Real Madrid 4-3 Numancia: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 14 September 2008
Result
Real Madrid 4-3 Numancia
La Liga · Sunday 14 September 2008, 17:00 UTC · half-time 4-2
Real Madrid 4-3 Numancia: match report
Real Madrid defeated Numancia 4-3 in La Liga on Sunday 14 September 2008. It was 4-2 at half-time.
Juan Moreno Rodriguez opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Guti (19'), Gonzalo Higuaín (26'), Rafael van der Vaart (33') and an own goal by Domingo Cisma (40'). Numancia scored through Juan Moreno Rodriguez (7'), Barkero (23') and Juan Moreno Rodriguez (57').
Discipline: Real Madrid received no yellow cards; Numancia received 1 yellow card.
Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and Numancia 19th with 35.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Numancia in a 4-5-1.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Juan Moreno Rodriguez
- 19'Goal · Guti
- 23'Goal · Barkero
- 26'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 33'Goal · Rafael van der Vaart
- 40'Own goal · Domingo Cisma
- 57'Goal · Juan Moreno Rodriguez
- 62'Yellow card · César Palacios
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iker Casillas, Míchel Salgado, Pepe, Marcelo, Christoph Metzelder, Mahamadou Diarra, Rafael van der Vaart, Arjen Robben, Guti, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Gonzalo Higuaín
Numancia line-up (4-5-1)
Juan Pablo, Juanra, Domingo Cisma, Sergio Boris, Nagore, Mario Martínez, César Palacios, Barkero, Gorka Brit, Bellvís, Juan Moreno Rodriguez