Real Madrid 1-2 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 23 October 2005
Result
Real Madrid 1-2 Valencia
La Liga · Sunday 23 October 2005, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Real Madrid 1-2 Valencia: match report
Real Madrid were beaten by Valencia 1-2 in La Liga on Sunday 23 October 2005. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Rubén Baraja opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Real Madrid's goal came from Raúl (36'). Valencia scored through Rubén Baraja (21') and David Villa (38', penalty).
Discipline: Real Madrid received 4 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Valencia received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 3rd on 15 points from 7 and Valencia 8th on 12 points from 7. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 70 points, and Valencia 3rd with 69.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-W-W-L and Valencia's W-L-W-D-D.
Key events
- 1'Yellow card · P. García
- 6'Yellow card · Miguel Angulo
- 9'Yellow card · Marco Caneira
- 21'Goal · Rubén Baraja
- 28'Yellow card · Albelda
- 36'Goal · Raúl
- 38'Penalty goal · David Villa
- 53'Yellow card · Carlos Diogo Enseñat
- 60'Yellow card · Guti
- 77'Yellow card · Cañizares
- 81'Red card · Thomas Gravesen
- 87'Red card · David Beckham
- 87'Yellow card · David Beckham
Team news
Real Madrid line-up
Iker Casillas, Roberto Carlos, Sergio Ramos, Iván Helguera, Carlos Diogo Enseñat, Robinho, David Beckham, Zinédine Zidane, Raúl, Pablo Gabriel García Pérez, Guti
Valencia line-up
Cañizares, Roberto Ayala, Marco Caneira, Emiliano Moretti, Marchena, Vicente, David Villa, Albelda, Rubén Baraja, Miguel Ángel Angulo, Pablo Aimar Giordano