REAL MADRID & JUVENTUS. Terrible night for the Spaniards on
their home ground where they were out played, & their mistakes were
severely punished. The final result 0-2 victory to the Italians.
The man of the match was DEL PIERO (below) who put in a
screamer of a game to score twice, in the 16th minute after a
Guti mistake, & again in the 67th min when Real Madrid were
most dangerous, to halt their advance.
Real Madrid tried it all after Del Piero´s first goal but ran into the
solid Juventus defence & missed their chances. Real Madrid claimed
a penalty to Raul who could have equalized if given, but Del Piero´s
second goal shortly later poured cold water over the Spaniards.
Unexpected loss to Real Madrid, that opens up a whole lot of question
marks to their play & future. Their qualification for the next stage is´nt
secure, unlike the Italians who are now in the "cruise zone" & leaders of
their Group. Worrying signs for Real Madrid, trust SFS, there are things
that happen on the ground that show weakness in the team this season.
Great match at AALBORG ( Denmark) with a 2-2 result against
VILLAREAL in their Group E clash. It was a "boxing" type game
were one punch was matched by the other with a better jab.
Villareal hooked in a great punch in the 40th min via ROSSI that
was matched relatively quickly in the 54th min by CURTH (below).
The exchange of blows continued into the 2ºhalf when G.FRANCO
connected in the 75th min to get his team ahead. But again, Aalborg
reacted & pulled in the equalizer via DUE with a brilliant goal in the
81st min. The match ended in a draw & the crowd on their feet.
Not a bad result for Villareal, they are advancing nicely in their Group.
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I thought it was a very poor performance from Madrid. They lacked any edge and although you did see Raul trying to push them on. There was an incident in the first half when he quickly wanted to take a throw-in but not a single Madrid player was making the run. Huh? What was going on there?
Juventus did what they normally do, stay compact and organized. But a quality Madrid team could have won. Ok, they had a few good chances but they didn't take them, but a few years ago Madrid used to create more than 10 great chances in games like these. And the defensive wall for the second goal was so poorly organized. If Del Piero had wanted, he could have passed the ball in but he still lifted and dipped his shot in. Does the blame lie with Casillas?
There seemed to be no energy or zip about Madrid. Now I can see why they want Ronaldo. And Robben is injured again? They need to get someone else instead of him but then again, he was injury prone before he came to Madrid.
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