42 8 2
      8 Santi Cazorla 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 51 12 1
      7 Robert Pires 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 31 7 1
      22 Giuseppe Rossi 0 2 2 4 3 1 0 16 4 0
      15 Kahveci Nihat 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0
      10 Ruben Gracia Calmache 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 1
      21 Bruno Llido 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Fabricio Fuentes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Joseba Llorente 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 11 3 0
      1 Sebastian Viera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Matías Fernández 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Ariel Ibagaza 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 4 2

  • Summary

    • - LIVE NOW: Sevilla v Osasuna from the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan!!
    • 86' Ibagaza now causing problems for Real, jinking in the box before a low hard shot that Casillas does well to save and hold.
    • 77' Sneijder plays in Drenthe, who fires a shot just wide of the far post. Very unlucky, good effort.
    • 72' Lopez keeps Villarreal in it!! Robben attacked from the right and cut back to Ramos, who showed his classy side by flicking on for Sneijder - and Lopez pushed the low shot away from next to the post.
    • 71' INCREDIBLE SAVE BY CASILLAS TO DENY ROSSI!! Ibagza showed his class by hooking a cross back to Rossi eight yards out, who headed at goal - and the keeper literally scraped it with his fingertips on to the bar and over in full flight.
    • 53' Rossi battling on the right side of the box; the ball is played square for Llorente again, whose low shot towards the far bottom corner is tipped away by Casillas!! Great save.
    • 50' Llorente comes in from the right this time and blazes a shot out for a throw-in when he should have hit the target!
    • 48' Pires ambling forward - in a good way - leaving the odd defender trailing in his wake... he feeds Llorente on the left, who steps in and almost gets a shot on goal. Nervous times for Real.
    • 45' Lopez comes out of his goal a long way to the corner of the box and Raul would have scored with his header, had he not slipped!
    • 40' HUNTELAAR ALMOST SCORES A SECOND!! He sprang the offside trap and controlled on the far side of the box before shooting, but Lopez flew out to block brilliantly with his arm!! Raul put the rebound over the bar.
    • 33' VILLARREAL ALMOST EQUALISE!! Senna won the ball in the opposition half and it fell to Rossi, who slipped in Pires - and his excellent low shot was saved by Casillas. Corner kick...
    • 32' GREAT GOAL FOR REAL!! Robben cuts in from the right-hand touchline and leaves several players trailing before dispatching a lethal strike into the far-post top corner.
    • 12' Arjen Robben attacks through midfield for the home side, Gonzalo Rodriguez diving across to block 25 yards out... THE BALL LANDS ON THE CROSSBAR AND OVER!!
    • 4' Wesley Sneijder crosses from the right as Real continue to attack, with new man Klaas-Jan Huntelaar there to get an effort away; Marcos Senna blocks well.
    • 2' Fernando Gago with a great through-ball for Sergio Ramos down the channel, but visiting keeper Diego Lopez is out quickly to narrow the angle and block.
    • - Welcome to text coverage of Real Madrid v Villarreal from the Bernabeu.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Manuel Enrique Mejuto González

  • Real Madrid

    Manager: Juande Ramos

    Captain: 7. González Raúl

    Starting line-up

    • I. Casillas
    • S. Ramos
    • .. Pepe
    • F. Cannavaro
    • G. Heinze
    • L. Diarra Substitution Out (77′)
    • F. Gago Yellow Card
    • W. Sneijder
    • A. Robben Goal Substitution Out (89′)
    • K. Huntelaar Yellow Card Substitution Out (55′)
    • G. Raúl

    Subs

    • 2. M. Salgado
    • 21. C. Metzelder
    • 25. J. Dudek
    • 9. J. Saviola
    • 23. R. van der Vaart Substitution In77′
    • 15. R. Drenthe Substitution In55′
    • 35. P. Palanca Substitution In89′

    Injured

    • 14. J. Guti

    Suspended

    None

  • Villarreal

    Manager: Manuel Pellegrini

    Captain: 19. Marcos Senna

    Starting line-up

    • D. López
    • &. López Ruano Yellow Card
    • G. Rodríguez Yellow Card
    • D. Godín
    • J. Capdevila
    • M. Senna Yellow Card Substitution Out (70′)
    • S. Eguren Yellow Card
    • R. Pires Substitution Out (78′)
    • S. Cazorla
    • G. Rossi
    • K. Nihat Substitution Out (47′)

    Subs

    • 11. A. Ibagaza Substitution In70′
    • 10. R. Gracia "Cani" Substitution In78′
    • 1. S. Viera
    • 9. G. Franco
    • 16. J. Llorente Substitution In47′
    • 20. F. Fuentes
    • 21. S. Bruno
    • 14. M. Fernández

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None