REAL MADRID VERSES F.C.ZURICH.

The group c champion league match between Real Madrid and F.C Zurich. was the most entertaining game of the two days. Everyone was looking at Real Madrid and the players they bought for over 250 million pounds, players such as Ronaldo, Kaka, Benzeema and others. There was a great deal of nervousness from Real Madrid and Ronaldo, but Ronaldo calmed the nerves with a goal in the 27th minute and with a good free kick inthe89th minute.Raul scored a goal in the 34th minute, and Gonzolo Higuain scored in the 45+1 minute.And Gutti scored in the 90+4 th minute.But it was not all Real Madrid all the way Real let a 3-0 lead evaporate to a 3-2. And the fans were angry, as Zurich scored the first goal from Xavier Margiraz in the 64 th minute penalty and Silvin Aegerter in the 65 th minute.

REAL MADRID VERSES LIVERPOOL.

In the group of 16 matches first leg . Real Madrid played Liverpool. The two clubs have won 14 champion league trophies between them. Real Madrid has won nine , and Liverpool has won five trophies . But this match when you consider the past rich history, this match played at the Bernabeu., Raul had a early chance, that gave the Liverpool fans a scare.But after that the Madrid side found chances difficult to come and were a little jaded at the end.
The only goal was scored by the Liverpool substitute Yossi Benayoun who popped up suddenly to a free kick and headed the ball into the net. in the 82nd minute of the match.
It was a big win for Liverool who last beat the Spaniads in 1981 final when Liverpool in the Ian rush era beat Real Madrid in the 1981 final.IT has been 28 long years for the win. And it was all the more sweeter, because The future of Rafael Benitz has coach hasnot yet been settled and Steven Gerrard was out , and came as a substitute only.
Below are the stastics.
REAL MADRID LIVERPOOL.
0 goals scored. 1
5 shots on target. 4.
8 shots wide. 3
0 shots blocked. 2.
2 yellow cards 3.
13 fouls. 19.
7 corners. 1.
2 offside. 3.
56% ball possession 44%.

ALFREDO DI STEFANO RECORD AT REAL MADRID IS BROKEN.

Raul the Real Madrid skipper has now scored 309th goal for Real Madrid , and so has broken the long standing record set by Alfredo Di Stefano.
Raul who is now 31 years old and had joined Real Madrid as a boy in the year 1994 of age.at seventeen years.
He has played all these years at Real Madrid only, even when Fabio Capello wanted to give him on a loan as he was not in form for a year.
Raul hasalways orn the number 7 jersey, even when Luis Figo joined Real Madrid from Barcelona., and Figo had the number 7 jersey at Barcelona. Figo then worethe number 10 jersey vacated by Clarence Seedorf, in his move to A.C.Milan.
Raul at his time at Real Madrid has won three champion league medals 1998,2000, and 2002.And he has also won the Spanish league in 1995,1997, 2001,2003 and 2007.

REAL MADRID VERSES BATE BORISOV.

In the past games in the Spanish la liga , was not going very well for the mighty Spanish Giants Real Madrid, they were knocked out of the CopaDel rey by a team from the third division, because of this and their arch rival Barcelona leading in Spain , and being the first club to reach the knockout stages, group of sixteen clubs.There was a lot of preasure on the German coach Bernd Shuster, and Real Madrid will sack the coach even if they win the Spanish title. Fabio Capello was an example.
But in the match against Bate Borisov , tension was high, and their Captain and the darling of Real Madrid for many years Raul Gonsalves scored the goal in the 7th minute, to ease real fans and Bernd Shusters nerves and they held on till the final whistle.With Drente and guthi missing easy chances to score goals . That one goal took Raul to64 goals in the champion league, equal with Filippo Inzaghi of A.c.Milan.

JUVENTUS VERSES REAL MADRID .

This match which was played at Turin I the Del ALPPI stadium , with the home supportfor the Italian giants verses the Spanish giants. This match was most keenly waited for. On paper the Spaniards were stronger with their Dutch players, like Ruud Van Nistelrooy, Wesley Sneijder, Rafael Vander Varrt and Arjen Robben, to scare the life of any team, with Raul, Casilass to add. to the list.
While on the other hand the darling of Turin Allesandro Del Piero,now on the wrong side of thirty was there.
The match ended with goals from Allesandro Del Piero in the fifth minute and the second came from Amuri in the fourtyninth minute. Ruud Van Nistelrooy pulled a goal back for Real Madrid in the sixtysixth minute, though Real Madrid tried very hard they could not get that equalizer which they needed badly.
Now as the points stand Juventus are 7 points to Real Madrids 6 points. Actually Real Madrid were to beat Juventus , as Real are doing well in Spain. this year, and at the same time Juventus are in the middle of the Seira A Table in Italy. This is what makes football such a great game.