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Commentary
6¹A cross from VAN DER VAART left SÁNCHEZ in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
8¹GOAL!! A poor shot from RONALDO seemed to hold no problem for the Valencia 'keeper but the ball somehow bobbled into the net. (1-0 Real Madrid)
12¹XABI ALONSO worked the ball to SNEIJDER, RONALDO gathered his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
17¹BUSQUETS beat PEPE and hit the ball to VAN DER VAART who blasted his shot wide.
22¹KAKÁ beat two Valencia players and thundered a great chance over the bar.
24¹A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming Real Madrid 'keeper.
26¹VAN DER VAART receives a yellow card by the referee.
28¹GOAL!! A delightful run from BUSQUETS gave PEROTTI space on the left and AGÜERO stabbed in his accurate pass. (1-1)
29¹VAN PERSIE chipped the ball to TORRES who fired it over.
30¹GOAL!! A long clearance by the Real Madrid 'keeper beat the Valencia defence and PEPE thundered the ball past the advancing 'keeper. (2-1 Real Madrid)
37¹RONALDO shot over.
40¹A tame strike from ANTONIO LÓPEZ trickled agonisingly wide.
4²A wonderful save prevented SÁNCHEZ from scoring a good goal.
12²SÁNCHEZ dribbled away from CHIELLINI and stabbed a tame shot well wide.
23²A useful ball from SNEIJDER on the left found VAN PERSIE who mishit his shot over.
27²CASILLAS managed to palm clear an amazing shot.
33²RONALDO's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
34²The 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing shot from RONALDO.
37²A free-kick from SÁNCHEZ flew wide.
38²The Real Madrid 'keeper saved a curling effort from BUSQUETS.
46²SÁNCHEZ fired the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.

 
Real Madrid
 
League position: 2
Home league form: WXXW
Overall league form: WWXWXXWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Iker CASILLAS7 17 José REINA(c)
SERGIO RAMOS García7½27 Álvaro ARBELOA
Giorgio CHIELLINI7½37 ANTONIO LÓPEZ Guerrero
XABI ALONSO7½47½Sergio BUSQUETS
PEPE7 56½Mikel SAN JOSE
Vincent KOMPANY6 66½Branislav IVANOVIC
KAKÁ7 76 Diego PEROTTI
Wesley SNEIJDER6 87 Rafael VAN DER VAART(f)
Fernando TORRES7 98 Sergio AGÜERO(p)
(c,p,f)Robin VAN PERSIE6½107 Klaas-Jan HUNTELAAR
Cristiano RONALDO7½116 Alexis SÁNCHEZ
David LILLEYManagerJames Lupan
SANTI  126 Frédéric KANOUTÉ
Sergio ROMERO  13  Igor AKINFEEV
Luke McCULLOUGH  146½Javier PASTORE
Florent MALOUDA  15  KUBA
Leonardo BONUCCI  16  John HEITINGA
 
Valencia
 
League position: 7
Away league form: LXLX
Overall league form: WLWXLXXL
Formation: 4-4-2

Statistics
Real Madrid 2 Valencia 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 79,940, Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu, Referee: Pieter Vink 6)

Ronaldo 8¹, Pepe 30¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Agüero 28¹
 van der VaartóPastore 25², HuntelaaróKanouté 30²
  
 van der Vaart 26¹
33
1417
40
56
45
911
35
50%50%
Man of the match: Sergio Agüero