Spanish LALIGA

FT Friday, December 12, 2014
Real Madrid WWWWW 4
–
Almería LDLWL 1
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RMA224
ALM101
UD Almería Stadium · 15,000 att.

Match Report

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Cristiano Ronaldo scores twice as Real Madrid hit four at Almeria

Two late goals from Cristiano Ronaldo helped Real Madrid increase their Spanish record run to 20 straight wins with a 4-1 triumph at struggling Almeria on Friday night.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
14
4
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
7
Offsides
0
8
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
4
60.5
Possession
39.5
15
SHOTS
16
8
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
366
Accurate Passes
203
458
Passes
288
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
7
Accurate Crosses
7
27
Crosses
26
0.3
Cross %
0.3
65
Long Balls
68
35
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
15
17
Tackles
20
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
27
22
Clearances
27

Head to Head

RMA leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

ALM · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25RubénG
  2. 5Ángel TrujilloCD-L
  3. 4Ximo NavarroCD-R
  4. 3Francisco VelezLB
  5. 2Míchel MacedoRB
  6. 23Fernando SorianoAM
  7. 22Thomas ParteyLM
  8. 7VerzaRM
  9. 10Tomer HemedF
  10. 16Sebastian DubarbierAM-L
  11. 17Édgar MéndezAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 15CoronaSUB
  2. 8Wellington SilvaSUB
  3. 31Ramon AzeezSUB
  4. 6Mauro dos SantosSUB
  5. 1JuliánSUB
  6. 19Jonathan ZongoSUB
  7. 11Quique GonzálezSUB

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Iker CasillasG
  2. 2Raphaël VaraneCD-L
  3. 3PepeCD-R
  4. 12MarceloLB
  5. 15Dani CarvajalRB
  6. 8Toni KroosCM
  7. 23IscoLM
  8. 24Asier IllarramendiRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 7Cristiano RonaldoLF
  11. 11Gareth BaleRF

Substitutes

  1. 14Javier HernándezSUB
  2. 18NachoSUB
  3. 5Fábio CoentrãoSUB
  4. 17Álvaro ArbeloaSUB
  5. 26Álvaro MedránSUB
  6. 20JeséSUB
  7. 13Keylor NavasSUB

Timeline

  1. 11' Verza (Almería) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 24' Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 30' Sebastián Dubarbier (Almería) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 34' Goal! Almería 0, Real Madrid 1. Isco (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Karim Benzema with a cross.
  5. 39' Goal! Almería 1, Real Madrid 1. Verza (Almería) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  6. 42' Goal! Almería 1, Real Madrid 2. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Toni Kroos with a cross.
  7. 52' Fernando Soriano (Almería) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 57' Marcelo (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 59' Substitution, Almería. Jonathan replaces Sebastián Dubarbier.
  10. 62' Asier Illarramendi (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 62' Penalty saved! Verza (Almería) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  12. 64' Fran Vélez (Almería) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 67' Substitution, Almería. Wellington replaces Fernando Soriano.
  14. 76' Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 81' Goal! Almería 1, Real Madrid 3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Karim Benzema.
  16. 82' Substitution, Almería. Corona replaces Fran Vélez.
  17. 85' Substitution, Real Madrid. Fábio Coentrão replaces Karim Benzema.
  18. 88' Goal! Almería 1, Real Madrid 4. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Daniel Carvajal.

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