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Villarreal

  • Pires 15’
  • Cani 62’
  • Capdevila 89’

Real Madrid

  • van der Vaart 46’
  • Higuaín 86’

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Villarreal
    • Real Madrid
    • FT AND IT IS OVER!!! Barcelona are the champions and Villarreal are back in the race for a Champions League place. Let the party begin on La Rambla.
    • 90+2 Booking for Raul as he tries to turn in a corner with his hand.
    • 90+1 Three extra minutes as Higuain fires straight at Diego Lopez.
    • 90' BUT VILLARREAL ARE BACK IN FRONT - Casillas flaps at a corner and Capevila is there to turn the ball into an empty net.
    • 89' Villarreal now attack - Capdevila's cross is deflected wide.
    • 87' REAL LEVEL - Gonzalo Higuain has put the ball in the next from close range but Villarreal are FURIOUS as there were three Real players - including Higuain - offside.
    • 85' Get ready to party Barcelona fans - you are five minutes away from being crowned champions.
    • 84' Nihat has the ball in the back of the net but he was offside.
    • 83' Big round of applause for Robert Pires as talented Chilean Mati Fernandez comes on.
    • 82' Rossi looks to just kick it past Cannavaro but there is too much on that and it goes out for a goal kick.
    • 80' Just 10 minutes left and Real need two goals or Barcelona will be the champions.
    • 79' Real get another ball into the box but again it just bounces around before being cleared away.
    • 77' Higuain powers his way through two defenders and then falls in the box but he is never getting a penalty for that.
    • 74' Double change for Real on comes Royston Drenthe and Dani Parejo. Miguel Torres and van der Vaart go off.
    • 72' Llorente comes off for Villarreal with Nihat replacing him.
    • 71' Bad news from Miguel Torres's missus - he has just got the ball smacked into his private areas after a cross from Javi Venta.
    • 69' Real are trying to show some urgency but Villarreal have just shown more urgency tonight.
    • 66' OFF THE BAR FROM ROSSI - a cracking drive as the one way traffic continues but Real manage to hang on somehow.
    • 65' Rossi now with a poor shot, but a shot nonetheless, Villarreal are on top and Barca will be celebrating again.
    • 62' Villarreal are back in front. After a spell of pressure - Javi Venta put in a good low cross - Cannavaro cannot control it and it falls to Cani who just smashes the ball low into the bottom corner of the net.
    • 60' Little spell for Villrreal and it ends with Capdevila getting a shot on target but again it is straight at Casillas.
    • 57' Robben manages to find himself a little room and tries a long range effort but that goes high and wide.
    • 55' Rossi now tries a long range effort but that goes well over the bar.
    • 54' Villarreal have the ball in a good area just outside the Real box but they try and be a little fancy and the chance passes.
    • 52' Villarreal make a change with Bruno coming on for Ibagaza.
    • 51' Great run from Sergio Ramos as he checks into the centre from the right but his shot is poor as he has to take it on his weaker left.
    • 49' Venta manages to get a shot away from a tight angle but it is straight at Casillas.
    • 47' Robben now tries a cheeky chip that doesn't quite come off but Real with a GREAT start to this second-half.
    • 46' REAL BACK IN IT - Poor defending from Villarreal as they fail to defend a cross from Miguel Torres - Higuain, who has just come on, plays it across the goal and there is Rafael van der Vaart to score his first Liga goal of the season.
    • 46' Back underway - the pressure is really on Real now - can they deliver.
    • HT And there is the half-time whistle - unless things change drastically in the next 45 minutes then Real Madrid's reign as champions will be over.
    • 45' Not many chances in this game but Villarreal certainly look a little sharper and more imaginative in the final third.
    • 43' Quick counter attack from Villarreal - Rossi drives at a couple of defenders and then strikes from a tough angle. Decent power but Casillas is in the right place to save.
    • 41' Real now a little nervy with some passing in their own half - the Villarreal players are pressing hard - they just seem to want it more.
    • 39' Real just cannot seem to get anything going Sergio Ramos is now crowded out on the right before being able to get a cross away.
    • 36' A couple of good attacks in a row from Villarreal are called back due to offside calls. Cani and then Rossi are the guilty parties.
    • 32' Superb sliding tackle from Cannavaro in the box sees him take the ball from Ibagaza. That needed to be perfect and it was.
    • 31' Gap in the play as Eguren needs treatment after getting a boot from van der Vaart.
    • 30' As we come to the half-hour mark we are still waiting to see anything from Real. As things stand Real are handing the title to Barcelona with a bow on.
    • 27 Sergio Ramos is booked for a deliberate handball
    • 26' Real have a spell of pressure in the Villarreal half but then the attack ends when Raul gives the ball away.
    • 24' Van der Vaart with a free in a very good area to put in a cross but the ball is woeful.
    • 21' Villarreal are really starting to take control of this match with Pires at the hub of everything.
    • 19' Rossi tries to find some space on the edge of the area but Cannavaro just pushes him out of the way. No free though.
    • 17' GOAL VILLARREAL - it is Robert Pires WITH A HEADER!! And what a header it was too - right into the corner of the net after a superb cross from the left by Ibagaza - is the party about to being in Barcelona?
    • 16' Powerful run by Diarra but his cross it dealt with by Diego Lopez.
    • 15' Van der Vaart curls a decent free over the wall and on target but Diego Lopez makes a smart save.
    • 13' Great ball from Pires puts Rossi away but the former Manchester United man takes too long to try and get it under control and another former Red Devil Heinze does enough to limit the damage of the shot.
    • 11' Casillas fires a clearance straight at Rossi and he is lucky to see it go wide. The Villarreal striker didn't know much about that.
    • 9' Real's defence looks a little shaky but they finally clear after a Villarreal attack.
    • 8' Both teams still settling into this match - very crowded in midfield.
    • 6' Half chance for Real - Javi Garcia gets his head on a corner but then Heinze cannot direct it goalbound.
    • 4' Capdevila finally takes the free kick but it goes well over.
    • 3' Javi García gets an early yellow card for charging out at a Villarreal free-kick too early.
    • 1' And we are underway...
    • - Juande Ramos has problems in the centre of defence with Christoph Metzelder injured and Pepe suspended. Gabriel Heinze comes in to play alongside Fabio Cannavaro.
    • - The champagne is ice - Second-placed Real Madrid know they have to win this match away to Villarreal if they are to prevent Barcelona from being crowned champions without kicking a ball. Real are eight points behind the leaders.

  • Team Stats

    Villarreal Stats Real Madrid
    46% Possession 53%
    13 Shots 11
    8 Shots on target 5
    1 Saves 3
    4 Corners 4
    15 Fouls 19
    5 Offsides 2
    1 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    26 Tackles 21
    320 Accurate passes 396
    61 Bad passes 67

  • 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
    • Villarreal
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Diego Lopez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
      5 Joan Capdevila 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 21 15 4
      17 Javi Rodriguez Venta 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 36 0 4
      2 Javier Gonzalo Rodriguez 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 19 0 2
      4 Diego Godín 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 15 6 2
      10 Ruben Gracia Calmache 1 3 2 2 2 2 0 46 5 5
      11 Ariel Ibagaza 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 20 4 2
      6 Sebastian Eguren 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 32 6 1
      7 Robert Pires 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 46 8 4
      22 Giuseppe Rossi 0 4 2 1 1 1 0 26 8 1
      16 Joseba Llorente 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 16 3 1
      1 Sebastian Viera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Matías Fernández 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 0
      20 Fabricio Fuentes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Guillermo Franco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Ángel David López Ruano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Bruno Llido 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 4 0
      15 Kahveci Nihat 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 1 0
    • Real Madrid
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Iker Casillas 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 1 0
      22 Miguel Torres Gómez 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 39 9 2
      4 Sergio Ramos 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 51 2 5
      16 Gabriel Heinze 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 36 6 2
      5 Fabio Cannavaro 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 23 1 4
      24 Javi Garcia 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 61 14 1
      23 Rafael van der Vaart 1 2 2 3 4 0 0 29 9 1
      6 Lassana Diarra 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 58 10 3
      11 Arjen Robben 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 35 2 1
      7 Raúl González Blanco 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 22 4 1
      19 Klaas Jan Huntelaar 0 0 0 1 2 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
      21 Christoph Metzelder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Daniel Parejo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 3 1
      20 Gonzalo Higuaín 1 3 3 3 2 0 1 13 3 0
      15 Royston Drenthe 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 3 0
      29 Julien Faubert 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90' BUT VILLARREAL ARE BACK IN FRONT - Casillas flaps at a corner and Capevila is there to turn the ball into an empty net.
    • 87' REAL LEVEL - Gonzalo Higuain has put the ball in the next from close range but Villarreal are FURIOUS as there were three Real players - including Higuain - offside.
    • 84' Nihat has the ball in the back of the net but he was offside.
    • 66' OFF THE BAR FROM ROSSI - a cracking drive as the one way traffic continues but Real manage to hang on somehow.
    • 62' Villarreal are back in front. After a spell of pressure - Javi Venta put in a good low cross - Cannavaro cannot control it and it falls to Cani who just smashes the ball low into the bottom corner of the net.
    • 46' REAL BACK IN IT - Poor defending from Villarreal as they fail to defend a cross from Miguel Torres - Higuain, who has just come on, plays it across the goal and there is Rafael van der Vaart to score his first Liga goal of the season.
    • 17' GOAL VILLARREAL - it is Robert Pires WITH A HEADER!! And what a header it was too - right into the corner of the net after a superb cross from the left by Ibagaza - is the party about to being in Barcelona?
    • 6' Half chance for Real - Javi Garcia gets his head on a corner but then Heinze cannot direct it goalbound.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo

  • Villarreal

    Manager: Manuel Pellegrini

    Starting line-up

    • D. López
    • J. Venta
    • G. Rodríguez
    • D. Godín
    • J. Capdevila Goal Yellow Card
    • S. Eguren
    • A. Ibagaza Substitution Out (50′)
    • R. Pires Goal Substitution Out (81′)
    • R. Cani Goal
    • J. Llorente Substitution Out (70′)
    • G. Rossi

    Subs

    • 15. K. Nihat Substitution In70′
    • 18. &. López Ruano
    • 1. S. Viera
    • 9. G. Franco
    • 20. F. Fuentes
    • 21. S. Bruno Substitution In50′
    • 14. M. Fernández Substitution In81′

    Injured

    • 19. M. Senna
    • 8. S. Cazorla

    Suspended

    None

  • Real Madrid

    Manager: Juande Ramos

    Starting line-up

    • I. Casillas
    • S. Ramos Yellow Card
    • F. Cannavaro
    • G. Heinze
    • M. Torres Substitution Out (72′)
    • L. Diarra
    • A. Robben
    • R. van der Vaart Goal Substitution Out (72′)
    • F. Javi García Yellow Card
    • G. Raúl Yellow Card
    • K. Huntelaar Substitution Out (46′)

    Subs

    • 25. J. Dudek
    • 9. J. Saviola
    • 18. J. Faubert
    • 34. A. García "Agus"
    • 20. G. Higuaín Substitution In46′ Goal
    • 15. R. Drenthe Substitution In72′
    • 17. D. Parejo Substitution In72′

    Injured

    • 2. M. Salgado
    • 21. C. Metzelder
    • 14. J. Guti
    • 6. M. Diarra
    • 17. R. van Nistelrooy
    • 10. W. Sneijder
    • 18. R. De la Red

    Suspended

    • 3. .. Pepe
    • 12. .. Marcelo
    • 8. F. Gago

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  1. Two down one more to go! Barca Barca Barca!!

    From CommonSense!, on Sat 16 May 11:04PM

  2. barcelona go go go no just win the Champions League

    From miromizi, on Sat 16 May 11:04PM

  3. BARCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­ AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­ AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­ AAAAAAAAA
    WE ARE CHAMPIONS!!!

    NEXT CHAMPIONS LEAGUE­ FINAL OF TWO CHAMPIONS!!!!!! (WELL, SORRY BUT MAN­ UNITED IS NOT A WORTHY CHAMPION, THEY CHEAT!!!).

    From Pooks, on Sat 16 May 11:04PM

  4. Go Barca , You are the best.............We'll­ waiting for next one In Roma...............We are sure­ You can do it .........
    GO­ BARCA..................................................­ .......................................................­ ........................................

    From mo, on Sat 16 May 11:00PM

  5. we are the champ1ons thank uuuuuuuuuuuu vill3ra3l

    From adrian, on Sat 16 May 10:55PM

  6. My respect still goes to real madrid for keeping the­ pressure on barca till this time,,,,,GREAT BARCA YOU­ CAN DO THE SAME NEXT SEASON

    From osi, on Sat 16 May 10:54PM

  7. VILLAREAL IS GOOD

    From osi, on Sat 16 May 10:53PM

  8. My respect still goes to real madrid for keeping the­ pressure on barca till this time,,,,,GREAT BARCA YOU­ CAN DO THE SAME NEXT SEASON

    From osi, on Sat 16 May 10:53PM

  9. BArcelona the champions of LA­ ligaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
    GREEEEEEAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTT­ BARCELONAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

    From Willy, on Sat 16 May 10:51PM

  10. My respect still goes to real madrid for keeping the­ pressure on barca till this time,,,,,GREAT BARCA YOU­ CAN DO THE SAME NEXT SEASON

    From osi, on Sat 16 May 10:50PM

  11. barca... barca...barca...

    From Barbara, on Sat 16 May 10:50PM

  12. My respect still goes to real madrid for keeping the­ pressure on barca till this time,,,,,GREAT BARCA YOU­ CAN DO THE SAME NEXT SEASON

    From osi, on Sat 16 May 10:49PM

  13. VILLAREAL IS GOOD

    From osi, on Sat 16 May 10:48PM

  14. forca barca

    From michael, on Sat 16 May 10:48PM

  15. barca barca baaaarrrrrrrccccccaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­
    championeeessssssssssssssssssssss

    From simonk, on Sat 16 May 10:48PM

  16. My respect still goes to real madrid for keeping the­ pressure on barca till this time,,,,,GREAT BARCA YOU­ CAN DO THE SAME NEXT SEASON

    From osi, on Sat 16 May 10:47PM

  17. VILLAREAL IS GOOD

    From osi, on Sat 16 May 10:47PM

  18. yes the second trophy arrives for barcelona wat a­ wonderful season.now we are left with the champions cup­ that match would be a do or die match

    From Ethyl, on Sat 16 May 10:46PM

  19. My respect still goes to real madrid for keeping the­ pressure on barca till this time,,,,,GREAT BARCA YOU­ CAN DO THE SAME NEXT SEASON

    From osi, on Sat 16 May 10:41PM

  20. boy you English really don't like Madrid... envious­ people... how sad.

    From DaGringo, on Sat 16 May 10:35PM
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