Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, May 17, 2015
Real Madrid WWLDD 4
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Espanyol DLWDW 1
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RCDE Stadium · 30,180 att.

Match Report

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Ronaldo scores hat trick but Real Madrid come up short for title

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
17
4
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
3
54.7
Possession
45.3
18
SHOTS
15
7
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
406
Accurate Passes
320
481
Passes
399
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
8
Accurate Crosses
5
23
Crosses
17
0.3
Cross %
0.3
59
Long Balls
64
33
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
3
19
Effective Tackles
16
26
Tackles
21
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
15
Effective Clearances
19
15
Clearances
19

Head to Head

RMA leads series 5-0

Lineups

ESP · 3-4-1-2

  1. 13Kiko CasillaG
  2. 19Diego ColottoCD
  3. 15Héctor MorenoCD-L
  4. 22Álvaro GonzálezCD-R
  5. 16Javi LópezCM-L
  6. 4Victor SánchezCM-R
  7. 10Abraham GonzalezAM
  8. 5Víctor ÁlvarezLM
  9. 23Anaitz ArbillaRM
  10. 20Felipe CaicedoCF-L
  11. 9Sergio GarcíaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 24Francisco MontañésSUB
  2. 2MattioniSUB
  3. 25Pau LópezSUB
  4. 6Salva SevillaSUB
  5. 8Cristhian StuaniSUB
  6. 14José CañasSUB
  7. 18Juan Rafael FuentesSUB

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 13Keylor NavasG
  2. 2Raphaël VaraneCD-L
  3. 3PepeCD-R
  4. 12MarceloLB
  5. 15Dani CarvajalRB
  6. 8Toni KroosCM
  7. 10James RodríguezLM
  8. 23IscoRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 7Cristiano RonaldoLF
  11. 11Gareth BaleRF

Substitutes

  1. 14Javier HernándezSUB
  2. 20JeséSUB
  3. 1Iker CasillasSUB
  4. 24Asier IllarramendiSUB
  5. 16Lucas SilvaSUB
  6. 5Fábio CoentrãoSUB
  7. 18NachoSUB

Timeline

  1. 18' Felipe Caicedo (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 23' Pepe (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 55' Víctor Sánchez (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 59' Goal! Espanyol 0, Real Madrid 1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Karim Benzema.
  5. 63' Substitution, Real Madrid. Javier Hernández replaces Karim Benzema because of an injury.
  6. 64' Substitution, Espanyol. Christian Stuani replaces Felipe Caicedo.
  7. 68' Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  8. 73' Substitution, Real Madrid. Asier Illarramendi replaces Isco.
  9. 73' Goal! Espanyol 1, Real Madrid 1. Christian Stuani (Espanyol) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sergio García.
  10. 74' Marcelo (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 74' Keylor Navas (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 79' Goal! Espanyol 1, Real Madrid 2. Marcelo (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo.
  13. 81' Substitution, Real Madrid. Nacho replaces Daniel Carvajal.
  14. 83' Goal! Espanyol 1, Real Madrid 3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
  15. 84' Substitution, Espanyol. Paco Montañés replaces Diego Colotto.
  16. 84' Substitution, Espanyol. Felipe Mattioni replaces Abraham.
  17. 90'+1' Goal! Espanyol 1, Real Madrid 4. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Rodríguez with a cross.

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