Numancia 0-2 Real Madrid | La Liga Review + Videos
Saturday, 31 January 09, 04:56 PM · Comments (27)
A legend congratulating another.
Numancia 0-2 Real Madrid
One of the things that I like about Juande is that he is pragmatic. He deals with everything objectively and he knows that there is no room for experiments so the first thing he started to do is to have a "fixed" starting lineup and yesterday's team had started in the three previous encounters something that hadn't happen since 2002. This brought stability, familiarity and harmony to the team.
Juande also brought results to the club. The freedom he gave to Robben has helped the team tremendously. We also have to mention Lass and Gago and their partnership in the midfield; it has had a big impact on our performances.
First Half
Juande started with Casillas, Ramos, Pepe, Cannavaro, Heinze, Lass, Gago, Sneijder, Robben, Rau'l and Higuain.
Numancia were the first to attack when Boris found Barkero's cross only to send it straight into Casillas' hands.
They continued putting pressure on us as their back line advanced to tighten the lines, giving us little room to work with. Gago had a go from the top of the box in the 18th minute but struck the ball poorly and sent it wide of goal.
Del Pino came closer to striking gold but could only watch in dismay as his shot hit Casillas' far post (26’).
In the closing minutes of the first half we regained possession, and we could have gone into the break with the advantage had Dimas not cleared Heinze's shot off the line.
Second Half
Our performance improved in the second half and this improvement resulted in our first goal. Robben found a lane on the left side of the box and found Higuain whose shot was deflected by Juan Pablo, but captain Raul was there to knock in the go-ahead goal and his 307th for Real Madrid. The captain is now level with Di Stefano as Los Blancos' top scorer of all time.
I knew that goal would ease things for us but I feared that they'd equalize and so I demanded another one. Eight minutes later "the flying wing" Arjen Robben dribbled through three defenders and hammered home a tight shot to put Real Madrid up by two.
Gago was then sent off after a second yellow card.
Ramos' sent in Huntelaar, Van der vaart and Javi Garcia and I'm glad they all had a few minutes on the pitch. I don't think that Javi can compete with Diarra, Lass, Gago and De La Red especially if they are all fit. If he is fine with him being benched then he should stay otherwise he can leave. I really feel sorry for him and for Saviola, they have been unfairly treated and the only thing they can do is "leaving".
Conclusion
The bottom line is that we won the three points. That's what matters. Barca play Racing tonight and if they fail to win the difference will be 9 points. It isn't over yet, but they have the advantage of being dependent on themselves as we were last season.
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History!
yes we won and the best that we convince in our winning even after the red card for gago ( which was undeserved ) we didn't had problems to keep our 2-0 lead, RRRRRRRRRAAAAUUUUUUUUUllll! is great as always and He's proving why he's a legend!
Di stephano is not far away!
. Congrats again and Hala MADRID! 
I wish that in the next game we wont feel the absence of Gago and LASS would be in his best forms.
but what I didn't like about the game was Sneijder I don't know why he's getting lost in the first half he was lost and he loses every pass, he wasn't concentrating, but in the last 20 minutes i think he waked up and started to play better! and again Huntelaar didn't get his chance like he deserves, let's bench Raul a little it's not far away the record and this goal could come in any game later, Hope that our winning streak will last till the end of the league and Faubert will prove himself as a new player and a star @ Valdebabas and be like Goal.com said:"FauBernabeu"
HALA MADRID!! Great job Raul and Robben we just have to keep building of this great winning streak.. but the bad part of the game was Gago 2 yellows and his first yellow was his 5th one anyway so he would of been suspended for next game anyways.. does it mean he will be out for 2 games now since he got another yellow? but it will be intersting to see if Juande Ramos play just Lass alone in the next game or start somebody with him like for example VDV, Parejo, or Javi Garica.. HALA MADRID
by the way Robben was outstanding as usual & his goal was marvelous but let's hope he wont gets injured and he'll be always the shining star in our hard games
Hala Madrid! 
YAY!!!!!!!! we won! 6 in a row!!!!!!!! hope they keep improving as CL is coming up!!!! my only concern is than now your boy Raul has equaled, one more goal to be the solo leader, hope he doesn't disappear after this.
307 sir Raul gonzalez !!!! el capitano worked really hard for it and he deserves this honorable to be named next to a great legend like Di Stiphano , and am sure hell break this record by loads n loads of golden goals , as for today's game hmmmm am really happy our streak is building up big but as for performance am sry i just found it hmmm really really "average" i was about to fall asleeep for many times ... Gago's redcard was full of b.s , huntelaar hmmm really hope that time is the only thing he needs to become important to the team , sneijder was on casper mood totally invisible , vdv was vdv ntn special but all what it matters that we earned our 3 pts and raul made history , hope real gets their show back where we win with style. hala robben hala raul HALA MADRID !!!
Real Madrid SUCK!! If Barcelona and Madrid were in the EPL, they would be fighting for relegation!! La Liga sucks. CR7 is better Messi and Robben and Lampard, Gerrard, and Fabregas are miles ahead of Xavi, Sneijder, Iniesta, and Senna.
Reply to RedDevilz4Lyf:
and manu isnt? they got luck all the time penalty or 90 min goals or it usally manu goal as I say
shoot
gk is on the ground
yay open goal for gaynaldo and rooney and berbaflop
yay 1 0 90 min against everton yay yay we are the best team in the world yay
and our couch is a pedofile
Reply to RedDevilz4Lyf:
I can see you are super Jealous from The Spanish Liga
and guess what MAn.toilet are sucking time after time, just wait and see, The EPL is just a normal League in Europe and there's no such a big competitiveness between the clubs ,even the results are falling in the mud! while in la LIGA Real Madrid and Barcelona are collecting all points in the seconf part of the Liga! can't you see the results? or u are just JEALOUSSSSSS!
Reply to REAL MADRID 4 LIFE:
Yeah and the last season they scored for win four times in 90+,
and the scorer was Tevez with header
By the way good game for Real.
Raul will pass Di Stefano. Robben was outstanding this time.
Nice work
HALA MADRID
I feel very happy for Raul. He is a our legend. Go Madrid
OLE' RAUL GONZALEZ BLANCO OLE', you are the man,307 goals can you believe it,another three point,another win and another clean sheet,pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez Racing Santander,kick Barca's ass today
HALA MADRID!
Reply to RedDevilz4Lyf:
Dont lie at yourself,La Liga is better and safer than the EPL and Calcio,all the great players want to play there because they are afraid of injuries:Benzema,Ribery,C.Ronaldo,Kaka,J.Cole,Essien,Drogba etc,i mean can you believe this the biggest and strongest match in EPL is (Man.U vs Chelsea),the team that reached the Champions League final last year for THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIFE,the team that won the EPL only THREE TIMES,i never heard of Chelsea until Abramovich and Mourinho came,and you call that a team? huh pathetic
,even Athletic Bilbao has more history than Chelsea,and you call this match the biggest in England? RMadrid vs Barca is the biggest match in the world dude,IN THE WORLD 
So F**k OFF F**k Face!
HALA MADRID
Reply to RedDevilz4Lyf:
obviously you have not seen recent Man U games. Sure you have not conceded goals in 900 and something minutes but you haven't been scoring many and mostly winning at the last minute. And give credit most of the players you have mentioned won Euro 08 where Mr Lampard and Gerrard never made it with England. and Mr CR7 was being eliminated and sun bathing in California. Reminder EPL has had two broken legs in the last two years so MadridistAli is correct in saying La Liga is safer.
Didn't catch the game but I'm starting to worry seeing how Sneijder and Heinze started and Huntelaar was on the bench. I know we won but I am worried. If Robben and this new signing get injured (hope not) who will play on the wings? Juande's winger formation is troubling. What if we don't have the players for some reason? Will we be able to play down the middle? Juande's tactics seem one sided I want to see that he can play another formation or use other tactics.
Reply to RedDevilz4Lyf:
If you think that Fabregas better than Xavi,then why was he used as a benchwarmer in the EURO 2008 while Xavi was in his place.I am laughing at you now cuz u are talking CRAP!
Reply to MadridistAli:
I agree....the BEST players in EUROPE,who won the Euros (besides Torres) all play in Spain....Casillas-R.Madrid,Ramos-R.Madrid,Marchena-Valencia,Capdevilla-Villareal,Senna-Villareal,Xavi-Barca,Iniesta-Barca,Silva-Valencia,Villa-Valencia,Torres-Liverpool
Also,if you see the UEFA cup,(which shows the "2nd best" teams in the leagues),Spanish teams ALWAYS dominate...In England what's happening is obvious,foreign investors buying clubs (just like Man.City and Chelsea),but now sometime the cash flow is going to stop and there will be great great dept (west ham,man utd and there will be others)...so it's going to be almost funny watching most English teams go bankrupt one by one...(btw...Chelsea are also out of cash haha)
Reply to Daniel:
Yeah,i heared that Abramovich Chelsea's owner has two choices:either to sell his 200 million Yacht or to sell his club Chelsea,hahahahahaha,George West or Best i dont know who is now a reporter for an english tv said that two things wont get bankrupted unless God says so: Real Madrid and Microsoft
REPORT: AS reports that if Perez is elexted, Zidane will become the World Embassador and Sporting Director of the club. Zidane's first acquisitions would be Benzema and Ribery, the French duo if all goes according to plan. I highly support the idea because they would both be wonderful signings. Higuain, Benzema and Huntelaar would be our strike force when RVN and Raul retire. Robben and Ribery would be amazing too. Though, i'm still anti-Perez and only if he signs Chiellini will I cahnge my mind
Hala Madrid!
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
Could happen seeing as Zidane was a long time Juventus player he has good status at the club. So we may be able to snag Chiellini though for a really high price.
Goal.com is reporting that we have cut Saviola of our CL squad and have registerd Castilla play Adam Szalai
Damn,Braca won 2-1
I got some more news that involves us and our cl oponent liverpool and liverpool have sold robbie kean back to tottenham meaning he wont face us in cl meaning there only real striker will be torress but anyways this article says that benitez wants Javier Saviola on loan and even if we do give him away he wont be able to face us cuz he is already cup tied LINK
Reply to RedDevilz4Lyf:
oh my goodness, what the heck are you talking about? okay, we admit that your APL (Arabic premier league) is better in publicity, but aside from that, La Liga is lot much better. MadridistAli, i really like that quote, only God's hand will lead madrid to bankruptcy, haha...
can't see the match, lots of stuffs to do recently, but from what i read, it seems that the stars were Raul and Robben, but we should start worrying in Sneijder. I believe in his ability, but i just dont know what make him play badly. Another cleansheet for Casillas. oh, now i can hope that he can win Zamora once again, Anyway, nice pic Adam
many ....many ...congratulation to us madrid fans, it was not a good performance, but wht matters are the points....
raul has scored as always he know where to position, and our best player robben did well, i hope the performance increase and the points decrease ...
Reply to RedDevilz4Lyf:
What?? What?? What?? Hahaha..that is the best joke I've ever heard..Good one..Mr. Red'Whatever your name is'
i love realmadrid and i will like to play there if i become a professioner 'in my carrier love msdrid