The match caused was so highly anticipated that La Rosaleda was packed to historic levels. In just two minutes there were two controversial moves: two possible penalties, one in each area, but the referee, Mateu Lahoz, didn’t consider the falls of Ronaldao or Joaqin worthy of the maximum penalty.
After that, Málaga and Madrid began to spin moves, and with the quality of both teams, there were dangers around both goal areas. Amongst them was a great recovery from Málaga with a long pass towards Rondón that Casillas, with a quick exit, broke off.
A little later, it was the Madrid side who dominated and moved in to make their mark on their scoreboard after Di María passed to the Argentinean forward, Higuaín, who fired it past Rubén.
While, with 0-1, Real Madrid tried to rest easy and look for an easy win, but Málaga pushed onwards with the necessary caution so that the All Whites couldn’t be too comfortable on the Martiricos pitch. But Madrid increasingly dominated play and showed their lethal punch upfront with Christian Ronaldo on startling form, racking up a hattrick in scarely 15 minutes, putting 0-4 on the scoreboard by minute 40 of the game. Only Cazorla, Apoño and Joaquín troubled Casillas although the Madrid goalie managed to intervene decisively on all three occasions.
The second half of the match began with a new attempt by Higuaín, but from that moment Málaga took control of the ball and created many more opportunities. The clearest one came when the ball crashed landed onto the crossbar when Joaquín took a shot. After that they managed the shots, the close calls, and the corners in their favour, but it was the Madrid team who remained leaders on the scoreboard in the second half.
Málaga weren’t lucky enough to get a clear, deserving goal and all attempts were resisted through the last 45 minutes, which saw Seba, Buonanotte and Monreal substitute Cazorla, Joaquín and Eliseu respectively.
With the result, Málaga CF remain with 13 points and in sixth position, meaning that Betis is the only tema they could overcome in this leg.
Match details
Málaga CF: Rubén; Jesús Gámez, Demichelis, Mathijsen, Eliseu (Monreal); Toulalan, Apoño; Joaquín (Buonanotte), Isco, Cazorla (Seba); Rondón
Real Madrid CF: Casillas, Arbeloa, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Di María (Callejón), Khedira, Xabi Alonso, C.Ronaldo, Kaká (Özil) and Higuaín (Benzema).
Goals:
0-1 (11’): Higuaín.
0-2 (23’): Ronaldo.
0-3 (28’): Ronaldo.
0-4 (38’): Ronaldo.
Referee:
Mateu Lahoz (Valenciano). Yellow card to Málaga’s Eliseu for protesting.
Notes:
A ‘sold-out’ La Rosaleda stadium with Sheik Abdullah Al-Thani, the president of Málaga Club de Fútbol, present at the match. The ninth game of the BBVA Legaue.
After that, Málaga and Madrid began to spin moves, and with the quality of both teams, there were dangers around both goal areas. Amongst them was a great recovery from Málaga with a long pass towards Rondón that Casillas, with a quick exit, broke off.
A little later, it was the Madrid side who dominated and moved in to make their mark on their scoreboard after Di María passed to the Argentinean forward, Higuaín, who fired it past Rubén.
While, with 0-1, Real Madrid tried to rest easy and look for an easy win, but Málaga pushed onwards with the necessary caution so that the All Whites couldn’t be too comfortable on the Martiricos pitch. But Madrid increasingly dominated play and showed their lethal punch upfront with Christian Ronaldo on startling form, racking up a hattrick in scarely 15 minutes, putting 0-4 on the scoreboard by minute 40 of the game. Only Cazorla, Apoño and Joaquín troubled Casillas although the Madrid goalie managed to intervene decisively on all three occasions.
The second half of the match began with a new attempt by Higuaín, but from that moment Málaga took control of the ball and created many more opportunities. The clearest one came when the ball crashed landed onto the crossbar when Joaquín took a shot. After that they managed the shots, the close calls, and the corners in their favour, but it was the Madrid team who remained leaders on the scoreboard in the second half.
Málaga weren’t lucky enough to get a clear, deserving goal and all attempts were resisted through the last 45 minutes, which saw Seba, Buonanotte and Monreal substitute Cazorla, Joaquín and Eliseu respectively.
With the result, Málaga CF remain with 13 points and in sixth position, meaning that Betis is the only tema they could overcome in this leg.
Match details
Málaga CF: Rubén; Jesús Gámez, Demichelis, Mathijsen, Eliseu (Monreal); Toulalan, Apoño; Joaquín (Buonanotte), Isco, Cazorla (Seba); Rondón
Real Madrid CF: Casillas, Arbeloa, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Di María (Callejón), Khedira, Xabi Alonso, C.Ronaldo, Kaká (Özil) and Higuaín (Benzema).
Goals:
0-1 (11’): Higuaín.
0-2 (23’): Ronaldo.
0-3 (28’): Ronaldo.
0-4 (38’): Ronaldo.
Referee:
Mateu Lahoz (Valenciano). Yellow card to Málaga’s Eliseu for protesting.
Notes:
A ‘sold-out’ La Rosaleda stadium with Sheik Abdullah Al-Thani, the president of Málaga Club de Fútbol, present at the match. The ninth game of the BBVA Legaue.
