Starting 11: Iker Casillas; Alvaro Arbeloa, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo; Sami Khedira, Lass, Xabi Alonso; Mesut Özil, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema
* Kaká on the bench :o(
* 2’ first warning shot Cristiano
* 3’ next attempt Cris goes wide
* 4’ Villareal counter attack, followed by corner and header
* 8’ fine free-kick Xabi, Pepe’s header over the goal
* 12’ Pepe with great defence
* Villareal courageous, Rel Madrid not yet perfectly organised
* 15’ Ramos with header after Özil’s free-kick
* 16’ dangerous long-distance shot Cani
* 18’ Marcelo’s shot goes wide
* 19’ Iker saves vs. Nilmar’s fast solo
* 23’ Zapata nearly with own-goal
* 25’ my heart! Senna with a powerful shot
* 28’ foul vs. Cristiano
* 28’ Callejón in for Lass
* 29’ Lopez saves Benzema’s header after free-kick Xabi
* 32’ good free-kick Cristiano, goalie catches it
* 34’ Lopez saves vs. Pepe’s header
* 43’ shot Cristiano, you can do better!
–> Dissatisfying first half! Villareal manage to keep Real Madrid from setting up an organised game-play. Some good chances but the last bit of precision missing.
It can only get better in the second half.
Mou isn’t amused, I suppose.
H A L A M A D R I D !