UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, September 16, 2014
FC Basel WLWWL 1
–
Real Madrid DLWLL 5
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FCB101
RMA415
Estadio Bernabéu · 65,364 att.

Match Report

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Real Madrid open their UCL defence with thrashing of Basel

Real Madrid open their UCL defence with thrashing of Basel

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
8
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
4
2
Corner Kicks
7
5
Saves
4
45.8
Possession
54.2
16
SHOTS
22
5
ON GOAL
9
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
418
Accurate Passes
506
478
Passes
560
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
6
14
Crosses
27
0.4
Cross %
0.2
52
Long Balls
77
29
Accurate Long Balls
61
0.6
Long Balls %
0.8
2
Blocked Shots
5
9
Effective Tackles
13
13
Tackles
14
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
13
23
Clearances
13

Lineups

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Iker CasillasG
  2. 4Sergio RamosCD-L
  3. 3PepeCD-R
  4. 12MarceloLB
  5. 18NachoRB
  6. 8Toni KroosCM
  7. 10James RodríguezLM
  8. 19Luka ModricRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 7Cristiano RonaldoLF
  11. 11Gareth BaleRF

FCB · 3-4-3

  1. 1Tomás VaclíkG
  2. 6Walter SamuelCD
  3. 17Marek SuchyCD-L
  4. 16Fabian SchärCD-R
  5. 20Fabian FreiCM-L
  6. 33Mohamed ElnenyCM-R
  7. 19Behrang SafariLM
  8. 34Taulant XhakaRM
  9. 9Marco StrellerF
  10. 7Luca ZuffiCF-L
  11. 25Derlis GonzálezCF-R

Timeline

  1. 14' Own Goal by Marek Suchy, FC Basel. Real Madrid 1, FC Basel 0.
  2. 30' Goal! Real Madrid 2, FC Basel 0. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luka Modric with a through ball.
  3. 31' Goal! Real Madrid 3, FC Basel 0. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gareth Bale.
  4. 36' Goal! Real Madrid 4, FC Basel 0. James Rodríguez (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.
  5. 38' Goal! Real Madrid 4, FC Basel 1. Derlis González (FC Basel) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luca Zuffi.
  6. 55' Mohamed Elneny (FC Basel) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 60' Walter Samuel (FC Basel) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 64' Substitution, FC Basel. Yoichiro Kakitani replaces Walter Samuel.
  9. 66' Substitution, Real Madrid. Raphael Varane replaces Sergio Ramos.
  10. 73' Substitution, FC Basel. Breel Embolo replaces Marco Streller.
  11. 74' Substitution, Real Madrid. Asier Illarramendi replaces Luka Modric.
  12. 79' Goal! Real Madrid 5, FC Basel 1. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo.
  13. 82' Substitution, Real Madrid. Javier Hernández replaces Karim Benzema.
  14. 83' Substitution, FC Basel. Matías Delgado replaces Fabian Frei.
  15. 85' Pepe (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+1' Taulant Xhaka (FC Basel) is shown the yellow card.

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