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Saturday May 9, 2009 Finished Mestalla

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Valencia

  • Mata 29’
  • Silva 32’
  • Baraja 67’

Real Madrid

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Valencia
    • Real Madrid
    • 90' That's the whistle, a Real spanking for Madrid. Their title hopes are all-but over and will be finished if Barca beat Villarreal at Camp Nou tomorrow.
    • 88' Robben gets down the right but he has no support whatsoever, has to stand it up and, still waiting, is forced to knock it all the way back.
    • 86' Ramos blocks on the line and it almost falls to Villa but Madrid clear.
    • 83' Drenthe on for Marcelo, who's in danger of losing his head
    • 81' Ramos is very lucky not to have given away a penalty after bringing down Mata.
    • 80' There's a bit of a row now with Vicente angry that Marcelo fouled him. Yellow to the Brazilian, who dived in two-footed.
    • 78' Villa sprints away down the left, he races from the Madrid defence but he delays the shot and Metzelder gets across to block for a corner.
    • 76' Mata takes a corner and Marchena almost makes it four but his header lands on the roof of the net.
    • 74' Great ball from right to left from Pablo and Villa flies in but the ball comes off the side of his head and goes wide!!
    • 71' Nasty tackle from Gago, into the back of Marchena, that should be a second yellow but somehow he escapes.
    • 69' It's all over for Madrid now, just going through the motions.
    • 67' Pablo on the right spots Baraja free on the edge of the D and lofts a cool pass towards him AND RUBEN BARAJA SCORES WITH AN ABSOULUTE SCREAMER!! OOOOH WHAT A GOAL FROM THE VETERAN MIDFIELDER! He caught that sweetly with a left-foot volley that zipped past the helpless Casillas into the bottom left! Great strike.
    • 66' Good spell of pressure for Valencia that they can't make count. They're in the driving seat though, it's going to be very hard for Madrid to come back into this.
    • 64' Marchena is booked for a foul on Gago. Free-kick straight down Cesar's throat though.
    • 63' VALENCIA SUB: Pablo on for Joaquin.
    • 62' Free-kick to Madrid about 38 yards out, taken short and Van der Vaart with a screamer inches wide! Good effort, although Cesar probably had it covered.
    • 60' MADRID SUB: On comes Van der Vaart for Javi Garcia.
    • 59' Robben down the right swings a good ball in but cleared by Valencia.
    • 57' Ramos blocks Marchena, who goes down like he's been shot. Tough guy.
    • 56' VALENCIA SUB: Renan on for Silva, who has a knock.
    • 54' Baraja on the edge of the box, one-two with Villa with a superb backheel and Baraja's in but somehow fires over!
    • 52' Foul in the middle of the park but Madrid give it away and played wide left to Villa, he gets towards the byline, cuts inside and sets up Mata on the edge of the box but his shot is blocked.
    • 50' Valencia come again down the right, Joaquin into the box and Mata can get there but muscled out by Cannavaro.
    • 48' Silva on the ball and he has a pop but just wide!!
    • 46' Second half underway!!
    • 45+2 Half-time, Valencia in charge, 2-0 and Madrid's slim title hopes are fading fast!!
    • 45' Raul chases on to a through ball and he's in but Cesar dives outside of his area to save with his legs!
    • 44' Really dodgy from Casillas again, flapping at the corner, but Madrid scramble it clear. They're all over the place, really rattled.
    • 43' Valencia come forward again, Silva down the left to Villa, he cuts it back to Mata who drills low and Casillas fumbles the save but just wide! Corner! Almost a carbon-copy of the first goal!
    • 42' Robben takes but terrible, low into the wall and Valencia clear.
    • 41' Mata fells Robben just on the edge of the box, right-hand corner...
    • 39' Free-kick Madrid just to the right then which Marcelo will take but it's a terrible effort, doesn't clear the wall.
    • 37' Robben skins Alexis, who takes him down and will enter the book. Robben is rolling arond like he's been shot and then, suddenly, he jumps to the feet demanding a red card, then goes back down 'injured' again.
    • 35' Silva is booked for chopping down Gago.
    • 34' Mata almost finds Silva but hammered away by Gago back helping his defence.
    • 33' Cesar claims easily as a through ball bobbles up into his arms.
    • 32' Silva on the ball, he runs towards goal and from the edge of the D Silva has a crack and oh no a horrible mistake from Casillas to let it squirm past at the near post and it's 2-0! Casillas is one of the top keepers in the world but that was village.
    • 30' Madrid are at sixes and sevenses as Valencia counter attack, Marchena to Mata, dummy run from Joaquin and David Villa pops up on the left, one touch and BANG but the low shot is inches wide of the far post!
    • 28' Valencia build an attack with Marchena playing it to Silva down the left, one touch inside to Villa on the edge of the box, he immediately touches it into Mata who skips past Cannavaro AND MATA WITH A LOW DRIVE THROUGH CASILLAS'S LEGS AND IN! Superb goal, lovely one-touch play from Valencia.
    • 26' Gago with a tackle from behind on Mata and, after the double foul on Marchena, the ref decides he has had enough and bookes the Argentine.
    • 24' Villa surges down the left again and Ramos turns on the gas to catch him, sliding in with a great tackle that plays it back off Villa and out for a goal kick.
    • 22' Silva pops up on the left but over-runs it, holding his thigh like it's been tweaked.
    • 20' Mata with some good work on the left to win a corner, which is taken short but cleared.
    • 18' Metzelder, in for the hugely suspended Pepe, puts the ball down the right where Ramos picks it up and wins a throw.
    • 17' Valencia are bossing this at the moment as Gago hoofs it clear from the edge of his box.
    • 15' Valencia break, Silva on the right, he threads a lovely ball in behind Cannavaro that sets Villa through but Casillas flies out to block with his body and it drops to Silva who has cut inside, he clips it towards goal, it takes a deflection and goes just wide! Corner.
    • 13' Madrid break, Robben through the middle weaves inside and out and plays it left to Higuain who cuts inside and shoots but blocked.
    • 12' Silva with a cross from the right but headed clear by Metzelder.
    • 8' Great sliding interception in the box from Cannavaro with Villa ready to pounce.
    • 7' Taken short, stood up for VILLA WITH A DIPPING SHOT AROUND THE WALL AND JUST WIDE! Good effort from the alleged Madrid target.
    • 6' Marchena is stopped in his tracks by Gago but carried on running, Gago catches him again, just outside the D this time, free-kick Valencia...
    • 5' Joaquin doen the right, he's one-on-one with Metzelder and off his legs for a corner... Taken short, Joaquin five yards from the box stands it up to the edge of the six-yard box AND A GREAT LEAP FROM BARAJA, A DOWNWARD HEADER FOR 1-0 BUT SOMEHOW CASILLAS CLAWS IT FROM THE LINE! What a save!
    • 4' Madrid swarm forward through Higuain down the left, he plays it across for Robben but intercepted just in the nick of time!!
    • 3' Villa now gets in down the left for Valencia but Metzelder catches up with him and shepherds it out.
    • 2' Good work from Raul down the left to get into the box but his attempted cut-back is intercepted
    • 1' Match underway at the Mestalla!!
    • - Madrid must win at Los Che if they are to stand any chance of catching Liga leaders Barcelona - they are seven points behind Los Cules; Fourth-placed Valencia, meanwhile, are trying to fend off Atletico Madrid, Villarreal, Deportivo and even Malaga for a Champions League spot.

  • Team Stats

    Valencia Stats Real Madrid
    59% Possession 40%
    18 Shots 11
    5 Shots on target 2
    0 Saves 2
    10 Corners 4
    9 Fouls 17
    2 Offsides 1
    3 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    29 Tackles 23
    408 Accurate passes 253
    71 Bad passes 32

  • 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
      1 César Sánchez Dominguez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0
      5 Carlos Marchena 0 1 0 6 2 0 0 52 5 6
      20 Alexis Ruano Delgado 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 5 4
      23 Luis Miguel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 1 5
      4 Raúl Albiol 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 37 3 0
      8 Rubén Baraja 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 63 12 4
      3 Hedwiges Maduro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 3 4
      17 Joaquín Sánchez Rodriguez 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25 6 2
      21 David Silva 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 31 8 0
      16 Juan Manuel Mata García 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 48 15 1
      7 David Villa 0 4 0 2 1 1 1 18 5 1
      13 Renan Brito Soares 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Emiliano Moretti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Fernando Morientes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Pablo Hernández 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 2 0
      22 Eduardo Cesar Gaspar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Vicente Rodriguez Guillén 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 2
      30 Migule Alfonso Herrero 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 16 4 0
    • Real Madrid
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Iker Casillas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
      24 Javi Garcia 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 23 3 0
      16 Gabriel Heinze 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 29 7 4
      4 Sergio Ramos 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 0 2
      12 Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 26 9 3
      21 Christoph Metzelder 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 26 1 3
      5 Fabio Cannavaro 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 10 0 1
      8 Fernando Gago 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 37 5 6
      11 Arjen Robben 0 3 1 0 4 0 0 19 0 1
      7 Raúl González Blanco 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 2 1
      20 Gonzalo Higuaín 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 24 2 1
      17 Daniel Parejo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Royston Drenthe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      2 Míchel Salgado 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Rafael van der Vaart 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 19 3 1
      22 Miguel Torres Gómez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Klaas Jan Huntelaar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 Jerzy Dudek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 74' Great ball from right to left from Pablo and Villa flies in but the ball comes off the side of his head and goes wide!!
    • 67' Pablo on the right spots Baraja free on the edge of the D and lofts a cool pass towards him AND RUBEN BARAJA SCORES WITH AN ABSOULUTE SCREAMER!! OOOOH WHAT A GOAL FROM THE VETERAN MIDFIELDER! He caught that sweetly with a left-foot volley that zipped past the helpless Casillas into the bottom left! Great strike.
    • 54' Baraja on the edge of the box, one-two with Villa with a superb backheel and Baraja's in but somehow fires over!
    • 45' Raul chases on to a through ball and he's in but Cesar dives outside of his area to save with his legs!
    • 43' Valencia come forward again, Silva down the left to Villa, he cuts it back to Mata who drills low and Casillas fumbles the save but just wide! Corner! Almost a carbon-copy of the first goal!
    • 32' Silva on the ball, he runs towards goal and from the edge of the D Silva has a crack and oh no a horrible mistake from Casillas to let it squirm past at the near post and it's 2-0! Casillas is one of the top keepers in the world but that was village.
    • 30' Madrid are at sixes and sevenses as Valencia counter attack, Marchena to Mata, dummy run from Joaquin and David Villa pops up on the left, one touch and BANG but the low shot is inches wide of the far post!
    • 28' Valencia build an attack with Marchena playing it to Silva down the left, one touch inside to Villa on the edge of the box, he immediately touches it into Mata who skips past Cannavaro AND MATA WITH A LOW DRIVE THROUGH CASILLAS'S LEGS AND IN! Superb goal, lovely one-touch play from Valencia.
    • 15' Valencia break, Silva on the right, he threads a lovely ball in behind Cannavaro that sets Villa through but Casillas flies out to block with his body and it drops to Silva who has cut inside, he clips it towards goal, it takes a deflection and goes just wide! Corner.
    • 7' Taken short, stood up for VILLA WITH A DIPPING SHOT AROUND THE WALL AND JUST WIDE! Good effort from the alleged Madrid target.
    • 5' Joaquin doen the right, he's one-on-one with Metzelder and off his legs for a corner... Taken short, Joaquin five yards from the box stands it up to the edge of the six-yard box AND A GREAT LEAP FROM BARAJA, A DOWNWARD HEADER FOR 1-0 BUT SOMEHOW CASILLAS CLAWS IT FROM THE LINE! What a save!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González

  • Valencia

    Manager: . Emery

    Starting line-up

    • C. Sánchez
    • .. Miguel
    • R. Albiol
    • H. Maduro
    • R. Alexis Yellow Card
    • R. Baraja Goal
    • C. Marchena Yellow Card
    • S. Joaquín Substitution Out (63′)
    • D. Silva Goal Yellow Card Substitution Out (58′)
    • D. Villa
    • J. Mata Goal Substitution Out (76′)

    Subs

    • 9. F. Morientes
    • 11. A. Del Horno
    • 24. E. Moretti
    • 2. C. Torres
    • 14. V. Rodríguez Substitution In76′
    • 13. .. Renan
    • 19. D. Pablo Hernández Substitution In63′
    • 30. H. Michel Substitution In58′
    • 12. T. Carleto

    Injured

    • 6. D. Albelda
    • 22. E. Gaspar "Edu"
    • H. Viana
    • 12. M. Fernandes

    Suspended

    None

  • Real Madrid

    Manager: Juande Ramos

    Starting line-up

    • I. Casillas
    • S. Ramos
    • C. Metzelder
    • F. Cannavaro
    • G. Heinze
    • F. Gago Yellow Card
    • F. Javi García Yellow Card Substitution Out (59′)
    • A. Robben
    • .. Marcelo Yellow Card Substitution Out (82′)
    • G. Higuaín
    • G. Raúl

    Subs

    • 2. M. Salgado
    • 25. J. Dudek
    • 23. R. van der Vaart Substitution In59′
    • 18. J. Faubert
    • 19. K. Huntelaar
    • 15. R. Drenthe Substitution In82′
    • 17. D. Parejo

    Injured

    • 6. M. Diarra
    • 17. R. van Nistelrooy
    • 10. W. Sneijder
    • 6. L. Diarra
    • 18. R. De la Red

    Suspended

    • 3. .. Pepe

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  1. shutup Man Utd is the lamest FCs out there

    From Sofia, on Wed 13 May 12:31PM

  2. real madrid are simply rubbish now.

    From kate, on Sun 10 May 10:48PM

  3. Ouchh, that's harsh on Madrid. That's okay­ guys, we (Man U) will give you satisfaction by­ destroying Barca in the final!! GLORY GLORY MAN UTD!!

    From rishi.dayal, on Sun 10 May 8:26PM

  4. THE TITLES COMING HOME, ITS COMING HOME, ITS COMING­ HOME
    TO BARCA !!!
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA REAL­ MADRID
    NORRRRRRRRRRRRRR

    From jglel1, on Sun 10 May 4:25PM

  5. I told u Real is no more , Valencia kicked them out of­ the race. Next season real Madrid will be relegated. HA­ HA HA. Again they will cry to buy VILLA , SILVA­ ,RONALDO ETC

    From Shawon, on Sun 10 May 7:55AM

  6. la liga is easily best league in world.
    man utd fans­ are glory hunting scum. so are liverpool, chelsea­ etc.
    support your local team you idiots.

    From fergie, on Sun 10 May 3:57AM

  7. Sergio Ramos, Van der Vaat and Casillas should go to­ different clubs

    From andrewgunners4life, on Sun 10 May 12:38AM

  8. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 3-0!!!!!

    From matteos.maserati, on Sun 10 May 12:06AM

  9. i was right real madrid are easy to beat

    From Ademola, on Sat 9 May 11:39PM

  10. Well, its over for Madrid, Good luck next season.

    From Gabriel T, on Sat 9 May 11:24PM

  11. OMG STUNER ABSLOUT STUNER

    From TR, on Sat 9 May 10:55PM

  12. My deepest sympathy to Real Madrid , their players and­ their miserable fans.
    NA NA NA NA
    NA NA NA NA
    HEY HEY­ HEY
    GOODBYE !!

    From Tim, on Sat 9 May 10:53PM

  13. Well played Valencia you deserved to win. Outclassed­ Madrid in every department. Now we can look forward to­ Barca finishing the job off tomorrow night against the­ Yellow Submarine.

    From malcolm, on Sat 9 May 10:53PM

  14. If Barca wins tomorrow, the league title is­ their's.

    From john360, on Sat 9 May 10:49PM

  15. Valencia with the 4th allmost in 2 turns, and they have­ completley humiliated "The Champions" =))

    From Johnny D, on Sat 9 May 10:48PM

  16. @ Karzan Molana ; thanks . Stewie is my hero . He is­ pure evil !!

    From Tim, on Sat 9 May 10:46PM

  17. i think real is now dosing they are not seroius better­ arsenal in all ways who rejects that

    From salemapeter, on Sat 9 May 10:40PM

  18. i think real is now dosing they are not seroius

    From salemapeter, on Sat 9 May 10:39PM

  19. Go Valencia, 3-0 BARAJAAAAA...Incredible!!!! Que­ GOAAAALLLL!
    Wichewatched Madrid! Verry good, Valencia,­ my second team after Arsenal who will win tomorrow too,­ Arshavin will avange us! Go on Valencia 4 the 4th!

    From Johnny D, on Sat 9 May 10:31PM

  20. It looks like it is all over for the Franco boys . Now­ they will have more time to watch Barça win La Liga ,­ the Copa and the Champions League !!

    From Tim, on Sat 9 May 10:31PM
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