Ronaldinho looks like he's freezing in Soria where Barca is taking on Numancia, the worst team in La Liga.
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Btw, Deportivo are owning Real atm! Quite funny actually.. Depor getting the Ole treatment from the La Coruna faithful, Real can't touch the ball. Valeron really is underrated.
Coloccini looks very very solid.
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Btw, Deportivo are owning Real atm! Quite funny actually.. Depor getting the Ole treatment from the La Coruna faithful, Real can't touch the ball. Valeron really is underrated.
Coloccini looks very very solid.
God we gotta play offensive against Real! I have that tingly victory feeling in my throat.
Real Madrid missed an opportunity to put pressure on Primera Liga leaders Barcelona as they were well beaten by Deportivo La Coruna at the Riazor stadium on Saturday evening.
Barca's disappointing 1-1 draw with basement side Numancia earlier on Saturday had given Real the perfect stage to trim the Catalan club's lead which had been seven points at the start of the weekend.
However, Barca now have an eight-point advantage over their eternal rivals and Real can only blame themselves as Wanderley Luxemburgo's side looked woefully out of touch against Deportivo who struck twice in the opening 15 minutes.
Albert Luque headed the opener after eight minutes before an own goal from Francisco Pavon doubled Deportivo's lead.
It's the second defeat in a week in the Primera Liga for Real who were defeated by Athletic Bilbao last weekend to interrupt the Madrid club's momentum just as Barca were beginning to look vulnerable.
Deportivo made an electric start and took the lead with a simple but well-executed goal.
Sergio bent in a dangerous cross from the right towards the near post and Albert Luque got ahead of his marker to glance a header past Iker Casillas and claim his 50th goal in the Primera Liga.
Real tried to hit back and Luis Figo crashed a shot goalwards only for Gustavo Munua to save at the expense of a corner.
And Deportivo then doubled their lead as Victor curled in a cross which Real defender Francisco Pavon could only deflect past his own goalkeeper with his head.
The departure of a clearly out-of-sorts Zinedine Zidane to be replaced by Santiago Solari further destabilised Real and it was almost 3-0 when a delightful dummy by Luque from a Juan Carlos Valeron pass set up Diego Tristan but the Deportivo forward's shot struck the feet of Casillas.
In first-half stoppage time Beckham curled a free-kick over the Deportivo bar from 35 yards.
In the second half Deportivo continued to press forward and Roberto Carlos made a timely intervention to prevent Victor from scoring a third goal.
Madrid said that Ronaldo would not play because of a toe injury, so Michael Owen was picked as a starter instead.
He won a free-kick in a dangerous position for Real but once again Beckham had his range wrong as his shot went high and wide.
Walter Samuel then got booked for a tussle with Deportivo's Portuguese defender Jorge Andrade.
Deportivo missed another chance to extend their lead when a misunderstanding between Casillas and Pavon gave Tristan an opportunity but the striker could not find the target with his shot.
Real were finding it hard to make any headway and the Galician fans taunted their visitors with chants of `ole' every time a Deportivo player managed to find a team-mate as the hosts dominated possession.
And Tristan could have made it 3-0 when he sidefooted over the bar after a good run and cross from the left by Enrique Romero.
The last few minutes were played out with little incident with all Madrid's endeavour coming to nothing.
Barca's disappointing 1-1 draw with basement side Numancia earlier on Saturday had given Real the perfect stage to trim the Catalan club's lead which had been seven points at the start of the weekend.
However, Barca now have an eight-point advantage over their eternal rivals and Real can only blame themselves as Wanderley Luxemburgo's side looked woefully out of touch against Deportivo who struck twice in the opening 15 minutes.
Albert Luque headed the opener after eight minutes before an own goal from Francisco Pavon doubled Deportivo's lead.
It's the second defeat in a week in the Primera Liga for Real who were defeated by Athletic Bilbao last weekend to interrupt the Madrid club's momentum just as Barca were beginning to look vulnerable.
Deportivo made an electric start and took the lead with a simple but well-executed goal.
Sergio bent in a dangerous cross from the right towards the near post and Albert Luque got ahead of his marker to glance a header past Iker Casillas and claim his 50th goal in the Primera Liga.
Real tried to hit back and Luis Figo crashed a shot goalwards only for Gustavo Munua to save at the expense of a corner.
And Deportivo then doubled their lead as Victor curled in a cross which Real defender Francisco Pavon could only deflect past his own goalkeeper with his head.
The departure of a clearly out-of-sorts Zinedine Zidane to be replaced by Santiago Solari further destabilised Real and it was almost 3-0 when a delightful dummy by Luque from a Juan Carlos Valeron pass set up Diego Tristan but the Deportivo forward's shot struck the feet of Casillas.
In first-half stoppage time Beckham curled a free-kick over the Deportivo bar from 35 yards.
In the second half Deportivo continued to press forward and Roberto Carlos made a timely intervention to prevent Victor from scoring a third goal.
Madrid said that Ronaldo would not play because of a toe injury, so Michael Owen was picked as a starter instead.
He won a free-kick in a dangerous position for Real but once again Beckham had his range wrong as his shot went high and wide.
Walter Samuel then got booked for a tussle with Deportivo's Portuguese defender Jorge Andrade.
Deportivo missed another chance to extend their lead when a misunderstanding between Casillas and Pavon gave Tristan an opportunity but the striker could not find the target with his shot.
Real were finding it hard to make any headway and the Galician fans taunted their visitors with chants of `ole' every time a Deportivo player managed to find a team-mate as the hosts dominated possession.
And Tristan could have made it 3-0 when he sidefooted over the bar after a good run and cross from the left by Enrique Romero.
The last few minutes were played out with little incident with all Madrid's endeavour coming to nothing.
