Saturday, March 16, 2013
Real Madrid 5-2 Mallorca Highlights March 16, 2013
Mallorca got started early with the pressure on Real Madird. In the 3rd minute Giovanni Dos Santos too advantage of a misplayed ball by Sergio Ramos, breaking into space outside the Madrid area and sending his shot over the crossbar. Three minutes later Dos Santos was back, this team whipping a ball back across the area to an open Emilio Nsue who powered a header past Diego Lopez into the bottom corner, gibing Malaga a 1-0 lead.
Madrid battled back and equalized in the 15th minute when Luka Modric's pass into the center of the Malaga area got past defender and met with Pepe who timed his run past the defensive line. Pepe executed a rather amazing piroutte right in front of the charging Malaga goalkeeper Dudu Aouate, passing the ball out left to the wide open Gonzalo Higuain on the left side for the easy tap-in.
In the 21st minute Malaga went back in front when Alfaro out-jumped Ramos and headed the ball off the far post and into the net. Pedro Bigas provided the service off a corner kick.
Cristiano Ronaldo had a couple opportunities as the half wound down to pull Madrid back even but he wasn't able to find the target. The best chance came in the 30th minute as Ronaldo's open shot from the center of the Malaga box grazed the post and went wide. His frustration was on display after the miss as he unleashed a bit a gyration tantrum at himself.
