Real Madrid Shocked By Espanyol
It’s official; Real Madrid is in a crisis after slumping to a 1-0 defeat away to Espanyol. The loss is Madrid’s second of the week as they were humiliated on Wednesday by Bayer Leverkusen in Champions League play.
Madrid started the match with both Raul and Iker Casillas on the bench for the match as Jose Camacho opted to start Owen and Cesar instead. Given the end result, Camacho’s decision will be highly criticized.
Maxi Rodriguez, who is in excellent form, scored the eventual game winning goal in the 41st. The Argentinean striker capitalized on some poor defending and thrashed the ball in from close range.
Espanyol fully deserved the goal as they were outplaying Madrid up to that point. The home side really should have scored in the 30th minute, but Raul Tamudo’s penalty kick was saved by Cesar.
Ronaldo missed a golden opportunity to level the match as his penalty kick was saved by goalkeeper Kameni.
Madrid continued to press for the equalizer, but when Walter Samuel was sent off for a second bookable offence in the 78th minute, it was all downhill for the Galacticos.
With this result, Madrid suffers there first loss of the season and have scored just two goals in there first three matches. Espanyol remains undefeated this season with 7 points from there first 3 matches thus far.