Spanish LALIGA

FT Monday, August 25, 2014
Córdoba DDWDD 0
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Real Madrid LLWDL 2
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COR000
RMA112
Estadio Bernabéu · 70,356 att.

Match Report

Slow start from Real Madrid

Real Madrid's quest to reclaim the Primera Division title began with an unconvincing 2-0 victory over promoted Cordoba.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
7
5
Corner Kicks
8
6
Saves
2
36.5
Possession
63.5
8
SHOTS
14
2
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
279
Accurate Passes
542
353
Passes
618
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
6
16
Crosses
32
0.2
Cross %
0.2
61
Long Balls
60
25
Accurate Long Balls
44
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
9
16
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
27
Effective Clearances
13
27
Clearances
13

Lineups

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Iker CasillasG
  2. 4Sergio RamosCD-L
  3. 3PepeCD-R
  4. 12MarceloLB
  5. 17Álvaro ArbeloaRB
  6. 8Toni KroosCM
  7. 10James RodríguezLM
  8. 19Luka ModricRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 7Cristiano RonaldoLF
  11. 11Gareth BaleRF

COR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Juan CarlosG
  2. 2Aleksandar PanticCD-L
  3. 12Íñigo LópezCD-R
  4. 3José Ángel CrespoLB
  5. 17Adrian GuninoRB
  6. 19Lopez SilvaAM
  7. 7Fausto RossiLM
  8. 22Aritz López GaraiRM
  9. 24Mike HavenaarF
  10. 29Daniel PinillosAM-L
  11. 20Ryder MatosAM-R

Timeline

  1. 18' Daniel Pinillos (Córdoba) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 30' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Córdoba 0. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Toni Kroos with a cross following a corner.
  3. 45' Substitution, Córdoba. Fede Cartabia replaces Daniel Pinillos.
  4. 59' López Garai (Córdoba) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 62' Substitution, Córdoba. Fidel replaces Ryder Matos.
  6. 67' Substitution, Córdoba. Xisco replaces Mike Havenaar.
  7. 72' Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 72' Substitution, Real Madrid. Isco replaces James Rodríguez.
  9. 73' Substitution, Real Madrid. Daniel Carvajal replaces Álvaro Arbeloa.
  10. 76' Substitution, Real Madrid. Sami Khedira replaces Karim Benzema.
  11. 90' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Córdoba 0. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Isco.

LALIGA News

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