Real Madrid 4-3 Malaga | La Liga Review | Higuain Scores Four Goals!
Saturday, 08 November 08, 02:56 PM · Comments (52)
If there is one thing I realized tonight then it was that our defense needs a "clean up". Yeah, you heard me, I don't give a damn if that means selling Heinze, Metzelder or even Ramos, we just need to stop making these stupid defensive mistakes.
We made a lot of mistakes tonight and costly mistakes. Both of Heinze and Marcelo were responsible for the first goal. How come an average player like Eliseu could beat both of them? That is beyond me.
And the second goal, oh Heinze again. I mean does this guy watch his matches? He is just constantly making mistakes. And then came Ramos who really pissed me off. He was deservedly sent-off. It was fair no question about that. Stepping on other player's chest is outrageous. I hope that the Spanish Federation will ban him for more than one match and even take more disciplinary action, I know that won't be good for us, but as I a soccer fan, I can't tolerate such a behavior.
Anyway, as for the lineup, well, Schuster started with Casillas in goal, Ramos, Cannavaro, Heinze and Marcelo in defense, Guti, Gago, Sneijder, Van Der Vaart and Drenthe in midfield, while Higuain in attack.
Frankly, I was surprised to see Rau'l on the bench. I thought that Schuster would still stick with him, but it seems that the German trainer had read one of my articles and understood that Rau'l should be benched.
I liked how the team played. The midfield was just one piece. Guti, Sneijder, Van Der Vaart and Drenthe all played well. I really liked Drenthe. He is improving, he just needs to practice more. His crosses are still not perfect.
Gago was the only player I didn't like. Yes, I have never been a big fan of him, but that has nothing to do with tonight's match. He wasn't awful, but Diarra would have done a better job.
Once again Higuain proved that he is a world-class player. Just three minutes after Eliseu scored for Malaga, he equalized.
He did that again in the 37th minute when Real were 2-1 down. That, however, was from the penalty spot. To say the truth, I'm not sure if that was a legitimate penalty.
So after Ramos was sent off, we were 2-2 and in the second half, Schuster sent in Salgado to replace Sneijder who was having a good game. I thought he had better replaced Gago instead who cost us a penalty in the 70th minute from which Antonio Apono scored his team's third to put them ahead again.
But, nobody but Higuain, just one minute later, Gonzalo scored a fantastic goal from outside the box. It was a phenomenal moment and that goal revived the team and the whole stadium.
Javier Saviola came in early this time and replaced Drenthe. Just five minutes after Saviola came in, Real were awarded a penalty that Higuain took and scored from rebound. 4-3, Real in advantage for the first time in the match.
Now Schuster was thinking correctly as he sent in Diarra for Van Der Vaart. Diarra made sure that the midfield stayed strong and helped Gago a bit.
All in all, it was a thrilling game. In my preview, I said that Real players would have to give 200% and they did so tonight not all of them of course. We need to improve our defense. We need to stop making the same mistakes over and over again, and Schuster needs to think objectively.
We are the leaders now. That depends on Barcelona who are playing Valladolid. If they lose, we will stay leaders.
Thats about it. What did you think of the game, Madridistas?
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I agree...but could it have been that we didn't have a holding defensive midfielder?And that could have been the reason for the weak defence....the lack of equilibrium in the team
lets count how many mistakes schuster made.
1. starting heinze. shitty defending. when will schuster learn he is not a CB.
2. starting a defensive lineup.
3. taking out sneijder after have time and leaving in guti.
So he decides to play a attacking line up against juventus one of the top teams in europe and play a defensive lineup against malaga which by the way got smashed last week at home against barca and we barely won at home today. yes the ref did make sum mistakes but he was a minimal part in the goals scored on us. Supporting Schuster is supporting mediocrity.
Well,we got the three points and the victory which we need after three bad maches,in this match the defence was very bad except Cannavaro,Heinze usualy makes mistaks and the team needs another defender instead of him Ramos(I like him,he is a good player)has a child brain,Marcello sometimes good sometimes bad.The hisrory said that Malaga never won in Madrid.
Oh Lawd! Now Diara has an injury to his thigh....a trainer or somebody needs to be checked out here. All these players going down like flies. 
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I am proud of Higuain. I have faith in the younger ones all the time and he showed me why. Raul should start getting accustommed to his role tonight. Higuain and Saviola play well together. Hope Schitster sees that and uses them together more often now. Our defense stinks! PERIOD!
I mentioned before that it was difficult to predict games now and again that was proven tonight. IMO, real looked second best for most of the game. I predicted a draw and we were looking so most of the time but the youth really showed us tonight. If our defenders :::cough heinze cough::::: didn't mess up, the scoreline would've looked so much more attractive.
The result is not the real picture!If only young Sergio has not made that stupid move!He is still like a kidd,but he has so much potential,he will improve!
A bigger profit is that we now have a real power in one man who can take the responsibility in the most critical momments!
Gonzalo Higuain is a true power!
We needed to win something like this,coming back from a hell,so I believe that our defence players finally got a reason to start to defend our net!