September 25, 2011
August 25, 2010
Real Madrid 2 vs 0 Penarol (32nd Santiago Bernabeu Trophy ) Photos & Highlights Video
August 22, 2010
Hercules 1 - 3 Real Madrid (Photos & Highlights Video)
Real Madrid defeated Hercules 3-1 in Alicante, remaining undefeated in the preseason. Mesut Ozil made his debut with Real Madrid and Benzema netted two strikes. Di Maria also scored.
Ozil was very creative and came up with his team's most dangerous efforts. His complicity with Canales was perfect and he created the best chance Real Madrid had at the start of the match. The German controlled the ball, looked up and saw Di Maria running towards the goal. He served him the ball and the Argentine came close to scoring the opening strike, but the ball hit one of the posts (26’).
Marcelo and Di Maria connected three minutes later, passing the ball back and forth between them until the Brazilian's pass on the goal-line to Higuain was cleared by Rodriguez. Real Madrid looked dangerous, but Hercules hit them first following a fortunate effort in which Rodriguez failed to hit the ball following a cross, but it nevertheless ended in the back of Adan's net.
Mourinho made six changes to the lineup after half-time, bringing on Dudek, Carvalho, Benzema, Granero, Drenthe and Pedro Leon for Adan,Arbeloa, Higuain, Juanan, Marcelo and Canales, respectively. Tactics didn't change save for the use of Gago in the centre of defence.
The Madridistas continued to dominate the match. Benzema missed the target after receiving a beautiful cross from Granero. Five minutes later, the Frenchman scored his team's first goal from a volley thanks to a wonderful assist from Khedira.
Granero nearly netted a second strike when he was assisted by Van der Vaart with a heel pass, but Alba managed to clear the ball. Benzema then missed a shot from outside the box (74’). Third time lucky, as they say, and Di Maria eventually tallied a second for the Whites after receiving a long pass from Leon and dribbling past the goalkeeper (76’). Benzema's excellent performance was rewarded yet againt with another strike with ten minutes to go.
Pedro Leon was sent off on the 82-minute mark, but there was no time left for Hercules to capitalise on such an advantage and Real Madrid ended up winning the Ciudad de Alicante Trophy.
December 06, 2009
Real Madrid 4 - 2 Almeria Highlights Video & Photo Gallery
Cristiano Ronaldo scored before being sent off as Real Madrid made hard work of seeing off lowly Almería 4-2 in an incident-packed match.
Real had gone ahead in the first half through Sergio Ramos' header and appeared to be in control of the game.
But defensive lapses saw Almería stunned their hosts with two goals in three minutes from Fernando Soriano and Kalu Uche.
With Real looking increasingly frantic, Gonzalo Higuaín calmed nerves by stepping round a defender and curving the ball into the bottom right corner to equalize.
Ronaldo then won a penalty when he fell in the area in the 82nd minute as Almería keeper Diego Alves ran out to challenge him, although replays showed the goalkeeper touched the ball.
Some justice appeared to have been served when Alves saved Ronaldo's resulting penalty, but Karim Benzema followed up to slam the ball into the roof of the net on the rebound.
Ronaldo looked distraught to miss that, but his disappointment was only temporary as moments later he slotted home Higuaín's low cross to make it 4-2.
The Portuguese was booked for taking his shirt off to celebrate that goal, and that proved costly as four minutes later he was handed his marching orders after picking up a second yellow following a tussle with Michel.
September 01, 2009
Real Madrid 3 - 2 Deportivo La Coruna [Photo Gallery & Highlights Video]
Real Madrid started the season with a great winning against Deportivo La Coruna at Santiago Bernabeu with 3 goals.
Before the match the famous athlete Usain Bolt greeted Real Madrid fans at Santiago Bernabeu.The match stared with Bolt's kick-off.
Real Madrid took the lead with Raul's goal on 26'.It was probably the easiest goal in his entire career.After his goal Riki equaled the score with a well organized goal on 30'.After 5 mins Raul is tackled inside the area and the referee blew his whistle for a penalty.Cristiano Ronaldo scored the goal on 35'.
At the beginning of the second half Valeron equaled the score with a nice goal.But on 67' Lass Diarra came out with a great goal that won the game.
realmadrid.com has chosen Lass and Raul as the men of the match.
August 01, 2009
Real Madrid 1-2 Juventus [Peace Cup Semi Final] (Photo Gallery and Highlights Video)
The best of Real Madrid's game in the first half were the combinations between Ronaldo, Raul, Benzema and Granero, and they paid off. Cristiano passed the ball to Raul inside the box after battling with Cannavaro. The captain was tackled and a penalty was awarded. Ronaldo stepped up and scored the equaliser on the 40-minute mark.
Despite the defeat, Real Madrid can draw positive conclusions from their performance tonight. The team looks ready for greater challenges despite the little time it has had to work on its new style.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored his second goal for Real Madrid with a penalty kick again.
1 - Real Madrid: Dudek; Torres, Pepe, Metzelder, Drenthe; Guti (Gago, 79’), Lass, Granero; Cristiano Ronaldo, Raul (Negredo, 71') & Benzema (HiguaIn, 71').
2 - Juventus: Buffon; Chiellini, Cannavaro (Legrottaglie, 45'), Grygera, F. Melo (Marrone, 71'), Salihamidzic, Amauri, Camoranesi, Giovinco (Zanetti, 61'), Tiago Mendes & Del Piero (Iaquinta, 68').
Goals:
0-1, 3': Cannavaro.
1-1, 40': Cristiano Ronaldo.
1-2, 49': Salihamidzic.
