"4-2: Spanish Cup Hangover"




It looks like the whites still have a hang over from their defeat in the Spanish cup. A 4-2 score show's that their morale, form and physical shape were affected. Yeste, Urzaiz and Del Horno took advantage of this to make their win against the whites, which rallied from the 2-0 halftime score. The local squad displayed two powerful drives on their pitch (one in the first half and another one in the middle of the second period). Both local thrusts proved enough to put an end to their bad streak. Raul was the scorer of the two white goals, also putting an end to his scoring drought. This loss put's an end to Madrid's 9 game La Liga winning streak (their last defeat was by Real Sociedad). Madrid's next match is gonna be this wednesday, against AS Monaco in the Champions league. They have to get their form back in order to win. AS Monaco is no joke especially with Fernando Morientes being there, it's gonna be a sweet for him if ever they do win.

THE MATCH:
4 - ATHLETIC CLUB: Aranzubia; Lacruz, Prieto, Javi Gonzalez, Iraola; Gurpegui, Del Horno, Tiko (Orbaiz 57'), Etxeberria, Yeste (Ezquerro 66'); and Urzaiz (Guerrero 86').
2 - REAL MADRID: Casillas; Salgado, Helguera, Mejia, Roberto Carlos; Beckham (Cambiasso 87'), Guti, Solari, Figo; Zidane (Borja 82') and Raul (Portillo 87').
GOALS:
1-0, min.40: Yeste beats Casillas from the edge of the area.
2-0, min.43: Urzaiz heads the ball into the net from a free kick taken by Etxeberria.
2-1, min.46: Ra?l takes advantage of a loose ball in the area.
2-2, min.61: Ra?l hits from a very precise shot by Roberto Carlos.
3-2, min.74: Del Horno, header, following a free kick by Orbaiz.
4-2, min.76: Del Horno dribbles past Helguera and beats Casillas with a low shot.
REFEREE: Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria Referees Association). Figo, Ezquerro, Guti and Urzaiz were cautioned.
OTHER FACTS: Liga Matchday 29. San Mames Stadium, three quarters of attendance. Before the game, a group of children wearing the Atheltic kit set free a few doves in memory of the victims of March 11th.