Real Madrid 2-1 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 3 December 2006
Result
Real Madrid 2-1 Athletic Club
La Liga · Sunday 3 December 2006, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Real Madrid 2-1 Athletic Club: match report
Real Madrid defeated Athletic Club 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 3 December 2006. The half-time score was 0-1.
Luis Prieto opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Ronaldo (64') and Roberto Carlos (81'). Athletic Club scored through Luis Prieto (34').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 5 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 3rd on 26 points from 12 and Athletic Club 18th on 8 points from 12. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 76 points, and Athletic Club 17th with 40.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Real Madrid wins, 0 draws and 0 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Athletic Club's L-L-D-D-D.
Key events
- 34'Goal · Luis Prieto
- 48'Yellow card · Sergio Ramos
- 54'Yellow card · Mahamadou Diarra
- 59'Yellow card · Francisco Yeste
- 62'Yellow card · Aduriz
- 64'Goal · Ronaldo
- 76'Red card · Aduriz
- 78'Yellow card · Unai Expósito
- 81'Goal · Roberto Carlos
- 86'Yellow card · Álvaro Mejía
- 89'Yellow card · David Beckham
- 89'Yellow card · Ander Murillo
- 90+2'Yellow card · Roberto Carlos
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up
Iker Casillas, Míchel Salgado, Roberto Carlos, Sergio Ramos, Alvaro Mejia, Mahamadou Diarra, Emerson, Robinho, José Antonio Reyes, Raúl, Ruud van Nistelrooy
Athletic Club line-up
Iñaki Lafuente, Unai Expósito, Josu Sarriegi, Luis Prieto, Gabilondo, Orbaiz, Javi Martínez, Aritz Aduriz, Francisco Yeste, Andoni Iraola, Joseba Etxeberria