Mallorca 0-3 Real Madrid | La Liga Review + Goal Video
Sunday, 11 January 09, 11:51 AM · Comments (71)
In the last few weeks, I have been stressing on the fact that we were creating chances but not scoring them. That's what I call ineffectiveness in front of goal. It could be due to our strikers' lack of "super scoring instincts" or it could just be because they were having a bad day.
However, tonight was different because we scored as much as we could and we also could have scored more hadn't Arjen Robben been unlucky on many occasions. Obviously, and as we you might have probably expected, Robben played an important role in our win. Not only his movement throughout the right wing helped us take some pressure off the defense and midfield, but also helped us to score as he was a striker, and more importantly a "PLAY MAKER".
Mallorca started the match pretty well, going forward and putting pressure on our defense. But they seemingly forgot that there was a very quick guy named Robben on our team that in the 2nd minute of the game, received a fantastic long-range pass from Higuain, went forward to face the goalkeeper and sent the ball into the back of the net. That was the end of the match for Mallorca, because whenever they thought about attacking, they also considered the dangerousness of Arjen Robben along the right flank. That counter-attack really killed them off - so early.
Juande Ramos had previously given the "Okay" for Robben to move freely on the pitch. I think that was the key point and was what improved our performances so dramatically. A player like Robben needs to play as he wishes. That doesn't mean, he dictates the way the team plays, but he should be allowed to switch to other positions whenever he wants. That's exactly the same thing that Messi does at Barcelona, he is free and that's the driving force behind his brilliant performances (of course in addition to his fantastic talent).
Juande started with the same lineup he used against Villarreal but with the addition of Gonzalo Higuain who had just recovered from his injury.
Here is the exact lineup: Casillas, Ramos, Pepe, Cannavaro, Heinze, Lass, Gago, Robben, Sneijder, Higuain and Rau'l.
Juande opted for Higuain and sat Huntelaar on the bench this time. I honestly wanted Huntelaar to start because I was so excited to see him play again, but from a technical point of view, Higuain was the right choice. He didn't disappoint as well.
In the 17th minute, Higuain cut through the Mallorca defense to pass the ball to captain Rau'l, who brilliantly flicked in with his trailing leg.
In the second half, our form dropped a little bit and they had more ball possession and created a few chances. Mallorca's Juan Arango scored a nice goal, but it was disallowed due to offside. They also protested and asked for a penalty when the ball hit Pepe's hand. I'm not sure if it was a penalty or not, but what the heck!
Arjen Robben continued his movement on the right wing and one of his shots hit the post! Damn it! I would have liked that to be his third goal in two matches, but that damn post denied him!
Anyway, Ramos made a few chances. He first sent in Van der vaart for Higuain. Then Palanca followed for Robben and Huntelaar for Rau'l.
Those guys didn't have much to do, but Sergio Ramos had to as he scored our third goal. A fantastic ball from Gago found Ramos inside the box to send it into the back of the net. RAMOS IS BACK!!!!
Incredibly, it was ours first away win in the league since October 18 and we are now second on the table with the same points as Sevilla -- nine points behind table toppers Barcelona who have a game in hand.
This match was Casilla's 450th game as a Real Madrid player, and Rau'l's 500th! WOW! Those guys are making history right now, and I'm making fool out of myself. Unfair!!!
Video of the goals with a Japanese or whatever commentary. Chew Cha Shooo CHAAAAA - !!! GOAAAAL ROBBEN!! CHOOO CHAAAAA!
Hala Madrid!
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YESS! another clean sheet for Casillas and an impressive win for Real Madrid,I LOVE YOU MADRID,lets just hope Osasuna stop Barcelona,Raul scored his 212 goal in his 500 match with Real Madrid,what a captain and what a team,Robben simply was the best,Awsome teamwork play from Real Madrid.
HALA MADRID!!
Buenos dias Barcelona!Here we are!!
This is exactly what I was saying last week. Despite the match being quite even, we had that clinical touch which we've been lacking and it's provided us the result
I just want to see Huntelaar start the game alongside Higuain next time because they make a lethal partnership. Robben is amazing, the world knows that now and today was another wonderful day for the Flying Dutchman. Hopefully, our match with Osasuna will be no different. Hala Madrid! 
Reply to Daniel:
I dunno, but I doubt they are.
Reply to Daniel:
No, not at all, why? Gago was perfectly fine after the rash challenge from Webo. It was an impact injury, it won't hurt. Heinze was just fine too. Robben didn't go down, did he?
Evn if he did, this is a different Robben, he will not go down that easy.
Added a video for those who didn't see the goals.
I'll sleep well on weekends if Real keep playing like this. Lovely, lovely. In control throughout, Mallorca had maybe two clear-cut chances. And unlike the last two weeks, we took more of our chances, even the 50-50 ones. It just feels good to watch them now knowing they won't let the fans down. Not to mention, a third consecutive clean sheet! Five games under Juande Ramos, four clean sheets. I like!
A little less reliance on Robben this time, very nice to see Gago and Diarra pulling their weight in midfield, and Higuain contributing to the attack (great assist for the second goal). Huntelaar didn't quite settle into the game, I thought, but he will if he's given time.
I also like the fact Royston Drenthe wasn't there to mess things up. Send him out on loan!
I was watching the game on justin.tv, and usually the chatroom is full of rubbish - but today I saw this one comment that made me smile.
"raul tiene mas champions que el barsa en toda su historia"
Translated: Raul has more Champions League titles than Barca has in its entire history
I don't care what anyone says, but that's a fact (and it doesn't invoke the six European Cups either, so eat it!)
Reply to phantompong:
Hahaha! I love this: "Raul has more Champions League titles than Barca has in its entire history"
I'm gonna put this in BOLD on my shirt whenever I go to college or somewhere!
congrats on your win because since valencia tied if barca win we are 12 points on top 4 games difference
barca barca messidona is great
Haha,really funny post mate... you made me laugh
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Anyways a very clinical victory for Real. Junade really knows what he's doing. Every single player did his job with perfection, I dig the way the team plays. I cant wait for Huntelaar gets used to the team then man .. him and Higuain gonna KICK SOME ASS
I think that Gago could be inujured. He looked pretty shaken up when the inital contact happened. :S God, I hope not. We need our Gago.
As for davo...that post just totally made my day! 
Reply to phantompong:
Actually, speaking of loans...rumor is going around that Saviola will be leaving either on loan or for good for Valencia of Wigan Atl.
The commentary is Chinese! "Qiu" (or "chew"
) means ball.
And yeah I think I'm going to print that on a shirt and wear it in college
Reply to phantompong:
This means I'm a good phonetician as I transcribed that word pretty good (I tried!), but I thought it was Japanese!!
Thanks for the tip
THANK YOU RAMOS FOR REDECORATING OUR WHITE CASTLE !!!
Pochi mesi, molti dei quali a fare la spola tra tribuna e panchina, e Amantino Mancini non fa nulla per trattenere la sua delusione per le scelte tecniche. ''Non mi piace questa situazione - ha detto Mancini - sto giocando poco, è vero mi trovo in una squadra piena di grandi giocatori ma sinceramente mi aspettavo un maggior impiego. Non posso far altro che dare il massimo in allenamento". Anche all'Inter sono venuti a conoscenza degli "sbuffi" del funambolo di Belo Horizonte?
In English that says that Mancini was quoted saying that he's not happy with the little amount of playing time he's had....should Real go for him?what do you think?
We are cold as winter and we are blowing like a wind.
Nice game. That is what we wont.
HALA MADRID
Nobody who reacted on Sergio Ramos Boldt-gesture? I take that as a sign!
(I hope)
Boldt, Sergio Ramos and Benzema who also does Boldt's gestures.
The arrow up to the spectators, like Ramos did tonight or the aeroplane.
It's a very good sign
Great win for us Madridistas lets hope we can play even better next week.. but Real Madrid have appealed to the court to allow both Diarra and Huntelaar to play and it will be known this week i hope they allow both. Also there have been rumors coming back about antonio valencia in a deal that would see saviola go to wigan in exchange for saviola plus cash... what do you all think? HALA MADRID!!!!
This is The REAL madrid MR. ad1gun you better go back to your home forum for barca fan. Barca have just won 3-2 and messi as always saving them. Barca is nothing without messi days will prove this...
but the good thing that we won and we convinced everybody that there's only one Real and "Manchester city" can never be a new one, it's just a fake imitator ... 
anyway the best game since the start of Ramos as a coach i msd it
Higuain , Robben,Gago, VDV, Ramos and Raul were all brilliant and for sure our defemse was solid as i read in the reviews, but I'm so glad that Adam showed me the goals, thanks man
and so we are back n the right path and we are SSSSSTRONGGGGGGGGG!
you better hear this Barca fans because the wihte twister is coming!!!
Hala Madrid
hahahahhahahahahahahah messi outdoes robben again you guys just cant seem to win this year can ya robben cant even compare not clinical enough and makes bad choises
never passes the ball mate PASS THE BALL DAMN ROBBEN
well god bless us all
Reply to joe007:
Hmmm...I think that it is time to sit back and watch this lil battle go and promote my new blogs!
lol Just go to my page and blah...blah...blah... You will see them...
Wow, I am really fucked up tonight. I am off to bed. :S
*sits back and watches the little "fight" happen and keeps mouth shut*
I'm not going to say anything Adam, promise.
Reply to Ad1gun:
Messi outdoes Robben because he saved you from huge embarrassment at the last moment, while Robben scored once in a comprehensive win in which five different players created three goals... if that's the way you play, I'm game!
P.S. Did you even watch the match? We've halved our dependence on Robben since two games ago. I didn't see anything Robben did today that could be construed as selfish.
P.P.S. In case you didn't get the memo, we won.
"LASS" the guy is incredible, im in luv with the way he play... hes trying his best to prove himself, and i think hes doing a very good job...
hope he stays this way and hope ramos keeps him in the starting lineup
its good to see real madrid back again....
i hope they continue their performance n to get barca
or even if they play for the champions eague it will b better.
Reply to Ad1gun:
Arjen Robben is the most effective dribbler in La Liga having successfully feinted 74 times in 862 minutes and turned the ball over less than the likes of Leo Messi, Sergio “Kun” Agüero, Joaquín and Simao.
Robben's 74 dribbles are eight more than the 66 by Simao (Atlético Madrid) and good enough for the fourth spot behind “Kun” Agüero's 81 (Atlético Madrid), Joaquín's 96 (Valencia) and the 104 by Leo Messi (F.C. Barcelona).
But among the five players, the Dutch midfielder has seen the least amount of playing time. His 862 minutes of action are well below Messi's 1,211; Joaquín's 1,371; Agüero's 1,296; and Simao's 1,281.
Messi has lost the ball 12 times trying to beat a defender and averages one turnover every 100 minutes. Robben meanwhile has lost the ball just seven times for an average of one every 120 minutes. What's more, once Robben escapes from his marker, he's been able to finish the play 43 times compared to Messi's 39 (four fewer plays in 349 fewer minutes).
The numbers are in and there's no doubt about it. Robben is the best dribbler in Primera Divsion
Well Ad1gun is fan of Real Madrid
he spends more time on Real Madrid forum than he spends on Barcelona forum. 
Reply to ehab369:
I am impressed,Robben missed many games and still he is the best dribbler in La Liga BBVA,but i wonder how did ehab369 know about such thing?
the only thing thats making me happy these days is my team rising again , goodluck madrid , and goodluck us !
Reply to MadridistAli:
It was on the Realmadrid website
Robben and Higuain were class. Higuain was involved in every goal scoring opportunity. I think we have Raul's successor in our squad. Robben was unstoppable he was just causing too much trouble on the right hand side. Lassana and Gago were great closing spaces and breaking the counter attack. Lassana has impressed these last two games. Sneijder was non existent. He hardly had touches on the ball. I'm not sure he was injured or what but I would have started with Van der Vaart. Pepe was good he only had a few mistakes. Sergio's goal was fanstastic great delivery from Gago.
hhahahah you guys are hilarious robben scored because teams are no longer afraid of madrid teams come out to beat madrid while they put 10 men behind the ball against barcelona
watch the replay of robben goal again just band the ball up and kick it in sad but effective well i would love to see robben get nominated for the ballon dor or fifa poy but hell never get elected hes not a big game guy and not flashy enough
Hey guys i heard Barcelona was willing to pay 65 million for Benzema do you guys think this is true or false and if its true you think madrid will pay more to have him just because he is a priority?
Reply to Ad1gun:
One question
Why is samuel eto's gay brother on here lol
got nothing better to do
just remember since 2000 we have won half of the la liga titles, thats double compared to your barcelonas 2 titles
keep laughing well be back
i wna kno why is marcelo being left out game after game? is he injured or something? he is not even in the bench! it showed madrid are lining up a defensive counter attcking side.
Reply to Ad1gun:
Huh? Robben was not nominated because he was injured for half the season. It's you who makes all of us laugh. You Barca fans are just pissed that you couldn't have your payback for the 4-1. Get over it, you're not getting that win anytime soon either. Even though Barca won on paper, it was us who gained the real victory and it's clear that's the case. Robben is most certainly a 'big-game' guy. Valencia, Sevilla, Villareal, El Clasico last year etc. And I thought Madridistas were biased, jeez
Hala Madrid! 
Reply to jc:
Heinze is more reliable defensively, that's why. As much as I hate Heinze, Marcelo's pretty bad at defense, and tends to make rough challenges and get himself booked. He was on the bench in the game against Mallorca but he didn't get a chance, he's played virtually the entire season so far so it's only fair for him to be sitting on the bench. Hala Madrid!
Marcelo wasn't in the bench in the mallorca game, even in the one before that, i read in the madrid website that he was omitted for technical decision. i too agree that heinze is more reliable. but atleast put him in the bench. this may cause unrest..Hala Madrid!
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
I disagree that Heinze is more reliable defensively. In fact, he has made many COSTLY mistakes this season. To me, Marcelo seems much more better although as you said, he is more offensive. He is just like Roberto Carlos.
There are some bad rumors about Calderon again!!Waiting for his answer...
Real have seemingly agreed a deal with Cristiano Ronaldo (not with united though). I hope that this story is not true because with the sum that has been mentioned we can get both ribery and benzema.
Also Luís Barcena, Director General of the Members, Fan Clubs, Visitors and VIP Area Department, addressed the media. he said: "in regard to those people who supposedly infiltrated themselves in the Assembly with the purpose of destabilizing it. We have decided to investigate on the matter and we have asked the Club's Commission for Social Discipline to confirm these facts and, in the case of finding any Club Members implicated, to immediately expell them from the Club."
Stupid rumours about C. Ronaldo and Real Madrid. Calderon should think about possibly reinforcement like Ribery or Tevez instead talk with dont-touch-me-cuz-I'll-cry like this faggot Ronaldo.
Reply to Adambader:
Heinze makes mistakes but the lad is okay right now, he did well against Mallorca and at the moment, I see him as more reliable. Though, Marcelo just needs a year or two to become an integral part of the XI. Hala Madrid!
Reply to FromStreet:
Ronaldo for 105m, that's absurd. We can buy a minimum of three World-Class players for that much. Sure, he's Player of the Year but Robben, Messi, Xavi etc have all outshined him. Robben cost 32m so it makes absolutely no sense. Ribery, Benzema, Chiellini, they're who we need! NO RONALDO!
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
Yes, but you said "Heinze is more reliable defensively,". That sounded as a general true statement to me (fact).
Hala Madrid!
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
Just get Ribery and forget about the others.
LEquipe put Ribery on the 1.place of all french players!interesting...
well madridistas we have had our appeal to register both diarra and huntelaar for the cl rejected once again so it looks like it will be diarra filling in the positon and then add parejo and palanca.. Madrid might try to appeal the case one more time though in a higher court in uefa
Reply to Madridista4:
I'd choose Diarra, because we already have Higuain, Rau'l and Robben pretty much capable of scoring.
Do you guys think we will beat man u and barca for benzema?
Reply to Adambader:
yeah Diarra is looking very good hopefully he gets even better and more comfortable with Gago.. what do you think should we offer saviola plus cash for valencia from wigan .. as it is being reported
Reply to Madridista4:
I don't think Saviola plus cash for valencia is a good idea for one reason...Wigan have both Zaki and Heskey which is already enough for a small team like Wigan...this would make Real still pay a large sum so it practically useless...I'd rather sell Saviola first for example 5-7m and use the cash to sign valencia
Reply to felipe :
Of course we will,Benzema declared himself that he want to play at Madrid,every player wants to join Real madrid for their history and place among the finest of all teams in the world,its just in the hands of MijatoBitch and stupid Calderon.
Thanks MadridistAli but what if as the rumours suggest that cristiano is supposed to come do you guys still think we can get both. I mean id prefer benzema becaue we could get him and ribery
Who here believes that Barca will pay 65 million for Benzema? Because if this is true than we are fucked.
Reply to jp:
you must be crazy no champions league titles this century for madrid and i didnt insult anyone so please dont insult me act like an adult
Reply to Ad1gun:
yeah we have 2 cl titles in 2000 and 2002 i believe
Reply to Ad1gun:
your an insult just being here
you make good barca fans look like assholes
be a sport, go to a barca blog and say all the stupid shit you want there.
Okay so if Cristiano comes which is a big if do you guys think we can still get Benzema Because both of them would cost alot of money. I would rather have Benzema than Cristiano.
Reply to Madridista4:
There is no club in the world which has more big trophies than RealMadrid last 15 years!!remember...a the new ones are
coming soon...
Please...can someone please help me figure out why do we need benzema?Right now I'd rather have Ronaldo(which I personally disgust) than Benzema.If we get Benzema that will be a perfect example of buying a good player which we don't need...we already have 4 great strikers that can ALL start the match (and then there is Saviola who isn't what you call rubbish either).Personally I agree that Silva or more than anyone...Ribery should be our prime targets...but I beleive that the 3rd choice should be Cristiano because benzema is a striker and we aren't in need of strikers. (btw if Barcelona are buying Benzema that wouldn't be such bad news for me because Eto'o will get way less playing time and Bojan,who has barely played this season,will definatly leave)
Reply to Daniel:
We need benzema for the long term. real will be needing a striker for the start of the 2010/2011 when raul will be 33 and ruud will be 34. i don't think that they will both be able to last entire games, seeing as though the alltime great, zinedine zidane retired because he no longer had the legs, and he was more talented and not even required to be doing alot of running about.
if we wait till 2010/2011 to buy a striker then there is no chance of getting benzema who at the rate he is going will be awesome by then and playing for one of chelsea, man u or barca. barca are wanting to sign him as a replacement for etoo who will be there for another year or two. i think that we should buy both benzema and ribery instead of cristiano ronaldo because they will both, combined, be cheaper than CR7 and be better for the team. teams stop ronaldo by man marking him with two players but if we have an attack of ribery, robben, benzema and huntelaar who are they going to man mark? at the moment there are 3 strikers who have the ability to become future World player of the year nd all three can be signed by a big club, and all three can play with huntelaar. these three are benzema, tevez and aguero. there is no chance of getting aguero and i prefer benzema over tevez.
We all know that huntelaar is like ruud, and so he can work well with benzema who prefers playing behind a front man. benzema is like henry with better finishing but less pace. so to summarise we NEED to get BENZEMA and RIBERY instead of RONALDO, and we need to get them early as both of our fierce rivals, united and bacrelona are wanting benzema and if we put a bid in for both there is a very very good chance of real madrid beating any other big team to them as they both love real madid. then we can focus on buying a top class defender if garay fails to live up to his potential
Reply to MadridPrince:
Yes...we'll have Huntelaar and Higauin as starters....and as subs...Bueno,Raul,Palanca(who's natural position is a striker) and Acuna(if they bought him...but I'm pretty sure they bought him)...so I think that's enough....is we have 3 great starters...we'll end up like Man Utd are right now...with Tevez barely playing
Reply to Ad1gun:
You must be crazy, because
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^I watched the 2002 final, kay? I've never forgotten it (anyone who saw it knows what I'm talking about). Hmm, funny, I remember we beat Barca in the semis, too. I'm sure you remember that?
You're an insult to true cules, because it looks like you don't know the first thing about football, La Liga, Real Madrid, or Barcelona, and are just hedging with Barca right now cos they're flying. I want to see you around next season, or the season after that, when Barca has a rougher ride.
Ah yes, now I remember what I came here to say. What do you think will happen when Guti returns from injury?
Reply to phantompong:
Lass should be a starter, no doubt. He's done better than Guti probably did in half of the season. Guti is utterly useless and I have never got how anybody can bench VDV, a World-Class playmaker for Guti. Atleast now, we can use Lass and make Guti sit on the bench. Hala Madrid!
Reply to Daniel:
will we really be able to rely on the likes of palanca, bueno and raul to step up if the starters got injured. if you look at it like that we didn't need huntelaar because we had ruud, raul, higuain, bueno and palanca and saviola at the start of the season and only ruud was injured. we can keep palanca as a backup for the wings but i wouldn't rely on him being a front man. bueno needs to be loaned out because i think thta his development has been stunted due to staying in castilla far too long.
with saviola definetley being out of the door that again leaves us with ruud, raul, huntelaar and higuain. Ruud is fairly injury prone, and raul will be older and be good as a sub. that leaves higuain and huntelaar and if one of them was to get injured we would be in real trouble, even if we had bueno and palanca.
just imagine real madrid in the champions league final at the bernabeau and huntelaar and ruud are injured (very possible as they are both dutch and the latter very injury prone), real start with raul and higuain, now would you rely on bueno or palanca to come on and change the game or would you rely on benzema?
Reply to MadridPrince:
I don't think it's a sin to play just one striker...besides...until the 2009/10 season the Bueno and Palanca should be much better players
Reply to Daniel:
they will be better but will they be better than benzema? Even though benzema may not start all matches for real madrid if he came next season, he has the potential to be the best striker in the world. for example say we are in the year 2003. would you want madrid to sign kaka from sao paulo or would you say no because we have guti, zidane, makelele, mcmanaman, solari, figo, ronaldo, raul morientes and celades and so we don't need to sign kaka as there is no place for him anywhere from the midfield to playing behind the striker(s)