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Real Madrid 2-1 Olympiakos
Looking at the scoreline, it makes one believe that Real scrambles to get the victory.But there is another staistic that explains the way the game was played.The shots on and off target by Real Madrid was 26 out of which 10 was on target as against olympiakos with a total of 9 and 4 on target.The number of Corner kicks were 16 for Real Madrid and 5 for Olympiakos.
It was an all out attacking line-up by Luxembourgo. Robinho, Raul took their position as strikers and Bapstista a little behind them. David Beckham and Guti on the Right and Left wing respectively. Pablo Garcia as a holding midfielder who had one of the tough jobs of marking Rivaldo. The defence had R.Carlos, Sergio Ramos, Helguera and Salgado in that order from Left to Right.As always there was Iker at the goal.The attitude from Real was very clear.It was positive and attack oriented, partly due to the pressure to win the match and their regained confidence after two victories in La Liga.
It just took 9 minutes for Raul to get his 50th Champions league goal. He met a beautiful Juicy cross from Beckham at the near post, a pretty easy one to convert for a player of his calibre.It is a fantastic moment for Raul, reaching the milestone as the top scorer in european club championship in his favourite home ground and in front of his supporters.The crowd went mad after this.ATt 2.30 a.m. in the morning I was feeling more fresher than ever watching the flowing football played by Madrid.I especially liked Robinho's ball control and the way he pulled the ball to centre for Baptista, Carlos and Raul to take a shot.Credit should also be given to olympiakos Goal keeper. He stood between Real Madrid and the goals.
Coming to Beckham,I'm not a great Fan of his ball control and ball holding techniques. But he is one of the Best crosser in the world. Yesterday he was in excellent form.He just did sent lots of balls on to the centre and the beauty was they were accurate and eluded the defence while dipping down. Sensational stuff from him.With Quality player like Robinho to control the ball these moves seemed pretty easy. I was expecting to see Madrid score a lot of goals.But then it was not so. Olympiakos pulled one back after starting the second half. Madrid was trying again with Beckham crossing the ball and Robinho and Baptista missing some good chances. Casillas was troubled by some shots by Rivaldo.After 85 minutes when I was holding my breath for a win for Madrid, it happened. Saldado from Reserve team headed a Beckham cross, a thing of beauty swirling in from Right hand corner,directly to the Goal keeper hands. The olympiakos goalkeeper tried to push it out,but unfortunately it again met the head of soldado and went in.
So Madrid were again in front and there was an act of stupidity at the injury time. Sergio Ramos was red carded, which I think the referee believed to be an outburst. But certainly not according to the replays. But finally Madrid won the match 2-1 and gained the three points which is very vital.
I then went to sleep,should say happily for having watched the kind of football I always liked to, in other words watching Real Madrid play wonderful soccer.
Looking at the scoreline, it makes one believe that Real scrambles to get the victory.But there is another staistic that explains the way the game was played.The shots on and off target by Real Madrid was 26 out of which 10 was on target as against olympiakos with a total of 9 and 4 on target.The number of Corner kicks were 16 for Real Madrid and 5 for Olympiakos.
It was an all out attacking line-up by Luxembourgo. Robinho, Raul took their position as strikers and Bapstista a little behind them. David Beckham and Guti on the Right and Left wing respectively. Pablo Garcia as a holding midfielder who had one of the tough jobs of marking Rivaldo. The defence had R.Carlos, Sergio Ramos, Helguera and Salgado in that order from Left to Right.As always there was Iker at the goal.The attitude from Real was very clear.It was positive and attack oriented, partly due to the pressure to win the match and their regained confidence after two victories in La Liga.
It just took 9 minutes for Raul to get his 50th Champions league goal. He met a beautiful Juicy cross from Beckham at the near post, a pretty easy one to convert for a player of his calibre.It is a fantastic moment for Raul, reaching the milestone as the top scorer in european club championship in his favourite home ground and in front of his supporters.The crowd went mad after this.ATt 2.30 a.m. in the morning I was feeling more fresher than ever watching the flowing football played by Madrid.I especially liked Robinho's ball control and the way he pulled the ball to centre for Baptista, Carlos and Raul to take a shot.Credit should also be given to olympiakos Goal keeper. He stood between Real Madrid and the goals.
Coming to Beckham,I'm not a great Fan of his ball control and ball holding techniques. But he is one of the Best crosser in the world. Yesterday he was in excellent form.He just did sent lots of balls on to the centre and the beauty was they were accurate and eluded the defence while dipping down. Sensational stuff from him.With Quality player like Robinho to control the ball these moves seemed pretty easy. I was expecting to see Madrid score a lot of goals.But then it was not so. Olympiakos pulled one back after starting the second half. Madrid was trying again with Beckham crossing the ball and Robinho and Baptista missing some good chances. Casillas was troubled by some shots by Rivaldo.After 85 minutes when I was holding my breath for a win for Madrid, it happened. Saldado from Reserve team headed a Beckham cross, a thing of beauty swirling in from Right hand corner,directly to the Goal keeper hands. The olympiakos goalkeeper tried to push it out,but unfortunately it again met the head of soldado and went in.
So Madrid were again in front and there was an act of stupidity at the injury time. Sergio Ramos was red carded, which I think the referee believed to be an outburst. But certainly not according to the replays. But finally Madrid won the match 2-1 and gained the three points which is very vital.
I then went to sleep,should say happily for having watched the kind of football I always liked to, in other words watching Real Madrid play wonderful soccer.
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