Real Zaragoza 3-2 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Wednesday 21 December 2005
Result
Real Zaragoza 3-2 Athletic Club
La Liga · Wednesday 21 December 2005, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Real Zaragoza 3-2 Athletic Club: match report
Real Zaragoza defeated Athletic Club 3-2 in La Liga on Wednesday 21 December 2005. The half-time score was 0-1.
Jesús Lacruz opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Real Zaragoza's goals came from Ewerthon (50', penalty), Ewerthon (58') and Diego Milito (78'). Athletic Club scored through Jesús Lacruz (21') and Joseba Etxeberria (47').
Discipline: Real Zaragoza received 2 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Zaragoza were 11th on 18 points from 16 and Athletic Club 16th on 15 points from 16. Real Zaragoza went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and Athletic Club 12th with 45.
Going into the match Real Zaragoza's last five read D-W-W-L-D and Athletic Club's W-D-D-W-L.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Jesús Lacruz
- 45+1'Yellow card · Cani
- 45+1'Yellow card · Unai Expósito
- 47'Goal · Joseba Etxeberria
- 49'Yellow card · Gurpegi
- 50'Penalty goal · Ewerthon
- 58'Goal · Ewerthon
- 78'Goal · Diego Milito
- 88'Yellow card · Jesús Lacruz
- 90+1'Yellow card · Gabriel Milito
Team news
Athletic Club line-up
Aranzubia, Unai Expósito, Javier Casas, Jesús Lacruz, Luis Prieto, Orbaiz, Gurpegi, Francisco Yeste, Andoni Iraola, Joseba Etxeberria, Dañobeitia