CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP H & E QUALIFIERS 2008: REAL MADRID LOSE & VILLAREAL WIN

REAL MADRID again lost at Turin against a disciplined & well
organized JUVENTUS that rocked the Spaniards early with a goal
& displaced them again in the early 2ºhalf to scored their 2º goal.
Real Madrid reacted late & was the owner of the 2ºhalf with a goal,
post & near misses, but it was too late. The final score was 2-1 to
put the Italians leaders of Group H.

Real Madrid lost this match because of a poor strategy - 4, 3,3
against Juventus 4,4,2 that overran the Spaniards in the midfield
to allow DEL PIERO to score in the 5th min a grand goal.

Thanks Rafa.

However, there was more bad decisions from the start. Coach
Schuster favoured Raul over Robben & Gago over De La Red, & in
SFS opinion, neither Raul nor Gago were the correct men for this type
of game.

Madrid struggled all the 1ºst half, Juventus started the 2ºhalf as
the beginning of the match, they overran again Real & scored early
via AMAURI (above) in the 48th min.

Then Coach Schuster did want was not done from the start, put on
ROBBEN who revolutionized the Spaniards & gave them options, the
wings & chances. Opportunities that came when VAN NISTELROOY
headed in a goal for Madrid in the 66th min to give them hopes of
drawing. Real dominated, hit the post & continued attacking, but the
Italians did what they do best & controlled the game by shutting the
defense & the door to Real Madrid. Too late, bad starting line up for
Madrid & great play from Juventus!

The other game saw VILLAREAL pass a tough time up to the
2ºhalf against AALBORG, to take control in the 2ºhalf to finally
win well 6-3.

Aalborg got ahead first in the 19th min via SAGENOWSKI, to see
ROSSI for Villareal draw in the 28th min & get ahead in the 33rd
via CAPDEVILA. But Aalborg were in a fighting mood & drew via
ENEVOLDESEN in the 36th min.

However, Aalborg lost steam in the 2ºhalf & saw Villareal forward
LLORENTE grab a HAT-TRICK ( 67th, 70th & 84th min) along
with PIRES in the 79th.

An own goal by Villareal defender CAPDEVILA gave Aalborg its
3ºrd goal, to see the game end 6-3.