Football Update: Real Madrid Sends Villarreal Out of Contention in La Liga
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marco-Ruben-c23740, but Ronaldo was quick to reply with an equaliser on
both occasions. It was an exciting match during the first half while Madrid completely dominated the second half to win an important encounter.
Last season, when both teams met at Bernabeu, Real Madrid won the match by 6-2. However, this time the hosts faced a rejuvenated Villarreal side which was comfortably sitting in the third place in Spanish La Liga. There was some pressure on Madrid as Barcelona
opened up a gap of 5 points, on top of the table, before this crucial encounter. In the end, the gap was once again reduced to 2 points but Villarreal is almost out of contention with an 11 point difference, from Madrid, in third place.
Kaka came back from an injury after being out for a very long time. His return is crucial for Jose Mourinho, who is missing his main striker Gonzalo Higuain due to an injury as well. However, the Brazilian was kept on the bench and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Karim-Benzema-c20350 got another
start alongside Cristiano Ronaldo. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sami-Khedira-c32325 was also sitting outside as Lassana Diarra started in the position of the holding midfielder.
Villarreal were also missing their main striker http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Giuseppe-Rossi-c15027 and Ruben paired up as strikers. Nevertheless, it was a strong squad and the match promised to be an interesting affair between two of the best teams
of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011.
The Yellow Submarine looked threatening from the very start of the match. The first move came right from the kickoff but the shot from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Santi-Cazorla-c32505 was deflected wide. The first goal came in the 7th minute for Villarreal. Rossi made the assist
to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Iker-Casillas-c16815. This lead did not last long as Madrid levelled after just two minutes of the opening goal. Karim Benzema and Mesut Ozil shared passes on the edge of the box. Ozil made the final delivery to Ronaldo who scored
from an unmarked position at the far post.
Again in the 19th minute, Villarreal went ahead of the hosts through a great finish from Ruben. The forward made his run to meet a through ball from Bruno and finished over the head of charging Casillas. The visitors did well in defending their
lead through the rest of first half but they had a setback just before the break. Ronaldo was quick enough to put Xabi Alonso’s free-kick into the goal before Diego Lopez could reach it.
The second half was all-Madrid as the players looked inspired after something that was said to them during the break. Ronaldo had an opportunity to score his fourth hat-trick of the season but he was denied. Angel Di Maria and Benzema also had chances but
they were also unable to find the winner. However, in the 80th minute, Ronaldo found his third goal with an expertly finished move. The Portuguese forward was not finished yet, as he played a great pass to the substitute Kaka for the fourth goal
of the night. It was a great fight by the Yellow Submarine but in the end, Madrid proved too hot for them to handle.
There was some controversy in the end when Mourinho celebrated his winning moments in front of Villarreal’s stand. It was not a good gesture and was met by a bottle thrown towards the manager. Due to this, referee showed a red card to the person on Villarreal’s
bench. Nevertheless, Mourinho made up for his misbehaviour by praising the visitors in the post-match press conference, declaring them as the best team to visit Bernabeu this season.
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