Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, August 27, 2016
Celta Vigo LWLWL 1
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Real Madrid LWWWW 2
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CEL011
RMA022
Estadio Bernabéu · 61,568 att.

Match Report

AP Photo/Francisco Seco

Toni Kroos's 82nd-minute goal delivers victory for Real Madrid over Celta Vigo

Toni Kroos scored with eight minutes remaining to help Real Madrid win their second straight game to open La Liga, 2-1 over Celta Vigo on Saturday.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
4
2
Corner Kicks
7
8
Saves
2
46.5
Possession
53.5
8
SHOTS
24
3
ON GOAL
10
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
324
Accurate Passes
403
408
Passes
462
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
6
13
Crosses
24
0.0
Cross %
0.3
70
Long Balls
47
30
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
3
13
Effective Tackles
19
17
Tackles
25
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
14
Effective Clearances
14
19
Clearances
17

Head to Head

RMA leads series 4-1

Lineups

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 13Kiko CasillaG
  2. 4Sergio RamosCD-L
  3. 5Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 12MarceloLB
  5. 2Dani CarvajalRB
  6. 14CasemiroCM
  7. 8Toni KroosLM
  8. 19Luka ModricRM
  9. 21Álvaro MorataF
  10. 20Marco AsensioLF
  11. 11Gareth BaleRF

CEL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Sergio ÁlvarezG
  2. 24Facundo RoncagliaCD-L
  3. 22Gustavo CabralCD-R
  4. 19JonnyLB
  5. 2Hugo MalloRB
  6. 18Daniel WassAM
  7. 8Pablo HernándezLM
  8. 6Nemanja RadojaRM
  9. 9John GuidettiF
  10. 7Théo BongondaAM-L
  11. 14Fabián OrellanaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 52' Hugo Mallo (Celta de Vigo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 55' Jonny (Celta de Vigo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 60' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Celta de Vigo 0. Álvaro Morata (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  4. 65' Substitution, Real Madrid. Lucas Vázquez replaces Marco Asensio.
  5. 67' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Celta de Vigo 1. Orellana (Celta de Vigo) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by John Guidetti.
  6. 69' Substitution, Real Madrid. James Rodríguez replaces Luka Modric.
  7. 73' Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Iago Aspas replaces John Guidetti.
  8. 77' Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Pape Cheikh replaces Daniel Wass.
  9. 77' Substitution, Real Madrid. Mariano replaces Álvaro Morata.
  10. 81' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Celta de Vigo 1. Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lucas Vázquez.
  11. 85' Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Pione Sisto replaces Nemanja Radoja.

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